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The UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is working on its report (and recommendations) from its inquiry into the economics of music streaming. One of the big talking points during the inquiry’s evidence sessions was equitable remuneration (ER): specifically extending it from radio and TV to some streams.

The Broken Record campaign has made ER one of its key requests of the committee; labels have argued firmly against it; and (in our view, at least) the committee seems to be leaning more towards the former camp. But the committee isn’t the British government, so if ER is to be extended, ministers will need to be convinced too.

That campaign is already starting. A letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson – and shown to Music Ally this morning – sees a who’s who of British musicians backing such an extension. Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Chris Martin, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Kate Bush, Roger Daltrey, Damon Albarn, Noel Gallagher, Laura Marling, Sir Tim Rice… and many more.

“Only two words need to change in the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. This will modernise the law so that today’s performers receive a share of revenues, just like they enjoy in radio,” argues the letter. But it also calls for a competition inquiry (or at least a government referral to watchdog the Competition and Markets Authority); for songwriters to get a bigger share of streaming royalties; and the establishment of a dedicated regulator “to ensure the lawful and fair treatment of music makers”.

Later today, we’ll publish our quarterly Music Ally report, including our analysis of the key talking points of the inquiry, and what might happen next. One of our suggestions was that while the DCMS committee seemed sympathetic to the Broken Record campaign’s arguments, the government ministers seemed to be leaning more towards labels’ view of the world.

The letter shows that the former group are going to work hard to change that, and in wheeling out the musical big guns, the intensity of the lobbying has stepped up several notches – even before the DCMS committee’s report has come out. Labels and their representative body the BPI must now decide how best to respond.

Here is the full text of the letter, and its signatories:

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Dear Prime Minister,

We write to you on behalf of today’s generation of artists, musicians and songwriters here in the UK.

For too long, streaming platforms, record labels and other internet giants have exploited performers and creators without rewarding them fairly. We must put the value of music back where it belongs – in the hands of music makers.

Streaming is quickly replacing radio as our main means of music communication. However, the law has not kept up with the pace of technological change and, as a result, performers and songwriters do not enjoy the same protections as they do in radio.

Today’s musicians receive very little income from their performances – most featured artists receive tiny fractions of a US cent per stream and session musicians receive nothing at all.

To remedy this, only two words need to change in the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act. This will modernise the law so that today’s performers receive a share of revenues, just like they enjoy in radio. It won’t cost the taxpayer a penny but will put more money in the pockets of UK taxpayers and raise revenues for public services like the NHS.

There is evidence of multinational corporations wielding extraordinary power and songwriters struggling as a result. An immediate government referral to the Competition and Markets Authority is the first step to address this. Songwriters earn 50% of radio revenues, but only 15% in streaming. We believe that in a truly free market the song will achieve greater value.

Ultimately though, we need a regulator to ensure the lawful and fair treatment of music makers. The UK has a proud history of protecting its producers, entrepreneurs and inventors. We believe British creators deserve the same protections as other industries whose work is devalued when exploited as a loss-leader.

By addressing these problems, we will make the UK the best place in the world to be a musician or a songwriter, allow recording studios and the UK session scene to thrive once again, strengthen our world leading cultural sector, allow the market for recorded music to flourish for listeners and creators, and unearth a new generation of talent.

We urge you to take these forward and ensure the music industry is part of your levelling-up agenda as we kickstart the post-Covid economic recovery.

Yours sincerely,

Full list of signatories:

Damon Albarn OBE

Lily Allen

Wolf Alice

Marc Almond OBE

Joan Armatrading CBE

David Arnold

Massive Attack

Jazzie B OBE

Adam Bainbridge (Kindness)

Emily Barker

Gary Barlow OBE

Geoff Barrow

Django Bates

Brian Bennett OBE

Fiona Bevan

Alfie Boe OBE

Billy Bragg

The Chemical Brothers

Kate Bush CBE

Melanie C

Eliza Carthy MBE

Martin Carthy MBE

Celeste

Guy Chambers

Mike Batt LVO

Don Black OBE

Badly Drawn Boy

Chrissy Boy

Tim Burgess

Mairéad Carlin

Laura-Mary Carter

Nicky Chinn

Dame Sarah Connolly DBE

Phil Coulter

Roger Daltrey CBE

Catherine Anne Davies (The Anchoress)

Ian Devaney

Chris Difford

Al Doyle

Anne Dudley

Brian Eno

Self Esteem

James Fagan

Paloma Faith

Marianne Faithfull

George Fenton

Rebecca Ferguson

Robert Fripp

Shy FX

Gabrielle

Peter Gabriel

Noel Gallagher

Guy Garvey

Bob Geldof KBE

Boy George

David Gilmour CBE

Nigel Godrich

Howard Goodall CBE

Jimi Goodwin

Graham Gouldman

Tom Gray

Roger Greenaway OBE

Will Gregory

Ed Harcourt

Tony Hatch OBE

Richard Hawley

Justin Hayward

Fran Healy

Orlando Higginbottom

Jools Holland OBE, DL

Mick Hucknall

Crispin Hunt

Shabaka Hutchings

Eric Idle

John Paul Jones

Julian Joseph OBE

Kano

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Gary Kemp

Nancy Kerr

Richard Kerr

Soweto Kinch

Beverley Knight MBE

Mark Knopfler OBE

Annie Lennox OBE

Shaznay Lewis

Gary Lightbody OBE

Tasmin Little OBE

Calum MacColl

Roots Manuva

Laura Marling

Johnny Marr

Chris Martin

Claire Martin OBE

Cerys Matthews MBE

Sir Paul McCartney CH MBE

Horse McDonald

Thurston Moore

Gary “Mani” Mounfield

Mitch Murray CBE

Field Music

Frank Musker

Laura Mvula

Kate Nash

Stevie Nicks

Orbital

Roland Orzabal

Gary Osborne

Jimmy Page OBE

Hannah Peel

Daniel Pemberton

Yannis Philippakis

Anna Phoebe

Phil Pickett

Robert Plant CBE

Karine Polwart

Emily Portman

Chris Rea

Eddi Reader MBE

Sir Tim Rice

Orphy Robinson MBE

Matthew Rose

Nitin Sawhney CBE

Anil Sebastian

Peggy Seeger

Nadine Shah

Feargal Sharkey OBE

Shura

Labi Siffre

Martin Simpson

Skin

Mike Skinner

Curt Smith

Fraser T Smith

Robert Smith

Sharleen Spiteri

Lisa Stansfield

Sting CBE

Suggs

Tony Swain

Heidi Talbot

John Taylor

Phil Thornalley

KT Tunstall

Ruby Turner MBE

Becky Unthank

Norma Waterson MBE

Cleveland Watkiss MBE

Jessie Ware

Bruce Welch OBE

Kitty Whately

Ricky Wilde

Olivia Williams

Daniel “Woody” Woodgate

Midge Ure OBE

Nikki Yeoh

#musicians union #tom gray #broken record #musically #music industry: streaming

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Josh O’Connor may best be known for this breakthrough role in 2017’s God’s Own Country but the Southampton-born actor has been cultivating a catalog of great film and television performances for years. From The Riot Club and The Program in film and Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street and The Durrells on TV, O’Connor has built a resume that made him the perfect choice to play the most challenging role of his career, Prince Charles in season three of Netflix’s The Crown. O’Connor play the Prince of Wales at a turning point in the would be king’s life, from the early years of his relationship with Camilla Bowles (the Diana years will show up in season four) to the daunting task of figuring out how to lead the commonwealth when the time comes.

I caught up with two-time BIFA winning actor to talk about God’s Own Country, his role in The Crown, what he likes and doesn’t like about biopics and playing real people and Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There.

I wanted to start by talking with you about God’s Own Country, which quickly became a cornerstone of queer cinema, and I think took off in a way most people weren’t expecting. Can you tell me a little bit the impact working on that film had for you?

It was a kind of monumental moment for me and I think a big moment for queer cinema and insofar as it was kind of a gay love story that we hadn’t seen before, you know, in terms of one that ended with hope and one that told a kind of positive story. It was something maybe we’d seen before, but, it’s rare and people were obviously hungry for that. And so it touched many people and I feel like it’s rare that your project gets to have that effect on people. So it was a kind of, it was a huge moment for me. In terms of kind of career wise also just as a creative, as an actor, I think it was a moment of realization about technique and how I want to work. It built a process, which I still use the basis of now. And so yeah, it was really impactful for me.

I love that. Earlier this year you had Emma., how was it stepping into Mr. Elton’s shoes?

(laughs) It was very different than anything I’ve done before. I’ve never done comedy before. Autumn de Wilde, who is an exceptionally talented director, came in and it was very clear she wanted a kind of Peter Cook-esque Mr Elton and we’ve talked about him having a sort of darker side, which we touch on in the film. I think it was real, I loved it, it was kind of getting to stretch my muscles, my comedic muscles I suppose. And yeah, it was a real treat and it’s a lovely, beautiful ensemble film.

Diving into The Crown, had you watched the first two seasons of the show to help inform you of the style or approach to the series?

Yes, I had. I’d seen the first two and I’m very good friends with Vanessa Kirby who played Margaret so, I initially watched it as a kind of support for my friends, but then absolutely, obviously got hooked and I think the first two series’ are exceptional. Claire Foy is kind of spellbinding, Matt Smith I think is extraordinary as Philip, and often sort of, it’s underplayed how brilliant he was. I absolutely loved it and then be a part of this group of actors who I totally adore and look up to, you know, the likes of Tobias Menzies, to go from Matthew is extraordinary, and Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, you know, these are all people that I aspire to so it’s been a real treat.

What were the main sources and figuring out who Prince Charles is on a personal level?

Well, I think there were a few things to kind of brought out the personal, but initially when I started with Charles, I spent so much time watching footage of him, or hearing recordings of him from the period. After a while I got to the point where I was like, actually, I don’t know that this has helped. It certainly isn’t helping me get any closer to the character and certainly isn’t getting close to who Charles really is behind closed doors. And so I sort of threw all that out the window. The thing that got me there more than anything was something that Peter Morgan had written, which is I think episode eight of series three. Charles described his life as being like he as being like a character in Dangling Man. He says, the character is a working class blue collar guy from Chicago and he’s waiting to be drafted to go to war and he actually wants to be drafted because it’ll give his life meaning, even though it means that they’ll go to a certain death.

And the idea that Charles, Prince Charles is this young boy who’s actually waiting for his own mother to die in order for his life to take meaning, I just thought that was a kind of, it locked into a sort of tragic narrative of this young boy that is so rare and an extraordinary. So that was the kind of, that was the crux of it.

When you’re playing somebody that is so well known, how do you strike the balance between impression and interpretation and what do you think you brought to Prince Charles?

Yeah, that’s such a good question. It’s a question I don’t know the answer to, yet. The best way to, for me, in my personal view of it as an audience member, is that I never enjoy seeing in any kind of biopic or whenever I see an actor playing a real person, I find it very difficult to watch and actor to do something really exactly like the person.

I don’t know why. I think it becomes too much like an impression. And what I always loved is that there was a great film called I’m Not There, which is about Bob Dylan. And so it was like eight or nine actors playing Dylan at different stages in his life and not just different stages but playing different aspects of his personality. So Cate Blanchett, plays the kind of more recognizable Dylan, which is the sort of public eye Dylan, you had Heath Ledger playing the kind of rock and roll Dylan, you had a young actor [Marcus Carl Franklin] playing the Woody Guthrie influenced Bob Dylan. So you had all these different actors, all totally different and most of them looked nothing like and resembled him in no way. And I remember that was the most powerful representation of Dylan I’ve seen or of anyone I’ve seen and I thought when I’m playing Prince Charles there’s no point in me spending all this time trying to get his voice and trying to look like him and walk like him.

Those things will happen naturally. And I think, you know, it’s good to have little aspects and little notes that people feel safe and comfortable in the knowledge secure that you are playing Prince Charles. But as soon as you can get rid of those, the earlier you can get rid of those, the the more interesting and the more adaptive that character is, the more influential that character can be. And as I say, it’s more interesting seeing Josh play Prince Charles than it is seeing just seeing Prince Charles.

I love that example of I’m Not There. It’s a brilliant movie and it is such a great way to bring an audience into a character without feeling like you’re just watching video footage.

Exactly. Because there’s documentary. We also undersell the brilliant art form that is documentary, which I absolutely adore it. There’s nothing better than watching old footage of Charles. I love it. But it’s not the same. I want to see an actor play and Claire Foy is a great example. I should stop rambling but Claire Foy is a great example of an actress who plays the queen so stupendously everyone in the world sat up right when they watched Claire and Matt Smith in series one and two. And it wasn’t because there was, ‘Oh my God,’ she looked and speaks exactly like the queen at that age. Most of us don’t know what the queen looked like at that age and it sounded like at that age because there wasn’t very much TV. So actually all we’re looking at is an incredible performance of the character. And I think I remember watching Claire and Matt and thinking ‘let’s focus on that.’ Let’s not try and play Prince Charles, let’s try and play the character.

Again, that’s a perfect example that makes perfect sense. There’s a turning point in the series when Charles, as the Prince of Wales, has to learn to speak Welsh. Did you know any Welsh or was this something new for you as well?

I mean, I certainly knew no Welsh. I’d never spoken a word of Welsh in my life a lot. I’d heard the language. One of the most kind of influential or most magical moments from when I was in grammar school was I heard an old recording of Dylan Thomas reading Under Milk Wood and was a beautiful radio play that he wrote and it was and poetical and beautiful and Dylan speaks it in this kind of like raucous Welsh voice. It’s like, mind blowing, and it was a kind of really special moment. So that combined with the fact that I love Wales the country, I felt very great affinity for the Welsh language. But as I said, I had no idea. So it’s very much, it was very much kind of like Charles’ feelings about having to learn it. There were muffs the same as mine and we went through a long process of learning everything. And yeah, I mean it’s great. I still know the speech now, but I don’t know what it means.

Which brings us right to that monumental episode where you have to give the speech for his investiture. Tell me about that sequence, which I think is just extraordinary in this series.

It’s a beautifully written episode. It has so much significance because it’s about Charles stepping up and becoming an adult. To me it was the thing that convinced me to take the role in the first place. I suddenly realized this as a young man who is, in my in recent history, is kind of known as a bit of a wally [British slang for ineffectual or foolish]. He goes around and talks about the environment, which of course we all know he was right. In the 80s and 90s he was considered a bit of a buffoon. And then there’s the Diana years and the thing that got me and took and basically convinced me to take the role was I suddenly realized he’s a lost boy and the investiture episode is him taking that lost boy and going, ‘No, I’m going to own this and I’m going to become a man.’

Jumping off that a bit, what do you think was the most misunderstood thing about Charles from this period of his life?

I think sort of the misunderstood thing of most of the Royal families, is that they had some perfect childhood. I mean, in terms of financially, they probably had a pretty great childhood, but I think terms of relationships to parents, relationships to siblings, they’re just like anyone else. I mean, they’re difficult. They have their ups and their downs. He was a lost boy but a lost boy with the knowledge that he was going to have to at some point lead, be the king, the reign of England, of the Commonwealth of this huge empire and we now know, it’s taken an entire lifetime and he still isn’t the King.

I think that’s the biggest thing that hopefully people have taken. There’s been a great response within people calling out and saying they feel great sorrow for Charles now. So hopefully that’s what they’ll take.

In looking forward to the future of your career, do you have a dream role in mind that you’d like to play?

I don’t know actually. It’s one of these questions that so hard because I’m always surprised when I say something quick and then a script will come through with a totally original role and there’s nothing better than a new script and a role that you’ve never thought of. It grabs me. But I suppose there are plenty of performances I’ve always kind of aspired to like Daniel Day-Lewis has played and those kind of fully formed characters or Tom Hanks. Those are the kinds of roles that you dream of. In terms of theater it’s easy because everyone wants to play Richard II or Hamlet. I’ve always wanted to play Richard II, so one day hopefully I’ll be able to do that. But beyond that, certainly the dream is to keep getting to play new characters and work with great directors.

All seasons of The Crown, including S3 where Josh O’Connor appears, are streaming exclusively on Netflix.

#josh o’connor #prince charles #the crown #god's own country #emma #the crown netflix

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"MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" (2001) Review

"MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" (2001) Review There have been more adaptations of Agatha Christie's 1939 novel, "And Then There Were None" than any of her other novels. That is quite an achievement. The only other novel that comes close to producing this number of adaptations is her 1934 novel, 'Murder on the Orient Express".

Christie's 1934 novel managed to produce four adaptations, as far as I know - two movie releases and two television movies. The least famous of this quartet of adaptations was the television movie that aired on CBS in 2001. This version is famous or infamous for one thing - it is the only one that is not a period drama and set in the present day. "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" made a few other changes to Christie's narrative. The television movie's beginning established a complicated romance between Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and a sexy younger woman named Vera Rossakoff. The number of suspects was reduced from twelve to nine. And the Orient Express was stalled by a mudslide due to heavy rain and not a snowbank caused from an avalanche. Due to the film's setting, some of the characters' backgrounds and professions had been changed to reflect the late 20th century and early 21st century setting. "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" begins in Istanbul, Turkey; where private detective Hercule Poirot had just solved the murder of a dancer at a local nightclub. After a brief quarrel with his lady love, Vera Rossakoff, Poirot sets out to fly back to London. But an encounter with his old friend Wolfgang Bouc, an executive with the the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, leads Poirot to return to London via the famed Orient Express train. During the eastbound train journey, an American millionaire named Samuel Ratchett tries to hire Poirot to protect him from a potential assassin who has sent him threatening letters. However, Poirot refuses the job due to his dislike of Ratchett. During the second night of the journey, heavy rain causes a landslide, blocking the train to continue its journey. And Rachett is found stabbed to death inside his compartment, the following morning. Bouc recruits Poirot to solve Rachett's murder. I have a confession to make. I had disliked "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" when I first saw it on television all those years ago. My main reason for disliking the television movie was the fact that it had a modern setting, instead of one set in the 1930s. It was not a period movie. And for a story like Christie's 1934 novel, I resented it. However, I do believe the film's modern setting provided one major flaw for its narrative. Since the late 20th century, passengers for the Simplon Orient Express have to book passage on the train long before the date of its departure - six months to a year, more or less. The idea of Poirot managing to get a compartment aboard the Orient Express at such short notice in 2001 strikes me as pretty implausible. And when one adds to the fact that the train travels to and from Istanbul at least once a year, makes this narrative in a modern setting even more implausible. Another problem I had with "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" was it made the same mistake as the 2010 adaptation from "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT". They used the wrong rail cars. The 2010 television movie used the blue and cream Pullman cars for the journey from Istanbul to Calais. The 2001 movie used the brown and cream Pullman cars, usually reserved for the Orient Express from London to Folkstone, as the main train, as shown below:

Do I have any other problems with "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS"? Well . . . yes, I have one further problem. But I will address it later. Aside from these problems, did I enjoyed this recent re-watch of the television movie? Yes, I did. More than I thought I would. Which is ironic, considering that I disliked the movie so much when I first saw all those years ago. I finally realized that I had automatically resented the film for not being a period drama. And over the years, I had erroneously believed that the movie was set aboard a modern train and not on a restored one from the past. It took my recent viewing of the television movie for me to realize I had been wrong. However, I did noticed that the sleeping compartments did look surprisingly bigger than usual. Despite some modern updating in the film's visual look, the characters' background and dialogue; "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" did a first-rate job of adapting Christie's novel. What many might find surprising is that screenwriter Stephen Harrigan and director Carl Schenkel did not inflict any drastic changes to Christie's plot, unlike some recent Christie adaptations from the "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT" series and one or two miniseries produced by Sarah Phelps. Harrigan and Schenkel did not drastically change the movie's narrative, aside from reducing the number of suspects and having the train delayed by a mud slide, instead of a snow drift. Yes, the backgrounds and professions of the characters were changed due to the modern setting. And characters also change nationalities - like Bob Arbuthnot, an American tech CEO (British Army colonel in Christie's novel); Senora Alvarado, a widow of a South American dictator (a Russian princess in the novel); Phililp and Helena von Strauss, a German or Austrian couple traveling the world (the husband was a Hungarian diplomat in the novel); and even Wolfgang Bouc, the Franco-German Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits executive (who was solely French in the novel). This version of "Murder on the Orient Express" was not the first or last time when some of the characters' backgrounds and nationalities were changed. All four adaptations (including the highly regarded 1974 version) were guilty of this. But despite these changes, Harrigan and Schenkel stuck to Christie's narrative. And thanks to Harrigan's direction, this version proved to be a lot better than I had originally surmised. I certainly had no problems with most of the film's performances. "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" provided solid performances from Amira Casar, Kai Wiesinger, Dylan Smith, Nicolas Chagrin, Adam James, Tasha de Vasconcelos, and Fritz Wepper, who managed to create an effective screen team with star Alfred Molina as the investigative pair of Poirot and Monsieur (or Herr) Bouc. I thought David Hunt did an excellent job of conveying the aggressive, overprotective and slightly arrogant traits of American CEO, Bob Arbuthnot. I enjoyed Leslie Caron's colorful, yet autocratic portrayal of Senora Alvarado, the widow of a South American dictator. Meredith Baxter was equally colorful as an American character actress, traveling around Europe as a tourist. Her portrayal of Mrs. Hubbard reminded me of a younger version of a character she had portrayed in the 1980 miniseries, "BEULAH LAND" - but without the Southern accent. And I was really impressed by Natasha Wightman's performance as British tutor Mary Debenham. What really impressed me about Wightman's performance is that her portrayal of Miss Debenham was the closest to the literary character than any of the other versions. There was one performance that fell flat with me and it came from Peter Strauss, who portrayed the victim, Samuel Rachett. If I must be brutally honest, I found it rather hammy. Strauss, whom has always struck me as a first-rate actor in other productions, seemed to be screaming in nearly every scene. However, there is one scene in which I found his performance impressive. The scene involved Rachett's attempt to hire Poirot as his bodyguard and with a performance that permeated with subtlety and menace, Strauss reminded audiences of the excellent actor that he had always been through most of his career. I have never come across any real criticism of Alfred Molina's portrayal of Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Well . . . I did come across one article that discussed Molina's performance from Vulture magazine. But the critic seemed more focused on the movie's modern setting and Poirot's relationship with Vera Rossakoff, than Molina's performance. Personally, I thought the British actor did a superb job in portraying the detective. He managed to capture all of Poirot's intelligence, mild eccentricities, slight pomposity and talent for emotional manipulation. One thing I can say about Molina's portrayal is that his performance as Poirot was probably the most subtle I have seen on a movie or television screen. Whether someone would regard this as good or bad, is in the eye of the beholder. But I feel that this subtle performance suited Molina's style. Some have commented that Molina's Poirot was more "youthful" than other portrayals. Hmmmm . . . how odd. Molina was in his late 40s when he shot the television movie (perhaps 47 or 48 years old). Yet, Albert Finney was a decade younger when he portrayed Poirot in the 1974 film and his Poirot came off as a middle-aged man. David Suchet was five or six years younger when he began his twenty-four years stint portraying the detective for ITV's "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT". And during those early years, his Poirot also seemed slightly middle-aged. Because of this, I find this observation of Molina's Poirot as "youthful" rather questionable. It is a pity that the "official" opinion of "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" is so negative. I used to share this opinion until I did a re-watch of the television film with a more open mind. Like others, I had been dismissive of the 2001 version, due to its modern setting. I now realize I had been rather narrow-minded and prejudiced. Despite its flaws - and it had a few - "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" proved to be a lot better than I had originally surmised, thanks to director Carl Schenkel, Stephen Harrigan's teleplay and an excellent cast led by the superb Alfred Molina. I hope that one day, other Christie fans would dismiss their prejudices against the movie's setting and appreciate it for the entertaining production it truly is.

#agatha christie #murder on the orient express #murder on the orient express 2001 #alfred molina #hercule poirot #peter strauss #meredith baxter #leslie caron #david hunt #carl schenkel #natasha wightman #fritz wepper

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley, (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture for over a decade. Over the course of his career Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for the legalization of marijuana, while he also advocated for Pan-Africanism.

Born in Nine Mile, British Jamaica, Marley began his professional musical career in 1963, after forming Bob Marley and the Wailers. The group released its debut studio album The Wailing Wailers in 1965, which contained the single "One Love/People Get Ready"; the song was popular worldwide, and established the group as a rising figure in reggae. The Wailers subsequently released eleven further studio albums; while initially employing louder instrumentation and singing, the group began engaging in rhythmic-based song construction in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which coincided with the singer's conversion to Rastafarianism. During this period Marley relocated to London, and the group typified their musical shift with the release of the album The Best of The Wailers (1971).

The group attained international success after the release of the albums Catch a Fire and Burnin' (both 1973), and forged a reputation as touring artists. Following the disbandment of the Wailers a year later, Marley went on to release his solo material under the band's name. His debut studio album Natty Dread (1974) received positive reception, as did its follow-up Rastaman Vibration (1976). A few months after the album's release Marley survived an assassination attempt at his home in Jamaica, which prompted him to permanently relocate to London. During his time in London he recorded the album Exodus (1977); it incorporated elements of blues, soul, and British rock, enjoyed widespread commercial and critical success.

In 1977, Marley was diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma; he died as a result of the illness in 1981. His fans around the world expressed their grief, and he received a state funeral in Jamaica. The greatest hits album Legend was released in 1984, and became the best-selling reggae album of all time. Marley also ranks as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of more than 75 million records worldwide. He was posthumously honored by Jamaica soon after his death with a designated Order of Merit by his nation. In 1994, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone ranked him No. 11 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Early life and career

Bob Marley was born on 6 February 1945 at the farm of his maternal grandfather in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Malcolm. Norval Marley was a white Jamaican originally from Sussex, whose family claimed to have Syrian Jewish origins. Norval claimed to have been a captain in the Royal Marines; at the time of his marriage to Cedella Malcolm, an Afro-Jamaican then 18 years old, he was employed as a plantation overseer. Bob Marley's full name is Robert Nesta Marley, though some sources give his birth name as Nesta Robert Marley, with a story that when Marley was still a boy a Jamaican passport official reversed his first and middle names because Nesta sounded like a girl's name. Norval provided financial support for his wife and child but seldom saw them as he was often away. Bob Marley attended Stepney Primary and Junior High School which serves the catchment area of Saint Ann. In 1955, when Bob Marley was 10 years old, his father died of a heart attack at the age of 70. Marley's mother went on later to marry Edward Booker, a civil servant from the United States, giving Marley two half-brothers: Richard and Anthony.

Bob Marley and Neville Livingston (later known as Bunny Wailer) had been childhood friends in Nine Mile. They had started to play music together while at Stepney Primary and Junior High School. Marley left Nine Mile with his mother when he was 12 and moved to Trenchtown, Kingston. She and Thadeus Livingston (Bunny Wailer's father) had a daughter together whom they named Claudette Pearl, who was a younger sister to both Bob and Bunny. Now that Marley and Livingston were living together in the same house in Trenchtown, their musical explorations deepened to include the latest R&B from United States radio stations whose broadcasts reached Jamaica, and the new ska music. The move to Trenchtown was proving to be fortuitous, and Marley soon found himself in a vocal group with Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Beverley Kelso and Junior Braithwaite. Joe Higgs, who was part of the successful vocal act Higgs and Wilson, resided on 3rd St., and his singing partner Roy Wilson had been raised by the grandmother of Junior Braithwaite. Higgs and Wilson would rehearse at the back of the houses between 2nd and 3rd Streets, and soon, Marley (now residing on 2nd St.), Junior Braithwaite and the others were congregating around this successful duo. Marley and the others did not play any instruments at this time, and were more interested in being a vocal harmony group. Higgs was glad to help them develop their vocal harmonies, although more importantly, he had started to teach Marley how to play guitar—thereby creating the bedrock that would later allow Marley to construct some of the biggest-selling reggae songs in the history of the genre.

Musical career

1962–72: Early years

In February 1962, Marley recorded four songs, "Judge Not", "One Cup of Coffee", "Do You Still Love Me?" and "Terror", at Federal Studios for local music producer Leslie Kong. Three of the songs were released on Beverley's with "One Cup of Coffee" being released under the pseudonym Bobby Martell.

In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith were called the Teenagers. They later changed the name to the Wailing Rudeboys, then to the Wailing Wailers, at which point they were discovered by record producer Coxsone Dodd, and finally to the Wailers. Their single "Simmer Down" for the Coxsone label became a Jamaican No. 1 in February 1964 selling an estimated 70,000 copies. The Wailers, now regularly recording for Studio One, found themselves working with established Jamaican musicians such as Ernest Ranglin (arranger "It Hurts To Be Alone"), the keyboardist Jackie Mittoo and saxophonist Roland Alphonso. By 1966, Braithwaite, Kelso, and Smith had left the Wailers, leaving the core trio of Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, and Peter Tosh.

In 1966, Marley married Rita Anderson, and moved near his mother's residence in Wilmington, Delaware in the United States for a short time, during which he worked as a DuPont lab assistant and on the assembly line at a Chrysler plant in nearby Newark, under the alias Donald Marley.

Though raised as a Catholic, Marley became interested in Rastafari beliefs in the 1960s, when away from his mother's influence. After returning to Jamaica, Marley formally converted to Rastafari and began to grow dreadlocks.

After a financial disagreement with Dodd, Marley and his band teamed up with Lee "Scratch" Perry and his studio band, the Upsetters. Although the alliance lasted less than a year, they recorded what many consider the Wailers' finest work. Marley and Perry split after a dispute regarding the assignment of recording rights, but they would continue to work together.

1969 brought another change to Jamaican popular music in which the beat slowed down even further. The new beat was a slow, steady, ticking rhythm that was first heard on The Maytals song "Do the Reggay." Marley approached producer Leslie Kong, who was regarded as one of the major developers of the reggae sound. For the recordings, Kong combined the Wailers with his studio musicians called Beverley's All-Stars, which consisted of the bassists Lloyd Parks and Jackie Jackson, the drummer Paul Douglas, the keyboard players Gladstone Anderson and Winston Wright, and the guitarists Rad Bryan, Lynn Taitt, and Hux Brown. As David Moskowitz writes, "The tracks recorded in this session illustrated the Wailers' earliest efforts in the new reggae style. Gone are the ska trumpets and saxophones of the earlier songs, with instrumental breaks now being played by the electric guitar." The songs recorded would be released as the album The Best of The Wailers, including tracks "Soul Shakedown Party," "Stop That Train," "Caution," "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Soon Come," "Can't You See," "Soul Captives," "Cheer Up," "Back Out," and "Do It Twice".

Between 1968 and 1972, Bob and Rita Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer re-cut some old tracks with JAD Records in Kingston and London in an attempt to commercialise the Wailers' sound. Bunny later asserted that these songs "should never be released on an album ... they were just demos for record companies to listen to". In 1968, Bob and Rita visited songwriter Jimmy Norman at his apartment in the Bronx. Norman had written the extended lyrics for Kai Winding's "Time Is on My Side" (covered by the Rolling Stones) and had also written for Johnny Nash and Jimi Hendrix. A three-day jam session with Norman and others, including Norman's co-writer Al Pyfrom, resulted in a 24-minute tape of Marley performing several of his own and Norman-Pyfrom's compositions. This tape is, according to Reggae archivist Roger Steffens, rare in that it was influenced by pop rather than reggae, as part of an effort to break Marley into the US charts. According to an article in The New York Times, Marley experimented on the tape with different sounds, adopting a doo-wop style on "Stay With Me" and "the slow love song style of 1960s artists" on "Splish for My Splash". An artist yet to establish himself outside his native Jamaica, Marley lived in Ridgmount Gardens, Bloomsbury, during 1972.

1972–74: Move to Island Records

In 1972, Bob Marley signed with CBS Records in London and embarked on a UK tour with soul singer Johnny Nash. While in London the Wailers asked their road manager Brent Clarke to introduce them to Chris Blackwell, who had licensed some of their Coxsone releases for his Island Records. The Wailers intended to discuss the royalties associated with these releases; instead, the meeting resulted in the offer of an advance of £4,000 to record an album. Since Jimmy Cliff, Island's top reggae star, had recently left the label, Blackwell was primed for a replacement. In Marley, Blackwell recognised the elements needed to snare the rock audience: "I was dealing with rock music, which was really rebel music. I felt that would really be the way to break Jamaican music. But you needed someone who could be that image. When Bob walked in he really was that image." The Wailers returned to Jamaica to record at Harry J's in Kingston, which resulted in the album Catch a Fire.

Primarily recorded on an eight-track, Catch a Fire marked the first time a reggae band had access to a state-of-the-art studio and were accorded the same care as their rock 'n' roll peers. Blackwell desired to create "more of a drifting, hypnotic-type feel than a reggae rhythm", and restructured Marley's mixes and arrangements. Marley travelled to London to supervise Blackwell's overdubbing of the album which included tempering the mix from the bass-heavy sound of Jamaican music and omitting two tracks.

The Wailers' first album for Island, Catch a Fire, was released worldwide in April 1973, packaged like a rock record with a unique Zippo lighter lift-top. Initially selling 14,000 units, it received a positive critical reception. It was followed later that year by the album Burnin' which included the song "I Shot the Sheriff". Eric Clapton was given the album by his guitarist George Terry in the hope that he would enjoy it. Clapton was impressed and chose to record a cover version of "I Shot the Sheriff" which became his first US hit since "Layla" two years earlier and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 14 September 1974. Many Jamaicans were not keen on the new reggae sound on Catch a Fire, but the Trenchtown style of Burnin found fans across both reggae and rock audiences.

During this period, Blackwell gifted his Kingston residence and company headquarters at 56 Hope Road (then known as Island House) to Marley. Housing Tuff Gong Studios, the property became not only Marley's office but also his home.

The Wailers were scheduled to open 17 shows in the US for Sly and the Family Stone. After four shows, the band was fired because they were more popular than the acts they were opening for. The Wailers disbanded in 1974, with each of the three main members pursuing a solo career.

1974–76: Line-up changes and shooting

Despite the break-up, Marley continued recording as "Bob Marley & The Wailers". His new backing band included brothers Carlton and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on drums and bass respectively, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on lead guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl "Wya" Lindo on keyboards, and Alvin "Seeco" Patterson on percussion. The "I Threes", consisting of Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, and Marley's wife, Rita, provided backing vocals. In 1975, Marley had his international breakthrough with his first hit outside Jamaica, with a live version of "No Woman, No Cry", from the Live! album. This was followed by his breakthrough album in the United States, Rastaman Vibration (1976), which reached the Top 50 of the Billboard Soul Charts.

On 3 December 1976, two days before "Smile Jamaica", a free concert organised by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tension between two warring political groups, Marley, his wife, and manager Don Taylor were wounded in an assault by unknown gunmen inside Marley's home. Taylor and Marley's wife sustained serious injuries but later made full recoveries. Bob Marley received minor wounds in the chest and arm. The attempt on his life was thought to have been politically motivated, as many felt the concert was really a support rally for Manley. Nonetheless, the concert proceeded, and an injured Marley performed as scheduled, two days after the attempt. When asked why, Marley responded, "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. How can I?" The members of the group Zap Pow played as Bob Marley's backup band before a festival crowd of 80,000 while members of The Wailers were still missing or in hiding.

1976–79: Relocation to England

Marley left Jamaica at the end of 1976, and after a month-long "recovery and writing" sojourn at the site of Chris Blackwell's Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, arrived in England, where he spent two years in self-imposed exile.

Whilst in England, he recorded the albums Exodus and Kaya. Exodus stayed on the British album charts for 56 consecutive weeks. It included four UK hit singles: "Exodus", "Waiting in Vain", "Jamming", and "One Love" (a rendition of Curtis Mayfield's hit, "People Get Ready"). During his time in London, he was arrested and received a conviction for possession of a small quantity of cannabis. In 1978, Marley returned to Jamaica and performed at another political concert, the One Love Peace Concert, again in an effort to calm warring parties. Near the end of the performance, by Marley's request, Michael Manley (leader of then-ruling People's National Party) and his political rival Edward Seaga (leader of the opposing Jamaica Labour Party) joined each other on stage and shook hands.

Under the name Bob Marley and the Wailers 11 albums were released, four live albums and seven studio albums. The releases included Babylon by Bus, a double live album with 13 tracks, were released in 1978 and received critical acclaim. This album, and specifically the final track "Jamming" with the audience in a frenzy captured the intensity of Marley's live performances.

1979–81: Later years

Survival, a defiant and politically charged album, was released in 1979. Tracks such as "Zimbabwe", "Africa Unite", "Wake Up and Live", and "Survival" reflected Marley's support for the struggles of Africans. His appearance at the Amandla Festival in Boston in July 1979 showed his strong opposition to South African apartheid, which he already had shown in his song "War" in 1976. In early 1980, he was invited to perform at 17 April celebration of Zimbabwe's Independence Day.

Uprising (1980) was Bob Marley's final studio album, and is one of his most religious productions; it includes "Redemption Song" and "Forever Loving Jah". Confrontation, released posthumously in 1983, contained unreleased material recorded during Marley's lifetime, including the hit "Buffalo Soldier" and new mixes of singles previously only available in Jamaica.

Illness and death

In July 1977, Marley was found to have a type of malignant melanoma under the nail of a toe. Contrary to urban legend, this lesion was not primarily caused by an injury during a football match that year but was instead a symptom of already-existing cancer. Marley turned down his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated (which would have hindered his performing career), citing his religious beliefs, and instead, the nail and nail bed were removed and a skin graft was taken from his thigh to cover the area. Despite his illness, he continued touring and was in the process of scheduling a world tour in 1980.

The album Uprising was released in May 1980. The band completed a major tour of Europe, where it played its biggest concert to 100,000 people in Milan. After the tour, Marley went to the United States, where he performed two shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of the Uprising Tour.

Marley's last concert occurred at the Stanley Theater (now called The Benedum Center For The Performing Arts) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1980. Just two days earlier he had collapsed during a jogging tour in Central Park and was brought to the hospital where he learned that his cancer had spread to his brain.

The only known photographs from the show were featured in Kevin Macdonald's documentary film Marley.

Shortly afterward, Marley's health deteriorated as his cancer had spread throughout his body. The rest of the tour was canceled and Marley sought treatment at the Bavarian clinic of Josef Issels, where he received an alternative cancer treatment called Issels treatment partly based on avoidance of certain foods, drinks, and other substances. After eight months of effectively failing to treat his advancing cancer Marley boarded a plane for his home in Jamaica.

While Marley was flying home from Germany to Jamaica, his vital functions worsened. After landing in Miami, Florida, he was taken to the hospital for immediate medical attention. Marley died on 11 May 1981 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital), aged 36. The spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death. His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life."

Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica on 21 May 1981, which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition. He was buried in a chapel near his birthplace with his guitar.

On 21 May 1981, Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga delivered the final funeral eulogy to Marley, declaring:

His voice was an omnipresent cry in our electronic world. His sharp features, majestic looks, and prancing style a vivid etching on the landscape of our minds. Bob Marley was never seen. He was an experience which left an indelible imprint with each encounter. Such a man cannot be erased from the mind. He is part of the collective consciousness of the nation.

Legacy

Awards and honours

1976: Rolling Stone Band of the Year

June 1978: Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations.

February 1981: Awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit, then the nation's third highest honour, .

March 1994: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

1999: Album of the Century for Exodus by Time Magazine.

February 2001: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

February 2001: Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

2004: Rolling Stone ranked him No. 11 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

2004: Among the first inductees into the UK Music Hall of Fame

"One Love" named song of the millennium by BBC.

Voted as one of the greatest lyricists of all time by a BBC poll.

2006: A blue plaque was unveiled at his first UK residence in Ridgmount Gardens, London, dedicated to him by the Nubian Jak Community Trust and supported by Her Majesty's Foreign Office.

2010: Catch a Fire inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Reggae Album).

Other tributes

A statue was inaugurated, next to the national stadium on Arthur Wint Drive in Kingston to commemorate him. In 2006, the New York City Department of Education co-named a portion of Church Avenue from Remsen Avenue to East 98th Street in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn as "Bob Marley Boulevard". In 2008, a statue of Marley was inaugurated in Banatski Sokolac, Serbia.

Internationally, Marley's message also continues to reverberate among various indigenous communities. For instance, the Australian Aboriginal people continue to burn a sacred flame to honour his memory in Sydney's Victoria Park, while members of the Native American Hopi and Havasupai tribes revere his work. There are also many tributes to Bob Marley throughout India, including restaurants, hotels, and cultural festivals.

Marley evolved into a global symbol, which has been endlessly merchandised through a variety of mediums. In light of this, author Dave Thompson in his book Reggae and Caribbean Music, laments what he perceives to be the commercialised pacification of Marley's more militant edge, stating:

Bob Marley ranks among both the most popular and the most misunderstood figures in modern culture ... That the machine has utterly emasculated Marley is beyond doubt. Gone from the public record is the ghetto kid who dreamed of Che Guevara and the Black Panthers, and pinned their posters up in the Wailers Soul Shack record store; who believed in freedom; and the fighting which it necessitated, and dressed the part on an early album sleeve; whose heroes were James Brown and Muhammad Ali; whose God was Ras Tafari and whose sacrament was marijuana. Instead, the Bob Marley who surveys his kingdom today is smiling benevolence, a shining sun, a waving palm tree, and a string of hits which tumble out of polite radio like candy from a gumball machine. Of course it has assured his immortality. But it has also demeaned him beyond recognition. Bob Marley was worth far more.

Several film adaptations have evolved as well. For instance, a feature-length documentary about his life, Rebel Music, won various awards at the Grammys. With contributions from Rita, The Wailers, and Marley's lovers and children, it also tells much of the story in his own words. In February 2008, director Martin Scorsese announced his intention to produce a documentary movie on Marley. The film was set to be released on 6 February 2010, on what would have been Marley's 65th birthday. However, Scorsese dropped out due to scheduling problems. He was replaced by Jonathan Demme, who dropped out due to creative differences with producer Steve Bing during the beginning of editing. Kevin Macdonald replaced Demme and the film, Marley, was released on 20 April 2012. In 2011, ex-girlfriend and filmmaker Esther Anderson, along with Gian Godoy, made the documentary Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

In October 2015, Jamaican author Marlon James' novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, a fictional account of the attempted assassination of Marley, won the 2015 Man Booker Prize at a ceremony in London.

In February 2020, the musical Get Up Stand Up!, the Bob Marley Story was announced by writer Lee Hall and director Dominic Cooke, starring Arinzé Kene as Bob Marley. It will open at London's Lyric Theatre in February 2021.

Personal life

Religion

Bob Marley was a member for some years of the Rastafari movement, whose culture was a key element in the development of reggae. He became an ardent proponent of Rastafari, taking its music out of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene. He once gave the following response, which was typical, to a question put to him during a recorded interview:

Interviewer: "Can you tell the people what it means being a Rastafarian?"

Marley: "I would say to the people, Be still, and know that His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is the Almighty. Now, the Bible seh so, Babylon newspaper seh so, and I and I the children seh so. Yunno? So I don't see how much more reveal our people want. Wha' dem want? a white god, well God come black. True true."

Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq baptised Marley into the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, giving him the name Berhane Selassie, on 4 November 1980, shortly before his death.

Family

Bob Marley married Alpharita Constantia "Rita" Anderson in Kingston, Jamaica, on 10 February 1966. Marley had many children: four with his wife Rita, two adopted from Rita's previous relationships, and several others with different women. The official Bob Marley website acknowledges 11 children.

Those listed on the official site are:

Sharon, born 23 November 1964, daughter of Rita from a previous relationship but then adopted by Marley after his marriage with Rita

Cedella born 23 August 1967, to Rita

David "Ziggy", born 17 October 1968, to Rita

Stephen, born 20 April 1972, to Rita

Robert "Robbie", born 16 May 1972, to Pat Williams

Rohan, born 19 May 1972, to Janet Hunt

Karen, born 1973 to Janet Bowen

Stephanie, born 17 August 1974; according to Cedella Booker she was the daughter of Rita and a man called Ital with whom Rita had an affair, nonetheless, she was acknowledged as Bob's daughter

Julian, born 4 June 1975, to Lucy Pounder

Ky-Mani, born 26 February 1976, to Anita Belnavis

Damian, born 21 July 1978, to Cindy Breakspeare

Other sites have noted additional individuals who claim to be family members, as noted below:

Makeda was born on 30 May 1981, to Yvette Crichton, after Marley's death. Meredith Dixon's book lists her as Marley's child, but she is not listed as such on the Bob Marley official website.

Various websites, for example, also list Imani Carole, born 22 May 1963 to Cheryl Murray; but she does not appear on the official Bob Marley website.

Marley also has two notable grandsons, musician Skip Marley and American football player Nico Marley.

Association football

Aside from music, association football played a major role throughout his life. As well as playing the game, in parking lots, fields, and even inside recording studios, growing up he followed the Brazilian club Santos and its star player Pelé. Marley surrounded himself with people from the sport, and in the 1970s made the Jamaican international footballer Allan "Skill" Cole his tour manager. He told a journalist, "If you want to get to know me, you will have to play football against me and the Wailers."

Personal viewsPan-Africanism

Marley was a Pan-Africanist and believed in the unity of African people worldwide. His beliefs were rooted in his Rastafari religious beliefs. He was substantially inspired by Marcus Garvey, and had anti-imperialist and pan-Africanist themes in many of his songs, such as "Zimbabwe", "Exodus", "Survival", "Blackman Redemption", and "Redemption Song". "Redemption Song" draws influence from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia, 1937. Marley held that independence of African countries from European domination was a victory for all those in the African diaspora. In the song "Africa Unite", he sings of a desire for all peoples of the African diaspora to come together and fight against "Babylon"; similarly, in the song "Zimbabwe", he marks the liberation of the whole continent of Africa, and evokes calls for unity between all Africans, both within and outside Africa.

Cannabis

Marley considered cannabis a healing herb, a "sacrament", and an "aid to medication"; he supported the legalisation of the drug. He thought that marijuana use was prevalent in the Bible, reading passages such as Psalms 104:14 as showing approval of its usage. Marley began to use cannabis when he converted to the Rastafari faith from Catholicism in 1966. He was arrested in 1968 after being caught with cannabis but continued to use marijuana in accordance with his religious beliefs. Of his marijuana usage, he said, "When you smoke herb, herb reveal yourself to you. All the wickedness you do, the herb reveal itself to yourself, your conscience, show up yourself clear, because herb make you meditate. Is only a natural t'ing and it grow like a tree." Marley saw marijuana usage as a vital factor in religious growth and connection with Jah, and as a way to philosophise and become wiser.

Discography

Studio albums

The Wailing Wailers (1965)

Soul Rebels (1970)

Soul Revolution (1971)

The Best of The Wailers (1971)

Catch a Fire (1973)

Burnin' (1973)

Natty Dread (1974)

Rastaman Vibration (1976)

Exodus (1977)

Kaya (1978)

Survival (1979)

Uprising (1980)

Confrontation (1983)

Live albums

Live! (1975)

Babylon by Bus (1978)

See also

Outline of Bob Marley

List of peace activists

Fabian Marley

Desis bobmarleyi – an underwater spider species named in honor of Marley

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BAFTA 2020

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PARASITE Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho BOOKSMART Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson STORIA DI UN MATRIMONIO Noah Baumbach C’ERA UNA VOLTA…A HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino

MIGLIOR SCENEGGIATURA NON ORIGINALE

JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian JOKER Todd Phillips, Scott Silver PICCOLE DONNE Greta Gerwig THE TWO POPES Anthony McCarten

MIGLIOR ATTRICE PROTAGONISTA

RENÉE ZELLWEGER Judy JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose SCARLETT JOHANSSON Storia di un Matrimonio SAOIRSE RONAN Piccole Donne CHARLIZE THERON Bombshell

MIGLIOR ATTORE PROTAGONISTA

JOAQUIN PHOENIX Joker LEONARDO DICAPRIO Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood ADAM DRIVER Storia di un Matrimonio TARON EGERTON Rocketman JONATHAN PRYCE I due Papi

MIGLIOR ATTRICE NON PROTAGONISTA

LAURA DERN Storia di un matrimonio SCARLETT JOHANSSON Jojo Rabbit FLORENCE PUGH Piccole Donne MARGOT ROBBIE Bombshell MARGOT ROBBIE Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

MIGLIORE ATTORE NON PROTAGONISTA

BRAD PITT Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood TOM HANKS Un Amico Straordinario ANTHONY HOPKINS I due Papi AL PACINO The Irishman JOE PESCI The Irishman

MIGLIORI MUSICHE ORIGINALI

JOKER Hildur Guđnadóttir 1917 Thomas Newman JOJO RABBIT Michael Giacchino PICCOLE DONNE Alexandre Desplat STAR WARS: L’ASCESA DI SKYWALKER John Williams

CASTING

JOKER Shayna Markowitz STORIA DI UN MATRIMONIO Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler C’ERA UNA VOLTA…A HOLLYWOOD Victoria Thomas THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Sarah Crowe I DUE PAPI Nina Gold

MIGLIOR FOTOGRAFIA

1917 Roger Deakins THE IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto JOKER Lawrence Sher LE MANS ’66 Phedon Papamichael THE LIGHTHOUSE Jarin Blaschke

MIGLIOR MONTAGGIO

LE MANS ’66 Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker THE IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker JOJO RABBIT Tom Eagles JOKER Jeff Groth ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin

PRODUCTION DESIGN

1917 Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales THE IRISHMAN Bob Shaw, Regina Graves JOJO RABBIT Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková JOKER Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran C’ERA UNA VOLTA…A HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN

PICCOLE DONNE Jacqueline Durran THE IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell JOJO RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo JUDY Jany Temime C’ERA UNA VOLTA…A HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips

MIGLIOR TRUCCO E PARRUCCO

BOMBSHELL Vivian Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan 1917 Naomi Donne JOKER Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann JUDY Jeremy Woodhead ROCKETMAN Lizzie Yianni Georgiou

MIGLIORI EFFETTI SONORI

1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson JOKER Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic LE MANS ’66 David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester ROCKETMAN Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan STAR WARS: L’ASCESA DI SKYWALKER David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood

MIGLIORI EFFETTI SPECIALI

1917 Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick THE IRISHMAN Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman IL RE LEONE Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez STAR WARS: L’ASCESA DI SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy

MIGLIORI CORTI D’ANIMAZIONE BRITANNICI

GRANDAD WAS A ROMANTIC. Maryam Mohajer IN HER BOOTS Kathrin Steinbacher THE MAGIC BOAT Naaman Azhari, Lilia Laurel

MIGLIORI CORTOMETRAGGI

LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) Carol Dysinger, Elena Andreicheva AZAAR Myriam Raja, Nathanael Baring GOLDFISH Hector Dockrill, Harri Kamalanathan, Benedict Turnbull, Laura Dockrill KAMALI Sasha Rainbow, Rosalind Croad THE TRAP Lena Headey, Anthony Fitzgerald

EE RISING STAR AWARD

Si tratta del premio per stelle nascenti in ambito artistico, assegnato con voto del pubblico

MICHEAL WARD AWKWAFINA JACK LOWDEN KAITLYN DEVER KELVIN HARRISON JR.

#british academy of film and television arts #bafta 2020 #jojo rabbit #piccole donne #1917 #the irishman #cinema #cinema industry

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breakingthedisneyspell · 4 years

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So, anything on the coding within the general aesthetic of cartoon design? The article on Aladdin mentioned how him and Jasmine had more eurocentric features but I'm sure there are far more examples with the Disney style.

Thank you for sending this in!

I am slightly confused about what you are asking. Is it about racial coding in Disney (which is too wide a topic)? About specific characters like Jasmine? About specific character types like heroines & villains? So do not hesitate to get back to me.

I stuck with the characters I was most familiar with.

In general, the heroes & heroines of color are more conventionally attractive with Eurocentric features whereas the rest of their communities, including the villain, are racialised through their appearance (darker skin tones, exaggerated features, facial hair etc) and accents.

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“It is painfully obvious that the protagonists – Jasmine, Aladdin, and the Genie – are not. Their features are decidedly white/ European. The others have large noses, sinister eyes, and violence on the mind. Aladdin and Jasmine have none of these. They are dark-haired Ken and Barbie”

Staninger, Christiane. “Chapter 5: Disney’s Magic Carpet Ride: Aladdin and Women in Islam.” The emperor’s old groove: decolonizing Disney’s MagicKingdom. Ed. Brenda Ayres. New York: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated, 2003. pp. 65-77.

Aladdin modeled after Tom Cruise and M.C Hammer: By sexualizing the Aladdin character and transferring the despicable qualities of the magician to the villain Jafar, the stage was set for a plot which offered something for everyone: a sexy hero with a love interest and a Machiavellian miscreant who combined the worst straits of two real-life Arabs: the Ayatollah Khomeini and Saddam Hussein

Although Disney went so far as to tinge the skin tones of Aladdin and Jasmine with a lighter ocher, it deepened the shade of Jafar’s skin. Likewise, it distinguished between the “good” characters and the “bad” by giving the former American accents and the latter clipped British or vaguely foreign intonations.

All the bad guys have beards and large, bulbous noses, sinister eyes and heavy accents, and they’re wielding swords constantly. Aladdin doesn’t have a big nose; he has a small nose. He doesn’t have a beard or a turban. He doesn’t have an accent. What makes him nice is they’ve given him this American character. They’ve done everything but put him into a suit and a tie (Washington post, 10/01/93, Yousef Salem)

Jafar, like Hussein, is mustachioed, dark skinned, turbaned and robed silhouette from the Khomeini and “the fictional villain is a devious plotter and untrustworthy ally who pretends loyalty to his benevolent master while scheming to seize his possessions. It was this personification of Hussein-the-betrayer that was beamed from satellite dishes around the world in 1990-91

Macleod, Dianne Sachko. “Chapter 13: The Politics of Vision: Disney, Aladdin, and the Gulf War.” The emperor’s old groove: decolonizing Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Ed. Brenda Ayres. New York: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated, 2003. pp.179-192.

The Arab woman is often represented as light-skinned and in various states of undress while men are dark-skinned and viciously violent in works such as The Death of Sardanapalus by Delacroix and The Turkish Bath by Ingres.

Jafar is coded as “Arabic” with darker skin, a crooked nose and slimy mannerisms while Jasmine is more Americanized while still clearly remaining Agrabian (Booker 55). She has an American accent and yearns for true love and freedom from an oppressive regime while being disconnected from her faith: she is made palatable and relatable to Western audiences (Nadel 191). Jasmine belongs to and is disengaged from a land overrun by polygamy, harem girls and belly dancers.

Yours truly, The sexualization of women of color in WaltDisney’s Aladdin, Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Another example is Pocahontas, who stands out from her community with her looks and sexualisation.

film’s supervising animator Glen Keane was told “to make [Pocahontas] the finest creature the human race has to offer” (Kim 24).

All her features, including her arresting physique, are derived from Keane “concoct[ing] a heroine that John Smith, or any man, animated or otherwise, might love” (“The Making of Pocahontas”). Her body is an amalgamation of features cherry-picked from different ethnic groups to form the ultimate human being. Keane drew inspiration from “Irene Bedard, the American Indian actor who provides Pocahontas’s voice, American Indian consultant to the film Shirley “Little Dove” Custalow McGowan, Filipino model Dyna Taylor, black supermodel Naomi Campbell, and white supermodels Kate Moss and Christy Turlington” (Edgerton & Jackson 95).

WDC’s Pocahontas was thus given high cheekbones, full lips, feline eyes, a sensuous gait and an erotic body. Her body did not go unnoticed: she was described as a “babe” ” by John Smith’s voice actor Mel Gibson (Sardar17), “lusciously sexual” (Rudnick 67) and an “animated Playboy playmate”(Sharkey 1). Pocahontas needed to be otherworldly to logically captivate the audience and John Smith. Her extreme beautification arguably counterbalances her ethnicity (Buscombe 35). The latter seems to be considered a visual drawback that has to be compensated with increased sex appeal.

Me, The sexualization of women of color in Walt Disney’s Aladdin, Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Pocahontas is “an anachronistic image composed of “aesthetically-pleasing” body parts drawn from American Indian, African American, Asian American, and Caucasian models”

Jeffrey Katzenberg charged Keane with creating a Pocahontas that would be “the finest creature the human race has to offer” (qtd. in Kim 23)”. Disney’s Pocahontas is not American Indian; she is a member of the more universal “human race.”Her long, angular facial structure, pert nose, almond-shaped eyes, and flowing waist-length hair – which constantly billows around her and is parted on one side with an artful supermodel flip – differentiate her from the other American Indian women in the film, who are pictured with larger eyes and noses, more rounded faces, their hair either in bangs or long and parted in the middle.

Indeed, in making what has been trumpeted as their first multiethnic heroine, Disney, as I will argue in the final section of this essay, collapses all non-white ethnicities onto her body in order to make her a spokesmodel for a reductive version of multiculturalism, one in which the visual marker of brownness stands in for cultural diversity.

Strikingly, in addition to screening footage of supermodels, Keane went to books on classical Western beauty so that he could “concoct a heroine that John Smith, or any man, animated or otherwise, might love” (qtd. in Making). This comment suggests, from the point of view of the Anglicized male gaze, that Pocahontas’s beauty must overcome her race – her status as a “savage,” as a racial Other.

Pocahontas’s first scene of its heroine is a highly eroticized one. As shematerializes through the mist of the waterfall, the film’s action halts as the camera gazes, simulating what Mary Louise Pratt has theorized as the imperialor pale male gaze. With her long black hair swirling behind her, her Indianprincess costume cut high in the thigh, hanging from one shoulder, and hervoluptuous figure, Pocahontas stands as a icon of Western standards ofexoticized female beauty. As Gertrude Custalow, a member of the Powhatan tribe, noted in a 1995 interview about the film, “The real Pocahontas was achild, not a voluptuous woman. And one thing’s for sure – she didn’t own anuplift bra” (qtd. in Tillotson C8). Her body signifies as a racialized sexualobject on the screen, a “brown-skinned Barbie doll,” a multiethnic, to use Mel Gibson’s term, “babe” (qtd. in Tillotson C8).

Edwards, Leigh H.“The United Colors of ‘Pocahontas’: Synthetic Miscegenation and Disney’sMulticulturalism.” Narrative, vol. 7, no. 2, 1999, pp. 147–168. JSTOR.

The film eroticizes and fetishizes Pocahontas. She is an exotic creature capable of jumping off three hundred foot waterfalls, of conjuring up magical winds thatgive humans the ability to fly, and of painting “will all the colors of the wind.” Disney constructs Pocahontas as a mystical, mist-shrouded object of desire for the heterosexual white colonizer Smith. The film endows her female body with the largest chest, the smallest feet and waist, the biggest almond-shaped eyes, and the longest hair of any character in the movie. Colonial narrative logic dictates that colonizers must protect women from barbaric men; thus, the discourse objectifies women in the name of genocide.

Buescher, Derek T., and Kent A. Ono. “Civilized colonialism: Pocahontas as neocolonial rhetoric.” Women’s Studies in Communication, vol.19, no. 2, 1996, pp. 127-153.

Esmeralda, where she is dark-skinned but again is exponentially more attractive than her community.

The Disney film shows a sexually appealing Esmeralda as well, despite its family-friendly target audience. Others have noted the increased sexualization and exoticization of Disney heroines, particularly of ethnic female characters, and culmination with Esmeralda. Her dress in the Disney cartoon has been called “the epitome of the exotic/sexual” and suggestive of her ethnicity. Her flirty dancing concludes with spinning around a pole, a daring move for Disney and a most explicit sexual reprtation. The heroine is also a clear object of the male gaze (Frollo’s, Phoebus’, Quasimodo’s) as suggested by intentional shots and acting techniques.

Schneeweis, Adina. “The bohemian Gypsy, another body to sell: Deciphering Esmeralda in popular culture.” Heroines of Comic Books and Literature: Portrayals in popular culture. Eds. Maja Bajac-Carter, Norma Jones & Bob Batchelor. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

The costuming in The Hunchback of Notre Dame offers what may be the epitome of the exotic/sexual. Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer, is also attired in dresses that reflect a stereotype of her ethnic background. These costumes, like those of her two predecessors, bare her shoulders. Hers, however, also offers a plunging bust line that emphasizes the cleavage. Additionally, her dance costume is drawn with a skin-tight look that reveals the “cut” of her abdomen and her tiny waist.

Lacroix, Celeste. “Images of animated others: The orientalization of Disney’s cartoon heroines from The Little Mermaid to The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Popular Communication 2.4 (2004). pp. 213-229.

WDC’s Esmeralda is modeled after the romantic Bohemian. She is the only Romani inhabited by beauty, grace and sex appeal as the rest of her community are caricatured as “lazy, belligerent, vulgar, unwashed, and criminal” (Oprea 15). All the other Romani characters, including women, are unattractive with beaky noses, beady eyes, and unkempt bodies.

Me, The sexualization of women of color in Walt Disney’s Aladdin, Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

#ask #answer #txt #racism #resource #multi #mine***#wukodork #i have no idea if this is what you wanted #but i thought it would be a nice resource #i have so much material #it took several days to choose the relevant bits and pieces

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SORROWFUL JONES

JULY 4, 1949

Sorrowful Jones is a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker. In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) as a marker for a bet. When her father does not return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Lucille Ball plays a nightclub singer who is dating Sorrowful's boss.

Although the official opening night in Hollywood took place on Independence Day 1949, it was premiered in New York City a month earlier, and seen in Australia on June 24, 1949.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield Produced by Robert L. Welch Written by Edmund Hartmann and Melville Shavelson based on a story by Damon Runyon

CREDITED CAST

Lucille Ball (Gladys) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in April 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon, which was not a success and was canceled after just 13 episodes. She died on April 26, 1989 at the age of 77.

Ball's singing voice is provided by Annette Warren, who also sang for her in Fancy Pants and later provided the singing voice for Ava Gardner in Show Boat. Her first screen dubbing was for Lured featuring Lucille Ball, although Warren did not dub Lucy’s voice. She provided the singing voice for Pepper (Iris Adrian) in the Bob Hope film The Paleface (1947).

Bob Hope (Sorrowful Jones) was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five honorary Academy Awards. In 1945, Desi Arnaz was the orchestra leader on Bob Hope’s radio show. Ball and Hope did three other films together. He appeared as himself on the season 6 opener of “I Love Lucy.” He did a brief cameo in a 1964 episode of “The Lucy Show.” He died in 2003 at age 100.

Mary Jane Saunders (Martha Jane) makes her film debut. She went on to do a season of TV’s “Tales of the Welles Fargo” (1960-61) and made two appearances on “My Three Sons”: one with William Frawley and one with William Demarest.

William Demarest (Regret) is best remembered as Uncle Charlie on “My Three Sons,” a role created after the death of William Frawley. Demarest and Frawley appeared together on screen in The Farmer’s Daughter (1940). He was nominated for an Academy Award in the biography, The Jolson Story (1946). Demarest did two other films with Lucille Ball: Fugitive Lady (1934) and Don’t Tell The Wife (1937). He died in 1983 at age 91.

Bruce Cabot (Big Steve) appeared with Lucille Ball in 1934′s Men of the Night. In 1950, he joined Hope and Ball once again in Fancy Pants. His main claim to fame is rescuing Fay Wray from King Kong (1933).

Tom Pedi (Once Over Sam) did one season of the short-lived sitcom “Arnie” (1970-71). He was in the 1980 remake of Little Miss Marker, upon which Sorrowful Jones is based.

Paul Lees (Orville Smith) was blinded by enemy artillery during his service in World War II. He received 32 military decorations and ribbons, including the Legion of Merit. Despite his lack of vision, Lees learned to act and signed a contract with Paramount. He would memorize script dialog by having someone read it to him twice.

Houseley Stevenson (Doc Chesley) was a British-born character actor who had just finished doing The Paleface with Bob Hope.

Ben Weldon (Big Steve’s Bodyguard) appeared on “I Love Lucy” as the thief who breaks in to the Ricardo apartment to steal “The Fur Coat” (ILL S1;E9). He was seen in a season one episode of “The Lucy Show.”

Emmett Vogan (Psychiatrist) did four movies with Lucille Ball previous to this one. In 1954 he played Mr. Bolton in The Long, Long Trailer.

Thomas Gomez (Reardon) was an Oscar nominee for Ride the Pink Horse the previous year. In 1953 he was seen as Pasquale #2 on CBS’s “Life With Luigi”. He did a 1964 episode of “My Three Sons” with William Demarest.

UNCREDITED CAST (with connections to Lucille Ball)

Ethel Bryant (Nurse) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Broadway Bill (1934), another film involving a racehorse. John Butler (Jack - Bettor on Green Diamond) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Affairs of Annabel (1938).

Bill Cartledge (First Jockey) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Joy of Living (1938).

Maurice Cass (Psychiatrist) was also seen with Lucille Ball (and John Butler) in The Affairs of Annabel (1938).

Michael Cirillo (Horse Player) joined Bob Hope in Paleface and Son of Paleface as well as Critic’s Choice with Hope and Ball in 1963.

Charles Cooley (Shorty) was seen with Hope and Ball in Fancy Pants (1950) as well as a dozen other Bob Hope films. He also was a regular on “The Bob Hope Show” on television.

James Dearing (Spectator) was in eight other Lucille Ball films between 1936 and 1954.

Jay Eaton (Horse Player) was in eight other Lucille Ball films between 1937 and 1946.

Chuck Hamilton (Police Officer) was seen in the background of eight other Lucille Ball films from 1937 to 1950.

Selmer Jackson (Doctor) was in six other Lucille Ball films between 1933 and 1949.

Kenner G. Kemp (Bookmaker) was in seven other Lucille Ball films between 1936 and 1960 as well as doing background work on a 1965 episode of “The Lucy Show.”

Bob Kortman (Horse Player) was in four other Lucille Ball films between 1934 and 1950.

George Magrill (Horse Player) makes the last of his nine film appearances with Lucille Ball. He started in 1933 with Broadway Thru A Keyhole.

John Mallon (Horse Player) was also seen with Hope and Ball in Fancy Pants (1950).

John ‘Skins’ Miller (Jockey) was also seen with Hope and Ball in Fancy Pants (1950) and previously with Ball in The Big Street (1942).

Frank Mills (Horse Player) makes the last of his ten film appearances with Lucille Ball. He started in 1933 with The Bowery.

Ralph Montgomery (Horse Player) was one of the policeman on the scene in “Lucy Goes To The Hospital” (ILL S2;E16) in 1953.

Ralph Peters (Taxi Driver) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Big Street (1942).

Suzanne Ridgeway (Nightclub Patron) was also seen with Lucille Ball in That’s Right - You’re Wrong (1939) and The Magic Carpet (1951).

Arthur Space (Plainclothes Policeman) was in four other films with Lucille Ball between 1945 and 1950.

Bert Stevens (Nightclub Patron) was a background player in four Lucille Ball films as well as one episode of “I Love Lucy,” and many of “The Lucy Show.”

Sid Tomack (Waiter at Steve’s Place) was also seen in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) with Lucille Ball.

Harry Tyler (Blinky) did three other films with Lucille Ball between 1937 and 1950.

Walter Winchell (Himself, Voice Over) was a journalist and radio host who was the narrator of Desilu’s “The Untouchables.” He also joined the cast in their satire of the series on “Lucy The Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25).

The film was made at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, with location shooting in New York City. This was Lucille Ball’s 70th film!

The New York Times, August 16, 1947. Note that Lucille Ball is not mentioned. (Thanks to @ericthelibrarian for the scan)

THE STORY

Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) is a New York bookie who keeps his operation hidden behind a trap door in a Broadway barber shop. He suffers a financial setback when a horse named Dreamy Joe, owned by gangster Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cabot), unexpectedly wins a race and Jones has to pay all the bettors.

Jones learns that the race was fixed by Big Steve, who tells him about giving the horse a "speedball." It turns out Big Steve has informed all the bookies in his circle of friends about the fixed race, and demands a sum of $1,000 from each one of them in exchange for this information.

Before the next race, Jones learns Dreamy Joe will lose, but still takes bets on the horse from his customers. He even takes a bet from gambler Orville Smith (Paul Lees), who leaves his four-year-old daughter Martha Jane (Mary Jane Saunders) as collateral. Orville overhears a phone call where Big Steve reveals that the race is fixed, so he is killed by one of Big Steve's goons, Once Over Sam (Tom Pedi). Jones is forced to take care of Martha Jane and brings her home with him.

The next day Jones gets help from his ex-girlfriend, burlesque performer Gladys O'Neill (Lucille Ball).

Big Steve tells Jones he is being investigated by the racing commission so he is quitting the race-fixing business. Big Steve plans to make one final race before he gets out of the game, where he is fixing it so that Dreamy Joe will win. He also transfers the ownership of the horse to Martha Jane, unaware that she is Orville's daughter. After the race, Big Steve will kill the horse by giving it a high dose of "speedball."

Jones tries to find Martha Jane's mother, but discovers she is dead. Gladys suggests that Jones give all of Dreamy Joe's winnings to Martha Jane to help her survive, or she will contact the police and tell them about Jones' operation. She has no knowledge of Big Steve's plan to fix the race.

Big Steve finds out that Martha Jane is Orville's daughter, so Jones must hide her to protect her from being killed. When hiding on a fire escape's landing, Martha Jane falls down and is seriously injured. In a coma, the little girl calls out for Dreamy Joe.

In order to save Martha Jane and wake her up, Jones and his partner Regret (William Demarest) steal the horse from Big Steve at the race track. They take it into the hospital room where Martha Jane lies. Martha Jane wakes up and the police find out that Big Steve is responsible for Orville's murder.

After Big Steve is arrested, Jones proposes to Gladys. The police want Martha Jane to be placed in an orphanage, but Jones and Gladys, who have married, decide to adopt the girl. They go away on their honeymoon together with their newly adopted daughter.

TRIVIA & BACKGROUND

“Little Miss Marker” (1932), a short story by Damon Runyon, inspired the film Sorrowful Jones.

Damon Runyon’s 1940 short story “Little Pinks” served as the basis for the Lucille Ball / Henry Fonda film The Big Street (1942).

Little Miss Marker (1934) starring Adolphe Menjou as Sorrowful Jones and Dorothy Dell as Bangles Carson. Shirley Temple as Marthy Jane. The film was directed by Alexander Hall, Lucille Ball’s one-time fiance.

Sorrowful Jones (1947) starring Bob Hope as Sorrowful Jones and Lucille Ball as Gladys O’Neill. Mary Jane Saunders as Martha Jane.

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) starring Tony Curtis as Steve McCluskey and Suzanne Pleshette as Chris Lockwood. Claire Wilcox as Penelope Piper.

Little Miss Marker (1980) starring Walter Matthau as Sorrowful Jones and Julie Andrews as Amanda Worthington. Sarah Stimson as the Kid.

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 21, 1949 with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball reprising their film roles.

“Havin' a Wonderful Wish (Time You Were Here)” by Jay Livingston with lyrics by Ray Evans is sung by Lucille Ball (dubbed by Annette Warren).

“Miss Beverley Hills of Hollywood” comic book issue #6, January / February 1947 promoted the film. Lucille Ball still is purporting to have been born in Butte, Montana. Here her birth date is also incorrect: August 6, not August 8. Note how much the Drama Teacher resembles Lucy’s mother, Dede Ball.

Lucille Ball advertising both Armstrong Tires and Sorrowful Jones.

Lucille Ball advertising Sealright Sanitary Containers using Sorrowful Jones.

In “The Bob Hope Christmas Special” (1973) Lucy opens a small wooden box and removes a lock of Hope’s hair she says she snipped from his head when they were making Sorrowful Jones together.

The film was mentioned when Lucille Ball and Bob Hope guested on “Dinah!” in 1977.

In 1989, after Ball’s passing, a clip from the film was incorporated into “Bob Hope’s Love Affair With Lucy.”

#Lucille Ball #Sorrowful Jones #Little Miss Marker #Bob Hope #Mary Jane Saunders #William Demarest #Damon Runyon #Walter Winchell #Bruce Cabot #Thomas Gomez #1949 #Paramount Pictures #Annette Warren #Sidney Landfield #movies #Hollywood #Lucy

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keywestlou · 6 years

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BRITISH PETER

Bob Smith shares the Key West of the 1990’s in his book BOB. One character of that time and still alive is Peter. Commonly known as British Peter.

I was fortunate to know Peter. As many today who still enjoy the Chart Room. It was the Chart Room where we all met and became friends.

Peter was British through and through. Appearance wise, tall, thin, with a white mustache. His accent decidedly British. His demeanor conservative. BOB says “a more polite and erudite fellow you will never meet.”

Peter for many years lived on a sailboat. Moored it 2 miles out into the Gulf. Used a dingy to go back and forth. One night, Peter had a bit too much to drink. A moonless evening. He went out to return to his sailboat.

He left the dingy when he thought he was at his boat. He was not. Dingy floated away. Peter floating. Had to find the boat or die. He swam around a while and fortunately bumped into his boat.

Another Peter tale involves his world travels. He was somewhere in the Pacific off a small island on a sailboat. Pirates came upon him in the dark of night intending to rob and perhaps kill him.

Peter no slouch. Always prepared. He shot and killed one of the pirates before leaping off his boat and swimming to shore. As Peter tells the story, he fully anticipated the pirates to find him the next day and kill him for having killed one of their own.

Peter was off the island as dawn broke.

BOB talks about Bob running into the Peter at the West Indies Lounge on one occasion. I do not recall the place nor could I find it on the internet. However, I am sure it was den of inequity with Peter and Bob observing, not participating.

Peter no longer with us in Key West. He had inherited a home in the State of Washington years ago. Five years ago, he decided to move to the home and spend the rest of his days there. Peter has returned at least 3 times over the years to visit.

BOB shares another Peter story. One involving Rockland Key and cock fighting chickens. Saved for tomorrow.

One of Peter’s closest Chart Room buddies was Che. They discussed everything. Argued a better description. Che an in your face type. Peter would not let him get away with anything.

Che now 85. Ailing. None of us have seen him at the Chart Room in at least 6 months. He has become a recluse.

Jean Thornton thought it was time he got out. She has arranged for Che to be at the Chart Room at 5 this afternoon to meet and greet friends.

Che has a distinction. One of the holes in the Chart Room bar bears his name. He is one of two remaining alive. A portion of his ashes will be deposited in the bar when he passes on.

Spent yesterday afternoon researching this week’s KONK life column. Ten pages of notes. Not sure of the title yet. The topic involves Kim and Trump. Kim’s background emphasized. Trump is in bed with a dog who has fleas.

I will write the article this afternoon.

Snuck out for an hour for a pedicure and manicure with Tammy. Love Tammy! Respect and admire she and her husband Ricky’s success. They deserve it!

Last night, the Chart Room. Met Mary Anne. Has lived in Key West since 1990. We never met before. Amazing!

A small world. Mary Anne knows Bear. And, Donna and Terri. Mary Anne is the assistant manager at the Lower Keys Animal Clinic on Kennedy. A vet’s office. The Doc Bear’s vet.

Cori Convertino stopped by to say hello. Talented. Hard working. She is actually Dr. Cori Convertino. Has a Ph.D. She is in charge of the exhibits at the Custom House. Ever changing, time absorbing to erect. Each one a “work” in itself.

Jenna! My love! We have not seen each other in months. My fault. She calls, I am too busy. Accidentally saw her last night.

Jenna and her beau stopped in for a drink before seeing a movie at Tropic Cinema. We swore we would get together soon. Very soon!

Read an interesting report this morning. A recent study shows millionaires now control half of the world’s wealth. Personal wealth globe wise in 2017 totaled $201.9 trillion. Up 12 percent from 2016.

The rich getting a lot more richer and doing it a lot faster.

Happy Father’s Day to all who will be remembered and to all who will not. Life moves in strange ways.

Enjoy your Sunday!

BRITISH PETER was originally published on Key West Lou

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October: yet another great month for new books!

October 1

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Eric Idle

Angel Mage - Garth Nix

Blowout - Rachel Maddow

Frankissstein - Jeanette Winterson

Full Throttle - Joe Hill

Half Way Home - Hugh Howey

Imaginary Friend - Stephen Chbosky

Killing Commendatore - Haruki Murakami

Monstress Volume 4 - Marjorie Liu

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven -Mitch Albom

Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty

Now Entering Addamsville - Francesca Zappia

The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie

Royal Holiday - Jasmine Guillory

Sunny Rolls the Dice - Jennifer L Holm

Toil & Trouble - Augusten Burroughs

Vancouver After Dark - Aaron Chapman

The Winter of the Witch - Katherine Arden

October 3

The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman

October 8

Bridge of Clay - Markus Zusak

The Cockroach - Ian McEwan

The Giver of Stars - Jojo Moyes

Grand Union - Zadie Smith

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J K Rowling

Letters from an Astrophysicist - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Lost Feast - Lenore Newman

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo

On the Plain of Snakes - Paul Theroux

Outgrowing God - Richard Dawkins

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts - Kate Racculia

Warrior of the Altaii - Robert Jordan

The Wicked + the Divine Volume 9 - Kieron Gillen

October 15

All the Lives We Never Lived - Anuradha Roy

Arias - Sharon Olds

Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition - Joshua Foer

The Body - Bill Bryson

Dear Girls - Ali Wong

The Guardians - John Grisham

Home Work - Julie Andrews

The Infinite Game - Simon Sinek

Me - Elton John

The Never Tilting World - Rin Chupeco

Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout

The Shape of Family - Shilpi Somaya Gowda

She Wants It - Jill Soloway

Sulwe - Lupita Nyong'o

The Survival Guide to British Columbia - Ian Ferguson

War Girls - Tochi Onyebuchi

October 19

One Drum - Richard Wagamese

October 22

Agent Running in the Field - John le Carre

Blowing the Bloody Doors Off - Michael Caine

The Deserter - Nelson DeMille

An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space - Bob McDonald

Janis - Holly George-Warren

Many Rivers to Cross - Peter Robinson

Morning Glory on the Vine - Joni Mitchell

The Night Fire - Michael Connelly

Rick Mercer Final Report - Rick Mercer

Supernova Era - Cixin Liu

This Will Only Hurt a Little - Busy Philipps

Ultimate Veg - Jamie Oliver

Words Are My Matter - Ursula K Le Guin

October 29

Blue Moon - Lee Child

Classic Krakauer - Jon Krakauer

Find Me - Andre Aciman

The Noble Path - Peter May

Notre-Dame - Ken Follett

The Python Years - Michael Palin

Scotty - Ken Dryden

The Second Sleep - Robert Harris

The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off! - Gloria Steinem

Upstream - Mary Oliver

#books #new releases #upcoming books #indies #bookstores #bookstore life

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2018 In Review

Rules: Answer questions about 2018 and tag some people!

I was tagged by @megabadbunny and @wordsintimeandspace Thanks guys! This took forever because I procrastinated. I’m not good at remembering these types of things for lists. I immediately forget everything I’ve ever watched or read or done lol

TOP 5 FILMS YOU WATCHED IN 2018

Black Panther

Ocean’s 8

Deadpool 2

Aquaman

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

TOP 5 TV SHOWS IN 2018

Doctor Who

Grace and Frankie

Yuri on Ice

Somebody Feed Phil

Great British Baking Show

TOP 5 SONGS OF 2018

West Coast - Imagine Dragons

Have it All - Jason Mraz

This is Me - The Greatest Showman

Give Love - Andy Grammer

Dusty Rooms - Barenaked Ladies

TOP 5 6 BOOKS YOU READ IN 2018

The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both by Juno Dawson (which I still have yet to finish)

Good Omens (I read that last year right??)

Other Minds: The Octopus, the sea, and the Deep Origins of Conciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith (which I only barely started! *cries*)

OMG 2018 was the year I lacked all focus for reading

Like it just DIED. I love to read. What happened?? :(

Five good/positive things that happened to you in 2018

I took my first uber, plane ride, and set foot in a strange city ALL BY MYSELF for the first time and I was rewarded with meeting @jemsauce! :D She lives in a Bob Ross painting and her family is lovely and the mountains make me wanna cry (in a good way).

I finally, finally, FINALLY got to visit the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. It was soooo amazing. x_x I need to go back to see more of it.

I did the Uber/plane thing again and went back to see Jem just a couple months later! Her double-take when she saw me sneaking up on her was a priceless thing I think I’ll never forget.

I went to my third convention in December and Jonathan Frakes TALKED TO ME about DOCTOR WHO!

Speaking of Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor happened to me in 2018. That’s a thing.

I’m not gonna tag because I figure everyone and their brother has done this already, but if you haven’t: consider yourself tagged! Tag me so I can see yours. :)

#2018 review #i got tagged in a thing #joi rambles

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Read the complete list of 2019 BAFTA nominees.

Best Film

BlacKkKlansman – Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele

The Favourite – Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday

Green Book – Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez

A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Bill Gerber, Lynette Howell Taylor

Outstanding British Film

Beast – Michael Pearce, Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana MacKinnon

Bohemian Rhapsody – Bryan Singer, Graham King, Anthony McCarten … our interview with Dexter Fletcher is here.

The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara

McQueen – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui, Andee Ryder, Nick Taussig

Stan & Ollie – Jon S. Baird, Faye Ward, Jeff Pope

You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, James Wilson

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer

Apostasy – Daniel Kokotajlo (Writer/Director)

Beast – Michael Pearce (Writer/Director), Lauren Dark (Producer)

A Cambodian Spring – Chris Kelly (Writer/Director/Producer)

Pili – Leanne Welham (Writer/Director), Sophie Harman (Producer)

Ray & Liz – Richard Billingham (Writer/Director), Jacqui Davies (Producer)

Film Not In The English Language

Capernaum – Nadine Labaki, Khaled Mouzanar – Our interview with director Nadine Labaki is here.

Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski, Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska

Dogman – Matteo Garrone

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez

Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda, Kaoru Matsuzaki

Documentary

Free Solo – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

McQueen – Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui

RBG – Julie Cohen, Betsy West

They Shall Not Grow Old – Peter Jackson

Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardle, Grace Hughes-Hallett, Becky Read

Animated Film

Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird, John Walker

Isle Of Dogs – Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord

Director

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee

Cold War – Paweł Pawlikowski

The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper

Original Screenplay

Cold War – Janusz Głowacki, Paweł Pawlikowski

The Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara

Green Book – Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Vice – Adam McKay

Adapted Screenplay

BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty

First Man – Josh Singer

If Beale Street Could Talk – Barry Jenkins

A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Eric Roth

Leading Actress

Glenn Close – The Wife … read our interview with Close’s daughter, actress Annie Starke, on acting in The Wife, here.

Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Viola Davis – Widows

Leading Actor

Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born

Christian Bale – Vice

Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody

Steve Coogan – Stan & Ollie

Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Vice

Claire Foy – First Man

Emma Stone – The Favourite

Margot Robbie – Mary Queen of Scots

Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Supporting Actor

Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman

Mahershala Ali – Green Book

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Sam Rockwell – Vice

Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy

Original Music

BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard

If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell

Isle Of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat

Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman

A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson

Cinematography

Bohemian Rhapsody – Newton Thomas Sigel

Cold War – Łukasz Żal

The Favourite – Robbie Ryan

First Man – Linus Sandgren

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón

Editing

Bohemian Rhapsody – John Ottman

The Favourite – Yorgos Mavropsaridis

First Man – Tom Cross

Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough

Vice – Hank Corwin

Production Design

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald – Stuart Craig, Anna Pinnock

The Favourite – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton

First Man – Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas

Mary Poppins Returns – John Myhre, Gordon Sim

Roma – Eugenio Caballero, Bárbara Enríquez

Costume Design

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – Mary Zophres

Bohemian Rhapsody – Julian Day

The Favourite – Sandy Powell

Mary Poppins Returns – Sandy Powell

Mary Queen of Scots – Alexandra Byrne

Make Up & Hair

Bohemian Rhapsody – Mark Coulier, Jan Sewell

The Favourite – Nadia Stacey

Mary Queen of Scots – Jenny Shircore

Stan & Ollie – Mark Coulier, Jeremy Woodhead

Vice – Nominees TBC

Sound

Bohemian Rhapsody – John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, John Warhurst

First Man – Mary H. Ellis, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor

Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Gilbert Lake, James H. Mather, Christopher Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith

A Quiet Place – Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Procter, Ethan Van der Ryn

A Star Is Born – Steve Morrow, Alan Robert Murray, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic

Special Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick

Black Panther – Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald – Tim Burke, Andy Kind, Christian Manz, David Watkins

First Man – Ian Hunter, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, J.D. Schwalm

Ready Player One – Matthew E. Butler, Grady Cofer, Roger Guyett, David Shirk

British Short Animation

I’m Ok – Elizabeth Hobbs, Abigail Addison, Jelena Popović

Marfa – Gary McLeod, Myles McLeod

Roughhouse – Jonathan Hodgson, Richard Van Den Boom

British Short Film

73 Cows – Alex Lockwood

Bachelor, 38 – Angela Clarke

The Blue Door – Ben Clark, Megan Pugh, Paul Taylor

The Field – Sandhya Suri, Balthazar de Ganay

Wale – Barnaby Blackburn, Sophie Alexander, Catherine Slater, Edward Speleers

EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)

Barry Keoghan

Cynthia Erivo

Jessie Buckley

Lakeith Stanfield

Letitia Wright

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Celebrity Death 2021

JANUARY Floyd Little - Jan. 1 (Football Player) Carlos do Carmo - Jan. 1 (Folk Singer) Mark Eden - Jan. 1 (TV Actor) Kerry Vincent - Jan. 2 (Chef) Paul Westphal - Jan. 2 (Basketball Player) Mike Reese - Jan. 2 (Politician) Mary Catherine Bateson - Jan. 2 (Novelist) Gerry Marsden - Jan. 3 (Rock Singer) AnnaRose King - Jan. 3 (Director) Barbara Shelley - Jan. 3 (Movie Actor) Tanya Roberts - Jan. 4 (TV Actress) Cheyann Shaw - Jan. 4 (Instagram Star) Gregory Sierra - Jan. 4 (TV Actor) Barbara Shelley - Jan. 4 (Movie Actress) Drew Osborne - Jan. 4 (TV Actor) Jim Corsi - Jan. 4 (Baseball Player) Colin Bell - Jan. 5 (Soccer Player) James Greene - Jan. 5 (TV Actor) Antonio Sabato Sr. - Jan. 6 (Movie Actor) Ashli Babbitt - Jan. 6 (Criminal) Bobby Few - Jan. 6 (Pianist) *Marion Ramsey - Jan. 7 (Movie Actress) Tommy Lasorda - Jan. 7 (Baseball Manager) Neil Sheehan - Jan. 7 (Journalist) Michael Apted - Jan. 7 (Director) Deezer D - Jan. 7 (TV Actor) Ed Bruce - Jan. 8 (Country Singer) John Reilly - Jan. 9 (Movie Actor) Julie Strain - Jan. 10 (Model) Stacy Title - Jan. 11 (Director) Sheldon Adelson - Jan. 11 (Entrepreneur) Siegfried Fischbacher - Jan. 13 (Magician) Rock Mackenzie - Jan. 13 (YouTube Star) Joanne Rogers - Jan. 14 (Family Member) *Fred Rogers's Wife* Phil Spector - Jan. 16 (Criminal) Charlotte Cornwell - Jan. 16 (Movie Actress) Harry Brant - Jan. 17 (Family Member) *Stephanie Seymour's Son* Junior Mance - Jan. 17 (Pianist) Don Sutton - Jan. 18 (Baseball Player) Joyce Hill - Jan. 18 (Baseball Player) Mark Wilson - Jan. 19 (Magician) Mira Furlan - Jan. 20 (TV Actress) Peter Swan - Jan. 20 (Soccer Player) Baby CEO - Jan. 20 (Rapper) Mick Norcross - Jan. 21 (Reality Star) Randy Parton - Jan. 21 (Country Singer) Jackson Mthembu - Jan. 21 (Politician) Hank Aaron - Jan. 22 (Baseball Player) Aeneas Chigwedere - Jan. 22 (Politician) *Larry King - Jan. 23 (TV Show Host) Hal Holbrook - Jan. 23 (TV Actor) Song Yoo-jung - Jan. 23 (TV Actress) Trisha Noble - Jan. 23 (TV Actress) Polly Lou Livingston - Jan. 24 (Voice Actress) Jeanette Maus - Jan. 24 (Voice Actress) Bruce Kirby - Jan. 24 (Movie Actor) Jung Hun Chul - Jan. 25 (Rapper) Sekou Smith - Jan. 26 (Sportscaster) 6 Dogs - Jan. 26 (Rapper) Cloris Leachman - Jan. 27 (TV Actress) Efrain Ruales - Jan. 27 (TV Actor) Goddess Bunny - Jan. 27 (Model) Cicely Tyson - Jan. 28 (Movie Actress) Eddie Connachan - Jan. 28 (Soccer Player) Hilton Valentine - Jan. 29 (Guitarist) John Chaney - Jan. 29 (Basketball Coach) SOPHIE Xeon - Jan. 30 (Pop Singer) Marc Wilmore - Jan. 30 (Screenwriter) Helen Schott - Jan. 30 (Family Member) *Macklemore's Grandmother* Bob Wall - Jan. 30 (Movie Actor)

FEBRUARY **Dustin Diamond - Feb. 1 (TV Actor) John Sweeney - Feb. 1 (Civil Rights Leader) Tom Moore - Feb. 2 (British Army Officer) Wayne Terwilliger - Feb. 3 (Baseball Player) Santiago Garcia - Feb. 4 (Soccer Player) Christopher Plummer - Feb. 5 (Movie Actor) Leon Spinks - Feb. 5 (Boxer) Örs Siklósi - Feb. 5 (Rock Singer) Brayden Smith - Feb. 5 (Reality Star) Timothy Wilks - Feb. 5 (YouTube Star) Chris Ridgway - Feb. 6 (Family Member) *Jesse Ridgway's Uncle* George P. Shultz - Feb. 6 (Entrepreneur) Ron Wright - Feb. 7 (Politician) Rebecca Landrith - Feb. 7 (Model) Devon Cota - Feb. 7 (Family Member) *Jeanette Cota's Son / Ava Cota's Brother* Mary Wilson - Feb. 8 (R&B Singer) Marty Schottenheimer - Feb. 8 (Football Coach) Billy Bryan Brown - Feb. 8 (Reality Star) Dazharia Shaffer - Feb. 9 (TikTok Star) Chick Corea - Feb. 9 (Pianist) Kasia Lenhardt - Feb. 9 (Model) Rajiv Kapoor - Feb. 9 (Movie Actor) Terez Paylor - Feb. 9 (Journalist) Katherine Creag - Feb. 10 (Journalist) Larry Flynt - Feb. 10 (Journalist) Rodrigo Mejía - Feb. 12 (TV Actor) Sydney Devine - Feb. 12 (Pop Singer) Robert Maraj - Feb. 13 (Family Member) *Nicki Minaj's Father* Carlos Menem - Feb. 14 (World Leader) Mourid Barghouti - Feb. 14 (Poet) Carl Judie - Feb. 14 (TV Actor) Vincent Jackson - Feb. 15 (Football Player) Johnny Pacheco - Feb. 15 (Composer) Lucia Guilmain - Feb. 15 (Movie Actress) Jessica McClintock - Feb. 16 (Fashion Designer) Harry Bring - Feb. 16 (TV Producer) Soul Jah Love - Feb. 16 (Reggae Singer) Carman - Feb. 16 (Rock Singer) Rush Limbaugh - Feb. 17 (Radio Host) Gene Summers - Feb. 17 (Rock Singer) U-Roy - Feb. 17 (Reggae Singer) Prince Markie Dee - Feb. 18 (Rapper) Juan Pizarro - Feb. 18 (Baseball Player) Đorđe Balašević - Feb. 19 (Songwriter) Mira Furlan - Jan. 20 (TV Actress) Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Feb. 22 (Poet) Sean Kennedy - Feb. 23 (Bassist) Geoffrey Scott - Feb. 23 (Soap Opera Actor) Ronald Pickup - Feb. 24 (TV Actor) Lance Waldroup - Feb. 25 (Reality Star) John Geddert - Feb. 25 (Gymnastics Coach) Scarfo Da Plug - Feb. 27 (Rapper) Louis Nix - Feb. 27 (Football Player) Ng Man-tat - Feb. 27 (Movie Actor) Russ Martin - Feb. 27 (Radio Host) Erica Watson - Feb. 27 (Comedian) Dylan Kardashian - Feb. 27 (YouTube Star) Irv Cross - Feb. 28 (Football Player) Johnny Briggs - Feb. 28 (Soap Opera Actor) Milan Bandić - Feb. 28 (Politician)

MARCH Jahmil French - March 1 (TV Actor) Vernon Jordan - March 1 (Civil Rights Leader) Ann Casey - March 1 (Wrestler) Bunny Wailer - March 2 (Reggae Singer) Alex Casademunt - March 2 (Pop Singer) Michael Gudinski - March 2 (Entrepreneur) Moses Monweal McCormick - March 4 (YouTube Star) Walter Gretzky - March 4 (Family Member) *Wayne Gretzky's Father* Chris Kash - March 4 (Model) Michael Stanley - March 5 (Rock Singer) Yhung Lyric Chanel - March 5 (Instagram Star) David Bailie - March 5 (Movie Actor) Tsering Dolma Gyaltong - March 5 (Activist) Abood Omari - March 6 (Instagram Star) Peter Deibler - March 6 (Radio Host) Norton Juster - March 8 (Children's Author) Cepillín - March 8 (TV Show Host) Roger Mudd - March 9 (TV Show Host) Cliff Simon March 9 (TV Actor) James Levine - March 9 (Composer) Joe Tait - March 10 (Sportscaster) Alena Suleimanova - March 10 (Painter) Ronald Defeo Jr. - March 12 (Criminal) Marvin Hagler - March 13 (Boxer) Menzi Ngubane - March 13 (TV Actor) Lee Scratch Perry - March 13 Actor) Thione Seck - March 14 (World Music Singer) Yaphet Kotto - March 15 (Movie Actor) Stephen Bechtel Jr. - March 15 (Entrepreneur) Albert Rodriguez - March 15 (Movie Actor) Maia Johnson - March 15 (Family Member) *Keyshawn Johnson's Daughter* Timur Faizutdinov - March 16 (Hockey Player) Moudud Ahmed - March 16 (Politician) Freddie Redd - March 17 (Pianist) John Magufuli - March 17 (Politician) Richard Gilliland - March 18 (Movie Actor) Ace from Ching & Ace Crew - March 19 (YouTube Star) Peter Lorimer - March 20 (Scooer Player) Adam Zagajewski - March 21 (Poet) Elgin Baylor - March 22 (Basketball Player) George Segal - March 23 (Movie Actor) Houston Tumlin - March 23 (Movie Actor) Oscar Frayer - March 23 (Basketball Player) Jessica Walter - March 24 (TV Actress) Ronald Williams - March 24 (TikTok Star) Craig Grant - March 24 (Poet) Bob Plager - March 24 (Hockey Player) Beverly Cleary - March 25 (Children's Author) Larry McMurtry - March 25 (Screenwriter) Bertrand Tavernier - March 25 (Director) Lee MacMillan - March 26 (YouTube Star) Deshayla Harris - March 26 (Reality Star) Jeff Carson - March 26 (Country Singer) Petr Kellner - March 27 (Entrepreneur) Rochelle Hager - March 29 (TikTok Star) Claudio Callegari - March 29 (YouTube Star) G Gordon Liddy - March 30 (Radio Host) Lee Collins - March 31 (Soccer Player)

APRIL Amy Lee Fisher - April 1 (YouTube Star) Lee Aaker - April 1 (TV Actor) Linda Torres - April 1 (TV Actress) Gloria Henry - April 3 (TV Actress) Carla Zampatti - April 3 (Fashion Designer) John Paragon - April 3 (Screenwriter) Tamura Masakazu - April 3 (TV Actor) Thomas Dale Brock - April 4 (Biologist) Paul Ritter - April 5 (Movie Actor) Krzysztof Krawczyk - April 5 (World Music Singer) Alcee L. Hastings - April 6 (Politician) James Hampton - April 7 (Movie Actor) Richard Rush - April 8 (Director) **DMX - April 9 (Rapper) Prince Philip - April 9 (Prince) Nikki Grahame - April 9 (Reality Star) Adam Perkins - April 11 (Instagram Star) Joseph Siravo - April 11 (Movie Actor) Bobby Leonard - April 13 (Basketball Player) Bernie Madoff - April 14 (Criminal) Rusty Young - April 14 (Guitarist) Leroy Keyes - April 15 (Football Player) *Helen McCrory - April 16 (Movie Actress) Felix Silla - April 16 (TV Actor) Charles Geschke - April 16 (Entrepreneur) Black Rob - April 17 (Rapper) Fred Arbanas - April 17 (Football Player) Al Young - April 17 (Poet) Alma Wahlberg - April 18 (Reality Star) *Mark Wahlberg's Mother* Elizabeth Furse - April 18 (Politician) Walter Mondale - April 19 (Vice President) Monte Hellman - April 20 (Director) Les McKeown - April 20 (Pop Singer) Tempest Storm - April 20 (Movie Actress) Joe Long - April 21 (Bassist) Terrence Clarke - April 22 (Basketball Player) Sharon Pollock - April 22 (Playwright) Charlie Glotzbach - April 23 (Race Car Driver) Alber Elbaz - April 24 (Fashion Designer) Cam Coldheart - April 24 (Rapper) Denny Freeman - April 25 (Guitarist) Geno Hayes - April 26 (Football Played) Pudgywoke - April 26 (Dog) Michael Collins - April 28 (Astronaut) CptVideoGames - April 28 (YouTube Star) Johnny Crawford - April 29 (TV Actor) Pierce Fulton - April 29 (Pop Singer) Anne Buydens - April 29 (Film Producer) Frank McRae - April 29 (Movie Actor) Billie Hayes - April 29 (TV Actress) Courtney Hall - April 30 (Football Player)

MAY Olympia Dukakis - May 1 (Movie Actress) Ian Morosoff - May 1 (TikTok Star) Jacques D'amboise - May 2 (Dancer) Eric McClure - May 2 (Race Car Driver) Bobby Unser - May 2 (Race Car Driver) R Balakrishna Pillai - May 3 (Politician) Paulo Gustavo - May 4 (Movie Actor) Nick Kamen - May 4 (Pop Singer) Simon Achidi Achu - May 4 (Politician) George Jung - May 5 (Criminal) Tawny Kitaen - May 7 (TV Actress) Ernest Angley - May 7 (Religious Leader) Spencer Silver - May 8 (Chemist) Jose Manuel Caballero - May 9 (Poet) Colt Brennan - May 11 (Football Player) Norman Lloyd - May 11 (TV Actor) Blackie Dammett - May 12 (Movie Actor) Rhino So Cool - May 12 (Dog) Seamus Deane - May 12 (Novelist) Norman Simmons - May 13 (Composer) New Jack - May 14 (Wrestler) Peter Griffith - May 14 (TV Actor) Mike Darole - May 15 (Rapper) MC Kevin - May 16 (World Music Singer) Charles Grodin - May 18 (Movie Actor) Rennie Stennett - May 18 (Baseball Player) Paul Mooney - May 19 (Comedian) Mark York - May 19 (TV Actor) Samir Ghanem - May 20 (Comedian) Erin O'Brien - May 20 (TV Actress) Chi Modu - May 22 (Photographer) Eric Carle - May 23 (Children's Author) Lorrae Desmond - May 23 (Soap Opera Actress) Max Rufus Mosley - May 23 (Race Car Driver) Samuel E. Wright - May 24 (Pop Singer) Kevin Clark - May 26 (Movie Actor) Paul Soles - May 26 (Voice Actor) JD Meeboer - 26 May (Pop Singer) Shane Briant - May 27 (TV Actor) Carla Fracci - May 27 (Dancer) Freddy Marks - May 27 (Pop Singer) Robert J. Hogan - May 27 (TV Actor) Lorina Kamburova - May 27 (TV Actress) Gavin MacLeod - May 29 (TV Actor) BJ Thomas - May 29 (Country Singer) Joe Lara - May 29 (TV Actor) Dawn Lee - May 30 (YouTube Star) Arlene Golonka - May 31 (TV Actress) Lil Loaded - May 31 (Rapper) Arlene Golonka - May 31 (TV Actress)

JUNE F. Lee Bailey - June 3 (Lawyer) Ernie Lively - June 3 (Movie Actor) Richard R. Ernst - June 4 (Chemist) Clarence Williams III - June 4 (TV Actor) Michele Merlo - June 6 (Songwriter) Jim Fassel - June 7 (Football Coach) Dontay Banks - June 7 (Family Member) *Lil Durk's Brother* Georgie Boy - June 7 (TikTok Star) Ben Roberts - June 9 (Soap Opera Actor) Gottfried Bohm - June 9 (Architect) Edward de Bono - June 9 (Doctor) Ray MacDonnell - June 10 (Soap Opera Actor) Buddhadeb Dasgupta - June 10 (Directer) Mudcat Grant - June 11 (Baseball Player) Geoffrey Edelsten - June 11 (Entrepreneur) Ned Beatty - June 13 (Movie Actor) Lisa Banes - June 14 (TV Actress) Frank Bonner - June 16 (TV Actor) Chandrashekhar - June 16 (Movie Actor) John De Nardis - June 17 (YouTube Star) Gift of Gab - June 18 (Rapper) Giampiero Boniperti - June 18 (Soccer Player) Milkha Singh - June 18 (Runner) Joanne Linville - June 20 (TV Actress) Hey Eliza - June 20 (TikTok Star) René Robert - June 22 (Hockey Player) Patricia Reilly Giff - June 22 (Children's Author) Mila Ximénez - June 23 (TV Show Host) Melissa Coates - June 23 (Wrestler) Jackie Lane - June 23 (TV Actress) Edna Schmidt - June 24 (Journalist) Lauren Maxwell - June 24 (Family Member) *Fetty Wap's Daughter* Vic Briggs - June 25 ( Guitarist) Abdalelah Haroun - June 26 (Runner) Mike Gravel - June 26 (Politician) Greg Noll - June 28 (Surfer) Burton Greene - June 28 (Pianist) Donald Rumsfeld - June 29 (Politician) Stuart Damon - June 29 (Soap Opera Actor) The Patriot - June 30 (Wrestler)

JULY Philece Sampler - July 1 (Voice Actress) Daniel Mickelson - July 4 (TV Actor) Matiss Kivlenieks - July 4 (Hockey Player) Richard Lewontin - July 4 (Biologist) Terry Donahue - July 4 (Football Coach) Richard Donner - July 5 (Director) Babyface.s - July 5 (TikTok Star) William Smith - July 5 (TV Actor) Raffaella Carra - July 5 (World Music Singer) Suzzanne Douglas - July 6 (TV Actress) Robert Downey Sr. - July 7 (Director) Dilip Kumar - July 7 (Movie Actor) Odalis Santos Mena - July 7 (Model) Chick Vennera - July 7 (Movie Actor) Carlos Reutemann - July 7 (Politician) Jovenel Moïse - July 7 (Politician) Virbhadra Singh - July 8 (Politician) Sebastian Eubank - July 9 (Family Member) *Chris Eubank's Son* Edwin Edwards - July 12 (Politician) Mamnoon Hussain - July 14 (Politician) Jeffrey Philip LaBar - July 14 (Guitarist) Dawn Foster - July 15 (Journalist) Libero De Rienzo - July 15 (Movie Actor) William F. Nolan - July 15 (Novelist) Biz Markie - July 16 (Rapper) Pilar Bardem - July 17 (Movie Actress) Tom O'Connor - July 18 (Comedian) Enn Tarto - July 18 (Politician) Mary Ward - July 19 (Movie Actress) Greg Knapp - July 22 (Football Coach) Dieter Brummer - July 24 (Soap Opera Actor) Rodney Alcala - July 24 (Criminal) Mike Enzi - July 26 (Politician) Joey Jordison - July 26 (Drummer) Dusty Hill - July 27 (Bassist) Saginaw Grant - July 27 (Movie Actor) Johnny Ventura - July 28 (World Music Singer) Carl Levin - July 29 (Politician) Jay Pickett - July 30 (TV Actor) Shona Ferguson - July 30 (TV Actor) Anthony Michael - July 31 (TikTok Star) Josemith Bermúdez - July 31 (TV Actress) Terry Cooper - July 31 (Soccer Player)

AUGUST Edai - Aug. 1 (Rapper) Gina Krasley - Aug. 1 (Reality Star) Paul Cotton - Aug. 1 (Rock Singer) Bobby Eaton - Aug. 4 (Wrestler) Razzy Bailey - Aug. 4 (Country Singer) Brian Henderson - Aug. 5 (TV Show Host) Emilio Ballack - Aug 5 (Family Member) *Michael Ballack's Son* Eloise Greenfield - Aug. 5 (Children's Author) Trevor Moore - Aug 6 (Comedian) Markie Post - Aug. 7 (TV Actress) Dalal Abdul Aziz - Aug. 7 (Movie Actress) Jane Withers - Aug. 7 (Movie Actress) Bobby Bowden - Aug. 8 (Football Coach) John Meadows - Aug. 8 (Fitness Instructor) Bill Davis - Aug. 8 (Politician) Bob Jenkins - Aug. 9 (TV Show Host) Siti Sarah Raissuddin - Aug. 9 (World Music Singer) Lester Bird - Aug. 9 (Politician) Alex Cord - Aug. 9 (TV Actor) Sakhile Hlatshwayo - Aug. 9 (World Music Singer) Pat Hitchcock - Aug. 9 (Movie Actress) Chucky Thompson - Aug. 9 (Music Producer) Tony Esposito - Aug. 10 (Hockey Player) Mike Finnigan - Aug. 11 (Pianist) Dominic DeNucci - Aug. 12 (Wrestler) Una Stubbs - Aug. 12 (TV Actress) Nanci Griffith - Aug. 13 (Folk Singer) Ernie Sigley - Aug. 15 (TV Show Host) Gerd Muller - Aug. 15 (Soccer Player) Sean Lock - Aug. 16 (Comedian) Austin Mitchell - Aug. 18 (Politician) Jill Murphy - Aug. 18 (Novelist) Bill Freehan - Aug. 19 (Baseball Player) Sonny Chiba - Aug. 19 (Movie Actor) Chuck Close - Aug. 19 (Photographer) Tom T. Hall - Aug. 20 (Country Singer) Jeanne Robertson - Aug. 21 (Model) Don Everly - Aug. 21 (Country Singer) Rod Gilbert - Aug. 22 (Hockey Player) Jack Hirschman - Aug. 22 (Poet) Jimmy Hayes - Aug. 23 (Hockey Player) Tom Flynn - Aug. 23 (Journalist) Serge Onik - Aug. 24 (Dancer) Charlie Watts - Aug. 24 (Drummer) Sam Oji - Aug. 28 (Soccer Player) Ida Keeling - Aug. 28 (Runner) Ed Asner - Aug. 29 (Movie Actor) Mercedes Morr - Aug. 29 (Instagram Star) Ron Bushy - Aug. 29 (Drummer) Lee Scratch Perry - Aug. 29 (Music Producer) Jacques Rogge - Aug. 29 (Entrepreneur) tomiii 11 - Aug. 30 (YouTube Star) Michael Constantine - Aug. 31 (Movie Actor)

SEPTEMBER Catherine MacPhail - Sept. 1 (Children's Author) Daffney - Sept. 1 (Wrestler) Gregg Leakes - Sept. 1 (Reality Star) Sidharth Shukla - Sept. 2 (Model) Mad Clip - Sept. 2 (Rapper) David Patten - Sept. 2 (Football Player) Philip Jamison - Sept. 3 (Painter) Willard Scott - Sept. 4 (TV Show Host) Sarah Harding - Sept. 5 (Pop Singer) Michael Kenneth Williams - Sept. 6 (TV Actor) Anthony Johnson - Sept. 6 (Movie Actor) Jean-Pierre Adams - Sept. 6 (Soccer Player) Jean Paul Belmondo - Sept. 6 (Movie Actor) Art Metrano - Sept. 8 (Movie Actor) Jorge Sampaio - Sept. 10 (Politician) Abimael Guzman - Sept. 11 (Politician) Brandon Ashur - Sept. 12 (YouTube Star) *Norm MacDonald - Sept. 14 (Comedian) Lou Angotti - Sept. 15 (Hockey Player) Jane Powell - Sept. 16 (Movie Actress) Clive Sinclair - Sept. 16 (Entrepreneur) Abdelaziz Bouteflika - Sept. 17 (Politician) Anna Chromy - Sept. 18 (Sculptor) Gabby Petito - Sept. 19 (Instagram Star) Jimmy Greaves - Sept. 19 (Soccer Player) John Challis - Sept. 19 (TV Actor) Richard Buckley - Sept. 19 (Family Member) *Tom Ford's Husband* Sarah Dash - Sept. 20 (Rock Singer) *Willie Garson - Sept. 21 (Movie Actor) Boehlert Sherwood - Sept. 21 (Politician) Al Harrington - Sept. 21 (TV Actor) Melvin Van Peebles - Sept. 21 (Movie Actor) Bob Moore - Sept. 22 (Bassist) Jay Sandrich - Sept. 22 (Director) Roger Michell - Sept. 22 (Director) Lenka Peterson - Sept. 24 (Stage Actress) Gabriel Salazar - Sept. 26 (TikTok Star) Roger Hunt - Sept. 27 (Soccer Player) Tommy Kirk - Sept. 28 (Movie Actor) Michael Tylo - Sept. 28 (Soap Opera Actor) Jocelyn Ducharme - Sept. 28 (TikTok Star) Katelyn Ballman - Sept. 29 (TikTok Star) Carlisle Floyd - Sept. 30 (Composer)

OCTOBER John Wes Townley - Oct. 2 (Race Car Driver) Jorge Medina - Oct. 3 (Religious Leader) Todd Akin - Oct. 3 (Politician) Cynthia Harris - Oct. 3 (TV Actress) Valerie Joy Watson - Oct. 4 (Children's Author) Alan Kalter - Oct. 4 (Voice Actor) Ernest Lee Johnson - Oct. 5 (Criminal) Jan Shutan - Oct. 7 (TV Actress) James Brokenshire - Oct. 7 (Politician) Peter Silverman - Oct. 7 (Journalist) Raymond Odierno - Oct. 8 (War Hero) Luis de Pablo - Oct. 10 (Composer) Abdul Qadeer Khan - Oct. 10 (Physicist) Creatures Ferris - Oct. 10 (Reality Star) Emani Johnson - Oct. 11 (R&B Singer) Tony Demarco - Oct. 11 (Boxer) Deon Estus - Oct. 11 (Bassist) Lavoisier Maia - Oct. 11 (Politician) Paddy Moloney - Oct. 12 (Composer) Hubert Germain - Oct. 12 (Politician) Ray Fosse - Oct. 13 (Baseball Player) Gary Paulsen - Oct. 13 (Yound Adult Author) Tom Morey - Oct. 14 (Entrepreneur) David Amess - Oct. 15 (Politician) Joanna Cameron - Oct. 15 (TV Actress) Betty Lynn - Oct. 16 (TV Actress) Franco Cerri - Oct. 18 (Guitarist) Colin Powell - Oct. 18 (Politician) Val Bisoglio Oct. 18 (TV Actor) Christopher Ayres - Oct. 18 (Voice Actor) William Lucking - Oct. 18 (TV Actor) Jack Angel - Oct. 19 (Voice Actor) Brian Laundrie - Oct. 20 (Instagram Star) Michael Stoddard Laughlin - Oct. 20 (Film Producer) Jerry Pinkney - Oct. 20 (Illustrator) Martha Henry - Oct. 21 (Stage Actress) Kathleen Flores - Oct. 21 (Rugby Player) Einár - Oct. 21 (Rapper) Tommy DeBarge - Oct. 21 (Family Member) Thich Pho Tue - Oct. 21 (Religious Leader) *Peter Scolari - Oct. 22 (TV Actor) *James Michael Tyler - Oct. 24 (TV Actor) Mamat Khalid - Oct. 24 (Screenwriter) Huey Ha - Oct. 25 (TikTok Star) Fofi Gennimata - Oct. 25 (Politician) Roh Tae-Woo - Oct. 26 (Politician) Walter Smith - Oct. 26 (Soccer Coach) Mort Sahl - Oct. 26 (Comedian) Linda Carlson - Oct. 26 (TV Actress) Mike Gene Lucci - Oct. 26 (Football Player) Christopher Wenner - Oct. 27 (Journalist) Octavio Ocana - Oct. 28 (TV Actor) Ashley Mallett - Oct. 28 (Cricket Player) A Linwood Holton Jr. - Oct. 28 (Politician) Jovita Moore - Oct. 28 (Journalist) Puneeth Rajkumar - Oct. 29 (Movie Actor) Octavio Ocana - Oct. 29 (TV Actor) Bert Newton - Oct. 30 (Comedian) Alpo Martinez - Oct. 31 (Criminal)

NOVEMBER Pat Martino - Nov. 1 (Guitarist) Dennis Moore - Nov. 2 (Politician) Wilma Chan - Nov. 3 (Politician) Lionel Blair - Nov. 4 (TV Show Host) Vanessa Angel - Nov. 4 (Soap Opera Actress) Ruth Ann Minner - Nov. 4 (Politician) Marília Mendonça - Nov. 5 (Pop Singer) Angelo Mosca - Nov. 6 (Football Player) Shawn Rhoden - Nov. 6 (Bodybuilder) Dean Stockwell - Nov. 7 (TV Actor) Astro - Nov. 7 (Rapper) Amalia Aguilar - Nov. 8 (Movie Actress) Max Cleland - Nov. 9 (Politician) Austin Currie - Nov. 9 (Politician) Jerry Douglas Nov. 9 (Soap Opera Actor) Ed Lucas - Nov. 10 (Sportscaster) Graeme Edge - Nov. 11 (Drummer) Bob Bondurant - Nov. 12 (Race Car Driver) Ron Flowers - Nov. 12 (Football Player) Warren Bryant - Nov. 12 (Football Player) Wilbur Smith - Nov. 13 (Non-Fiction Author) Sam Huff - Nov. 13 (Football Player) Bertie Auld - Nov. 14 (Soccer Player) Julio Lugo - Nov. 15 (Baseball Player) Kamil Durczok - Nov. 16 (Journalist) *Art LaFleur - Nov. 17 (Movie Actor) Prayers For Emma - Nov. 17 (Instagram Star) Dave Frishberg - Nov. 17 (Composer) Young Dolph - Nov. 17 (Rapper) Mick Rock - Nov. 18 (Photographer) Sally Ann Howes - Nov. 19 (Movie Actress) Robert Bly - Nov. 21 (Poet) Antwain Lee Fowler - Nov. 21 (Instagram Star) Suzanne Olmsted - Nov. 21 (Family Member) *G-Eazy's Mother* Joey Morgan - Nov. 21 (Movie Actor) Lou Cutell - Nov. 21 (TV Actor) Sylvia Weinstock - Nov. 22 (Chef) Big Chubby - Nov. 24 (TikTok Star) Lisa Brown - Nov. 24 (Soap Opera Actress) Yvonne Wilder - Nov. 24 (Movie Actress) Antwanashia Mitchell - Nov. 25 (Instagram Star) Stephen Sondheim - Nov. 26 (Composer) *Eddie Mekka - Nov. 27 (TV Actor) Curley Culp - Nov. 27 (Football Player) Tor Eckhoff - Nov. 27 (YouTube Star) Frank Williams - Nov. 28 (Race Car Driver) Carrie Meek - Nov. 28 (Politician) Virgil Abloh - Nov. 28 (Fashion Designer) David Gulpilil - Nov. 29 (Movie Actor) Arlene Dahl - Nov. 29 (Movie Actress) Otis Anderson Jr. - Nov. 29 (Football Player) Dave Draper - Nov. 30 (Bodybuilder) Ray Kennedy - Nov. 30 (Soccer Player)

DECEMBER Jacqueline Avant - Dec. 1 (Family Member) *Clarence Avant's Wife* Antony Sher - Dec. 2 (Stage Actor) Claude Humphrey - Dec. 3 (Football Player) Martha De Laurentiis - Dec. 4 (Film Producer) Bill Staines - Dec. 5 (Folk Singer) Zen Cannon - Dec. 5 (Family Member) *Nick Cannon's Son* Bob Dole - Dec. 5 (Politician) Bill Glass - Dec. 5 (Football Player) Marvin Morgan - Dec. 6 (Soccer Player) Eduardo Galvão - Dec. 7 (TV Actor) Barry Harris - Dec. 8 (Pianist) Lars Høgh - Dec. 8 (Soccer Player) Bipin Rawat - Dec. 8 (Politician) Slim 400 - Dec. 8 (Rapper) Kristina Dukic - Dec. 8 (YouTube Star) Blackjack Lanza - Dec. 8 (Wrestler) Demaryius Thomas - Dec. 9 (Football Player) Al Unser - Dec. 9 (Race Car Driver) Cara Williams - Dec. 9 (TV Actress) Speedy Duncan - Dec. 9 (Football Player) Lina Wertmuller - Dec. 9 (Director) Carmen Salinas - Dec. 9 (Soap Opera Actress) Michael Nesmith - Dec. 10 (Rock Singer) Anne Rice - Dec. 11 (Novelist) Vicente Fernández - Dec. 12 (World Music Singer) Paulias Matane - Dec. 12 (Politician) Blackie Dammett - Dec. 12 (Wrestler) Verónica Forque - Dec. 13 (Movie Actress) Bridget Hanley - Dec. 15 (TV Actress) Flow La Movie - Dec. 15 (Music Producer) Wanda Young - Dec. 15 (Pop Artist) Sayaka Kanda - Dec. 18 (Pop Singer) David Wagoner - Dec. 18 (Poet) Richard Rogers - Dec. 18 (Architect) Johnny Isakson - Dec. 19 (Politician) Robert Grubbs - Dec. 19 (Chemist) Carlos Marin - Dec. 19 (Pop Singer) Drakeo - Dec. 19 (Rapper) Thomas Kinsella - Dec. 22 (Poet) Bob Keselowski - Dec. 22 (Race Car Driver) Joan Didion - Dec. 23 (Novelist) Zombiemold - Dec. 25 (YouTube Star) Wayne Thiebaud - Dec. 25 (Pop Artist) Richard Marcinko - Dec. 25 (War Hero) Candy Palmater - Dec. 25 (Comedian) Desmond Tutu - Dec. 26 (Religious Leader) April Ashley - Dec. 27 (Model) Andrew Vachss - Dec. 27 (Novelist) John Madden - Dec. 28 (Sportscaster) Grichka Bogdanoff - Dec. 28 (TV Show Host) Harry Reid - Dec. 28 (Politician) **Betty White - Dec. 31 (TV Actress)

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Updated Timeline Dates on Alan Fletcher

Alan Fletcher held so many life events, significant moments, and essential design and world history during his 74 years on this planet. I've decided to use Alan's vital design and world history for my Timeline Design/Poster. His previous efforts and achievements are discussed.

I've modified the timeline I'd like to use, but I still need to do a lot more research before I can incorporate all of his works and awards. This will include important individuals such as mentors and collaboration partners.

Alan Fletcher left a massive and significant body of work, and many people credit him with defining modern British graphic design.

Notable Accolades & Awards:

The British Designers & Art Directors Association and the One Show have both given Fletcher gold prizes for his work philosophy.

Royal Designer for Industry - 1972

Served as President of the D&AD (Design and Art Directors’ Association) in 1973

In 1977 he shared the D&AD Association President’s Award for outstanding contributions to design with Pentagram partner Colin Forbes.

In 1982 the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers awarded him the Annual Medal for outstanding achievement in design.

President of Alliance Graphique Internationale from 1982 to 1985.

Senior fellow of the RCA (1989)

In 1993 he was awarded The Prince Phillip Prize for the Designer of the Year.

A member of New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame (1994)

An honorary fellow of the London Institute (2000)’

In 2006, the London Design Museum inaugurated a retrospective exhibition called "Alan Fletcher: Fifty years of graphic work (and play); Fletcher was given the opportunity to supervise the exhibition, but he never got the chance to visit it, because he sadly passed away two months before its opening.

Timeline Dates of Essential Design & World History of Alan Fletcher:

1953:

Alan had a general concept of where his life and job would lead him.

After a year teaching English at the Berlitz in Barcelona, he gained a place at the Royal College of Art (1953-56).

Len Deighton, Denis Bailey, David Gentleman, Dick Smith, Joe Tilson, and Peter Blake were among his classmates who had an impact.

1956

He started his career working for the Container Corporation, Fortune magazine, and IBM in New York.

The young graphic designer met famous teachers such as Paul Rand, Josef Albers, and Alvin Eisenman, who gave him his first freelancing employment with IBM and Container Corporation.

Saul Bass, Rand, and Leo Lionni encouraged him to work as a freelancer, and he eventually became a full-time Fortune employee.

Arguing whether orange and pink were a good or bad color pairing.

1959

After working for Saul Bass in Los Angeles and Pirelli in Milan he moved to London to work as a freelance designer after a year at Fortune magazine.

1962

Pirelli, Cunard, Penguin Books, BP, and Olivetti were among the clients of Fletcher/Forbes/Gill, which he co–founded in London

With Colin Forbes and Bob Gill, the agency swiftly grew to be a huge success

Their work exposed the British public to new design concepts such as mixing type and image and repurposing objects in the conventional sense. Commercial commercials, logos, and corporate identities all changed as a result of this.

Fletcher developed one of the first posters with curved writing that depicted the grip of a tire, which was a very difficult outcome to achieve, either by a photographic or digital machine, for Pirelli. He developed an ironic banner for a double-decker bus for Pirelli, such that the passengers' heads and shoulders would be bottomed with a pair of Pirelli-slipper wearing legs.

Important turning points in the history of graphic design in the twentieth century Fletcher/Forbes/historic Gill's association with Penguin extends back to the publishing company's very first projects: at the time, Fletcher designed certain covers that helped the publishing firm become a modern icon of the industry.

1965

Theo Crosby, now an architect, joined in 1965, and Crosby/Fletcher/Forbes embarked on significant design projects for Shell and then Reuters.

Fletcher created a classic logotype for Reuters, which is reminiscent of the holes punched out of the original tickertape used to broadcast information.

This logotype, which was established in 1965, was used until 1996, when the sharpness of computer screens rendered the dots imperceptible.

1971

Studio Vista (1971) published Identity Kits – a graphic examination of visual indicators, which he co-authored.

1972

He co-founded Pentagram and designed for Reuters, Lucas Industries, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Lloyd's of London, Daimler Benz, Arthur Andersen & Co, and ABB.

The firm changed its name to Pentagram and began working with more high-profile clients such as Lloyd's of London and Daimler Benz.

The business's name was changed to 'Pentagram' due to a shift in corporate dynamics and the addition of new designers. This company would go on to dominate the British design world for the following 20 years, first in London, then in New York and San Francisco.

1973

He served as President of the Designers & Art Directors Association in 1973

1977

In 1977 he shared the D&AD President's Award for outstanding contributions to design with Pentagram partner Colin Forbes.

1980

THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF KUWAIT

1982

In 1982 the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers awarded him their Annual Medal for outstanding achievement in design.

President of the Alliance Graphique Internationale from 1982 to 1985. He was a Royal Designer for Industry, a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, Senior Fellow of University of the Arts, London and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University.

1984

LLOYDS OF LONDON

1990

Symbol: V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum (1990)

One of his most well-known pieces. It was designed as a single logo to replace the multiple sub-brands associated with the museum's various areas and activities. It's written in Bodoni and has only three letters: the letter A, which is lacking one of its legs, is beautifully attached to the letter E. This recognizable, distinctive, and timeless logo is still used today.

1992

He left Pentagram in 1992 to work on his own in Notting Hill, with clients such as Domus Magazine, Dentsu, London Transport, Shell, Toyota, and Novartis Campus, as well as working as an art director for Phaidon Press.

1993

Much of his later work was as art director for the publisher Phaidon Press, which he joined

Fletcher received gold and silver awards from the British Designers & Art Directors Association (D&AD) and the New York ‘One Show’.

Awarded the Prince Philip Prize for the Designer of the Year.

Bus Shelter Poster: Parties, London Transport (1993) Faced in a recession with difficulty in renting the advertising sites in bus shelters, London Transport filled the empty frames with their own promotional posters to brighten the environment. The theme was to encourage people to take a bus (rather than drive a car) whey they go to parties and social events.

1994

In 1994 he was inducted to the ‘Hall of Fame’ of the American Art Directors club.

1995

Poser: 21st Icograde Seminar, The International Council of Graphic Design Associations (1995)

The poster illustrates handwritten quotation to set the theme for the Twenty First Annual Student Seminar

Square Puddle (1995)

Penned in Dr Martin's ink, this is what Alan labeled mindscaping. A term to describe the rearrangement of perceptions

1996

Beware Wet Paint (1996), both published by Phaidon Press.

Limited edition print: Beware wet paint (1996)

One of a series of Limited edition prints produced in collaboration with screen printer G&B Arts. Marcel Duchamp used the phrase ‘Beware Wet Paint’ to remind us that it takes time to judge the worth of work. This interpretation was also both title and cover design for a book on Alan Fletcher's work.

the books collect a large sample of his work and give a glimpse into his inspiration as well as his love for typeface and its interaction with other design elements.

Cover Design: January issue no. 778, architecture is optimism Domus Magazine (1996)

2000

Limited edition print: || Duomo, Milana, Knoll Pharmaceutical (2000)

The Duomo in Milian is one of the most extravagantly decorated cathedrals in Europe. This drawing endeavors to capture that exuberance without getting trapped in the details. This limited edition print was produced as a corporate gift.

2001

The Art of Looking Sideways was written and designed by Fletcher (2001)

The Art of Looking Sideways, in particular, is regarded as a seminal contribution to the study of the relationship between words and visual communication, in which Fletcher demonstrated that we should resist the temptation to equate thinking with language, because images are far more powerful than words when it comes to communication.

Phaidon, The Art of Looking Sideways (2001).

The books compile a large sample of his work and provide insight into his inspiration as well as his passion for font and how it interacts with other design components.

2006

Picturing and Poeting, Fletcher's final book, was published after his death in 2006.

Reference Links:

Alan Fletcher Leading A Life of Graphic Design... - GSM Magazine

Alan Fletcher (graphic designer) - Wikipedia

Biography | Alan Fletcher (alanfletcherarchive.com)

Alan Fletcher | The One Club

Alan Fletcher - workflow (arts.ac.uk)

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