Lynn Vidal

19/06/2024

Something that would not happen in the US.

This is how life should be!

14/01/2024

This

14/01/2024

I’d never leave ❤️😍🏡🤎

14/01/2024

11/06/2023

The Tomlinian Brilliance

The 'housewife getting cheated on' clip from the Funniest Moments of the 20th Century collection.

11/06/2023

Yes. But, most people are afraid of understanding.

09/05/2023

Too true!

07/02/2023

Why reparations for descendants of the Slave Trade enslaved is absolutely reasonable.

08/12/2022

SuperSpecial | Production Company shared a post on Instagram: "It’s not color, it’s CULTURE💥 No one can explain our magic like we do. When people ask why we feel we need our own spaces, this is WHY. SuperSpecial’s mission is to revel in SHARED human (and cultural) experiences by championing...

08/12/2022

When I knit, I'll knit this way.

Elré Clarence shared a post on Instagram: "How I knit. Nough said. You will never forget how again. ". Follow their account to see 78 posts.

05/10/2022

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05/10/2022

Men and their pen*ses . . .

American and South Korean fighter jets conducted precision bombing drills on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to North Korea after it fired an international ballist...

04/10/2022

Fight the good fight!

You can check out the farm that is helping break the cycle of incarceration this weekend during its annual Harvest Festival.

20/09/2022

Thoughts?

07/09/2022

Whitman Blount Mayo Jr. was an Actor and Theater Teacher who was best known for his role as Grady Wilson on the 1970s television sitcom Sanford and Son.

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07/09/2022

The much-hyped A24 film had its world premiere on the Lido on Sunday night.

07/09/2022

07/09/2022

I solved Redactle Unlimited in 84 guesses with an accuracy of 66.67% and a time of 00:23:49. Play at

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05/09/2022

Photo of an 18-Years-old Tina Turner ("Little Ann") in a Nightclub next to a Microphone in 1958.

Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss[a] singer and actress. Widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike and Tina Turner R***e before launching a successful career as a solo performer.

Tina Turner was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. Her family lived in the nearby rural unincorporated community of Nutbush, Tennessee, where her father worked as an overseer of the sharecroppers at Poindexter Farm on Highway 180; she later recalled picking cotton with her family at an early age.

As a young girl, Bullock sang in the church choir at Nutbush's Spring Hill Baptist Church. When she was 11, her mother Zelma ran off without warning. Bullock and her sisters were sent to live with their maternal grandmother, Georgeanna Currie in Brownsville, Tennessee.

As a teenager, Bullock joined both the cheerleading squad and the female basketball team at Carver High School in Brownsville, and "socialized every chance she got". When Bullock was 16, her grandmother died, so she went to live with her mother in St. Louis. She graduated from Sumner High School in 1958.

Turner began her career with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in 1957. Under the name Little Ann, she appeared on her first record, "Boxtop", in 1958. In 1960, she was introduced as Tina Turner with the hit duet single "A Fool in Love". The duo Ike & Tina Turner became "one of the most formidable live acts in history". They released hits such as "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "River Deep – Mountain High", "Proud Mary", and "Nutbush City Limits" before disbanding in 1976.

In 1976 and 1977, Turner earned income by appearing on TV shows such as The Hollywood Squares, Donny & Marie, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Brady Bunch Hour.

In October 1981, Rod Stewart attended Turner's show at the Ritz in New York City and invited her to perform "Hot Legs" with him on Saturday Night Live. In November, Turner opened for the Rolling Stones during their 1981 American Tour. Turner's recording of the Temptations' "Ball of Confusion" for the UK production team BEF became a hit in European dance clubs in 1982.

During her second stint at the Ritz, she signed with Capitol Records in 1983. In November 1983, she released her cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" which was produced by B.E.F. It reached several European charts, including No. 6 in the UK. In the US, the song peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs, and No. 3 Hot Black Singles.

Following the single's surprise success, Capitol Records greenlit a studio album. Turner had two weeks to record her Private Dancer album, which was released in May 1984. It reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 in the United Kingdom. Private Dancer was certified 5× Platinum in the United States, and sold 10 million copies worldwide, becoming her most successful album.

Also in May 1984, Capitol issued the album's second single, "What's Love Got to Do with It"; the song had previously been recorded by the pop group Bucks Fizz. Following the album's release, Turner joined Lionel Richie as the opening act on his tour.

On September 1, 1984, Turner achieved her first and only No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What's Love Got to Do with It". The follow-up singles "Better Be Good to Me" and "Private Dancer" were both U.S. top 10 hits. Turner culminated her comeback when she won three Grammys at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "What's Love Got to Do with It". In February 1985, she embarked on her second world tour to support the Private Dancer album. Two nights were filmed at Birmingham, England's NEC Arena and later released as a concert on home video. During this time, she also contributed vocals to the USA for Africa benefit song "We Are the World".

Turner's success continued when she traveled to Australia to star opposite Mel Gibson in the 1985 post-apocalyptic film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The movie provided her with her first acting role in ten years; she portrayed the glamorous Aunty Entity, the ruler of Bartertown. Upon release, critical response to her performance was generally positive. The film was a global success, grossing more than $36 million in the United States.Turner later received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in the film. She recorded two songs for the film, "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" and "One of the Living"; both became hits with the latter winning her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

In 1993, the semi-autobiographical film What's Love Got to Do with It was released. The film starred Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner. Turner contributed to the soundtrack for What's Love Got to Do with It, re-recording old songs and several new songs. The single "I Don't Wanna Fight" from the soundtrack was a top 10 hit in the U.S. and UK.

AWARDS

American Music Awards
Tina Turner MTV Music Award
1985 - Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
1985 - Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist
1986 - Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist

Billboard Music Awards
1984 - Comeback of the Year
1984 - Artist of the Year
1984 - Female Vocalist of the Year
1984 - Soul/R&B Artist of the Year
1984 - Album of the Year
1984 - Song of the Year
1986 - Singer of the Year

Kennedy Center Honors
2005 - Honoree

Hollywood Walk of Fame
1986 - Recipient
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1991 - Inducted to the Hall alongside former husband Ike Turner

World Music Awards
1991 - Outstanding Contribution to Music
1993 - The Legend Award Tina Turner

NAACP Image Awards
1986 - Outstanding Female Actress

MTV Video Music Awards
1984 - Best Female Video of the Year "What's Love Got to Do With It"
1985 - Best group Video - "We are the World"
1986 - Best Stage Performance Video - "It's Only Love" with Bryan Ada

05/09/2022

Dianne Patrice Durham (June 17, 1968 – February 4, 2021) was an American artistic gymnast. In 1983, she won the all-around senior title at the women's US National Championships, becoming the first African American athlete to do so. She also won the individual titles for bars, floor and vault, becoming the first American woman to execute a full-twisting layout Tsukahara on vault.

Durham was born in Gary, Indiana. She started gymnastics in 1971 at the age of 3 and trained at Wanda Tomasi’s gymnastics facility in Merrillville, Indiana.

In 1981, after winning the junior elite all-around title at the US National Championships, she moved to Houston, Texas. She was coached by Béla and Márta Károlyi. They had defected from Romania in 1981 and though they had trained the star of the 1976 Olympic gymnastics competition, Nadia Comaneci, they faced their doubts about whether they could succeed outside Romania's state-supported program.

Durham was Béla and Márta Károlyi's first elite athlete in the United States, helping establish their coaching credentials outside of the state-sponsored program of their native Romania, and trained with Mary Lou Retton, who called Durham her "best competition".

Durham successfully defended her junior national all-around title in 1982, and had a breakout performance at the United States Gymnastics Federation international invitation, tying for the all-around title with teammate Kathy Johnson in Durham's first major international meet.

In 1983 she won the senior all-around title at the US National Championships, the first African American in women's gymnastics to take this title.

"People said, you're the first Black -- I'm using 'Black' because 'African American' wasn't a term in my era -- national champion. Do you know that didn't go through my head one time?" Durham told ESPN. "Not one time. Do you know how many people had to tell me that? I could not understand why that was such a humongous deal."

For Durham, that win, although hard-fought, was simply one step on her path toward the Olympics. After injuries and politics prevented her from competing in the 1984 Summer Olympics, Durham retired from competition in 1985.

Prior to her ankle injury at 1984 Olympic Trials, Durham was considered a sure bet for the seven-person team, with her and training partner Mary Lou Retton expected to be a powerful duo for the U.S. at those Los Angeles Games. Durham would’ve been a medal contender – potentially the first black Olympic gymnastics medalist ever. (Luci Collins was the first black gymnast to qualify to the U.S. women’s Olympic team in 1980, but the U.S. boycotted those games.)

Durham took a job coaching with the Karolyis in Houston before eventually relocating to Chicago. She became a gym owner of the Skyline Gymnastics school in Chicago. She also became a national-level judge and a coach.

Unfortunately, Durham passed away on February 4, 2021 at the age of 52 after a short illness.

USA Gymnastics CEO & president Li Li Leung said the organization is “heartbroken.”

“As an icon and trailblazer in our sport, Dianne opened doors for generations of gymnasts who came after her, and her legacy carries on each day in gyms across the country,” Leung said in a statement.

➡POSTHUMOUS USA GYMNASTICS HALL OF FAME PETITION

In response to Gymnastics Now’s request for comment on the petition for Dianne Durham to be posthumously added to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, USAG gave the following statement:

“The overwhelming support for inducting Dianne Durham into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame is a testament to her enduring legacy, and we believe that her contributions to our sport are deserving of this recognition. The formal process for nominations and selections to the Hall of Fame includes significant community participation and is set to open next month for the 2021 class. Though USA Gymnastics provides administrative support throughout the nomination process, the organization is not involved in selection decisions. We would, however, support Dianne’s inclusion in the Hall of Fame.”

05/09/2022

🌹REMEMBERING JULIUS "SHO'NUFF" CARRY

Julius John Carry III (March 12, 1952 – August 19, 2008) was an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 1979 film Disco Godfather starring Rudy Ray Moore. He played Sho'Nuff in the 1985 martial arts film The Last Dragon. At 6'5" he was perfect for the part. He also acted in the films World Gone Wild and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.

Carry appeared primarily in numerous television roles, including Dr. Abraham Butterfield on Doctor, Doctor and the bounty hunter Lord Bowler in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He also appeared on shows such as The Jeffersons, Benson, Murphy Brown, Family Matters, Hill Street Blues, 227, A Different World, The Hughleys, Moesha, Cosby, Half & Half, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, and Boy Meets World.

Carry grew up in the Lake Meadows neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Carry attended Hales Franciscan High School, where, at age 15, he joined the Spartan Players, an acting group. He discovered a love of acting with the group, performing in plays such as Hamlet and West Side Story. After touring the country with the Spartan Players, Carry joined the Chicago Actors Repertory Company, performing with them for four years. He attended Quincy College, but only for one year. His family encouraged him to move to California and live with his uncle in Los Angeles to "get back on [his] feet."

Once in Los Angeles, Carry entered Loyola Marymount University, where he received a bachelor's degree in film and TV production. He stayed at the university, and completed a master's degree in communication arts.

In the TV series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. with Bruce Campbell, which aired in 1993 and 1994, Carry played the part of Brisco's one-time rival and fellow bounty hunter Lord Bowler (a.k.a. James Lonefeather), who then became Brisco's best friend and sidekick. Carry also portrayed the main villain Sho'nuff in the film The Last Dragon. Carry's final appearance as an actor was in the season one episode "Eating The Young" on the CBS series The Unit in 2006. He had also guest starred on three episodes of the ABC/Disney sitcom Boy Meets World, once as a college professor and later as Sgt. Alvin Moore, father of series regular Angela Moore (Trina McGee). As a result of Carry's death, the character of Sgt. Moore is revealed to have died as well (off-screen) in the years between Boy Meets World and the second season of its sequel series Girl Meets World, which aired on Disney Channel.

Unfortunately, Carry died at his home in Studio City California on August 19, 2008 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. Carry is survived by his wife, Naomi; a brother, Ronald; and his mother, the Rev. Helen Carry.

Taimak, who played Leroy Green in The Last Dragon movie, shared fond memories of the man who had everybody saying the classic line, ”Who’s the baddest m**o in town?” Because Julius was so committed to his role as ‘Sho-nuff,’ he reportedly created tension with Taimak.

According to Taimak, Julius would walk around in costume on the set all the time, never coming out of character. To create authentic tension, Taimak said Julius would walk up to people and stare them down as only ‘Sho’nuff’ could. He would apparently rip stuff off the wall to maintain his mean persona. In a video, Taimak shared how he often laughed at Carry III’s antics to which Julius responded. He also said that Julius constantly pushed his buttons to create anger between them because Julius knew that Taimak didn’t have any animosity toward him in real life, so to get the best out of him on film, Julius created tension on set, with the hopes that it would eventually translate on camera.

05/09/2022

I solved Redactle Unlimited in 143 guesses with an accuracy of 71.33% and a time of 05:21:57. Play at

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04/09/2022

Next stop . . . The British Museum.

The museum said it is cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has executed several search warrants at the museum since February.

04/09/2022

Read her story by Rejected Princesses here: https://mediachomp.com/marguerite-de-bressieux-rapist-hunter

04/09/2022

At her Telluride tribute, Blanchett dug into the vulnerabilities behind being an artist like Lydia Tár.

04/09/2022

The ‘Lord of the Rings’ series’ inclusive casting has sparked social media vitriol from those who insist J.R.R. Tolkien intended Middle-Earth to be populated by white characters only, yet this belief is not only faulty, it misses the spirit of the author entirely, writes The Hollywood Reporter...

04/09/2022

The Bosco Verticale towers in Milan are a perfect example of how we can incorporate plants into our urban lifestyle! 🏙 In English, the name means “vertical forest” because the building contains over 900 small trees! 💖🌲 ⁣
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