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[Hill Place Blog @HillPlaceBlog]

Bullshit

[Emir Han @RealEmirHan]

Daniel Craig said the reason James Bond movies got serious and dark was because of Austin Powers movies

“We had to destroy the myth because Mike Myers f*cked us.”

“I am a huge fan, but he made it impossible to do the gags."

[J.J.S. @Red_Dye_5]

@DanielHood4 @NeonKnight_1 @HoThinh1993 @VitoTweeted @GristleAmerican Oh I didn't know it was made for TV. Sometimes those are even better. There were some real bangers in the day -- THE NIGHT STALKER, NIGHTMARE IN BADHAM COUNTY, GARGOYLES, BAD RONALD, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, SATAN'S TRIANGLE, BIRDS OF PREY, DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW, etc.

[J.J.S. @Red_Dye_5]

Great list! ROCKY tops mine too:

1.) ROCKY (dir. John G. Avildsen)
2.) TAXI DRIVER (dir. Martin Scorsese)
3.) CARRIE (dir. Brian DePalma)
4.) ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (dir. John Carpenter)
5.) MIKEY AND NICKY (dir. Elaine May)
6.) NIGHTMARE IN BADHAM COUNTY (dir. John Llewellyn Moxey)
7.) THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (dir. Clint Eastwood)
8.) THE ENFORCER (dir. James Fargo)
9.) THE TOUGH ONES (dir. Umberto Lenzi)
10.) EATEN ALIVE (dir. Tobe Hooper)

[GSG @GraceToYou2021]

@Super70sSports My best friend made me watch this with her when we were 11 or 12 years old. Also had to watch "Nightmare in Badham County" with her. Lots of bad dreams afterwards. Ugh.

[Hill Place Blog @HillPlaceBlog]

Can't wait

[Skywalker Sound @skywalkersound]

Check out a team photo of our Skywalker Sound crew on Brad Bird’s upcoming film Ray Gunn!

[ABC News @ABC]

The Stanley Pup is back.

The 90-minute broadcast, which dovetails with the NHL's Stanley Cup final, is returning for a third year and features 32 rescue dogs, all up for adoption and representing each of the 32 NHL teams. https://t.co/IhRTFikj30

[Timothy Dowling @TimothyDowling]

This has been well known for 45 years.

[Leisha @LoneStarChica]

😢 Look at the fear on these tiny faces.

TRISCUIT and BISCUIT are terrified at the shelter and desperately need a quiet foster or forever home where they can finally feel safe.

💔 Both were returned by their foster and are struggling in the shelter environment.
🐶 Chihuahua mixes
🎂 3 years old
⚖️ 12 pounds
✅ Spayed females
✅ Heartworm negative

🚨 The shelter is full, and euthanasia takes place Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

Please help save these sweet girls by fostering, adopting, sharing, or pledging.

🆘 TRISCUIT #A655467
https://t.co/18zd8Ea5K0
🆘 BISCUIT #A655469
https://t.co/YYx3ljvWow

📍 Harris County Pets, Houston, TX

[B&S @_B___S]

THAT SMILE

[Ella Dorn 唐棠 @elladorn_]

I find it interesting that nobody talks about Betty Grable. Nearly at Deanna Durbin levels of "once astronomically famous, now forgotten." She was meant to be the centrepiece of How to Marry a Millionaire but modern audiences are ofc way more likely to recognise Bacall & Monroe

[Farran Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren]

@TinseltownTwins Wow, so many replies are shockingly bad. Scolding about sex symbols, scolding about Hollywood, conspiracy-mongering, killjoy remarks about her figure, her talent, her looks. If I were going to demonstrate why some people won't switch, I'd link to that. I'm sorry!

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

This is the power of rescue. Every life matters 💓✨

The puppy Pino was only 5 weeks old, weighing just 700 grams, when he was abandoned in a rice sack and thrown into a trash bin. Thanks to the quick intervention of a rescue team in Bali, Pino was saved.

With love, patience, and professional care, he has recovered both physically and emotionally. Today, Pino is healthy, happy, and living his best life with his forever family. His transformation is described as nothing short of a miracle! 💖

[Hill Place Blog @HillPlaceBlog]

@mrdougellin She’s too caught up in her agenda to realize your house is in the city of Los Angeles and that B.H. 90210 is utilized as the city name & ZIP Code by USPS for mail processing and delivery purposes, and that your home isn’t located in Beverly Hills & you aren’t served by BH’s govt.

[Rosie Bella @chronicalguy]

A kind man adopted a disabled dog and built him a custom wheelchair so he could run, play, and enjoy life again 🐶❤️

[Nature 🦜and Music 🎶 @GuGi263]

Grandpa Larry is a 14-year-old pittie who's obsessed with fire trucks!
His eyes going from mostly closed to happily walking around was beautiful

[MoMA Film @MoMAFilm]

Anthony Mann. John Ford. Jacques Tourneur.

See films from these master filmmakers on the big screen this weekend as we open Universal Westerns!

The Far Country, Fri at 7
Straight Shooting, Sat at 2:30 (with live accompaniment)
Hell Bent, Sat at 4:30 (with live accompaniment)
Canyon Passage, Sat at 6:30
Winchester '73, Sun at 1:30
Bend of the River, Sun at 4

All tickets now available!

https://t.co/816gw93iGd

[constance mccashin @conmccashin]

Hardy with his peeps @ park…

[Nature 🦜and Music 🎶 @GuGi263]

A kind-hearted man helping a mother dog and her puppies who took shelter under the stairs because they were cold...

[Sight and Sound magazine @SightSoundmag]

“The cultural prominence of 'old' movies may be shrinking, but Marilyn's face is still one of the world's most famous. People barely out of their teens, who have never seen a movie made before the Harry Potter series, can identify her.

“That has, paradoxically, hurt the way her talent is assessed, not helped. There's SO much baggage with Monroe. Not just the misfortunes, or the mistakes that Marilyn herself made over time – she was, like all of us, doing her best – but the weight of rumours, stereotypes, conspiracy theories, all of it magnified by the sad fact of her early death.

“Such crazy and ever-changing fame can put people off. They roll their eyes and claim they'd rather leave her to gossip shows, obsessives, influencers and rich people angling for the red carpet at the Met Gala. But avoiding the Marilyn industry is one thing; avoiding her films is needless self-denial. The world doesn't offer us much pleasure right now, and there are few things in cinema more joyous than discovering just how good Marilyn could be.”

Farran Smith Nehme, writing in S&S's newest issue, which pays tribute to the great actress.

Get your copy: https://t.co/GO57f4VhtY