"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing -- then we truly live life." ~Greg Anderson~ So grateful for all the good rain. Have a beautiful Tuesday, everyone.🦋

George Lucas’s STAR WARS premiered on May 25, 1977. Pictured in the marquee at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and the line outside the Loews Astor Plaza in NYC.

Do you have a postwar #filmnoir that you recommend? The House on 92nd Street (1945) Somewhere in the Night (1946) The Blue Dahlia (1946) The Third Man (1949) Berlin Express (1948) Act of Violence (1948)

Donald Crisp, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable and Mary Astor enjoying the script of RED DUST on set of Victor Fleming’s picture in 1932.

May 25, 1979 saw the limited release of Ridley Scott’s ALIEN. Here’s my tribute to hero Ellen Ripley.

This Wed at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, I’m hosting #TheNoirCollective watch party of THE GLASS WALL (1953), starring Vittorio Gassman & Gloria Grahame. Enjoy the trailer. ⬇️ (Note: Shelley Winters – referenced in the trailer – was married to Gassman from 1952-54.) 😊 Link to watch: archive.org/details/the-...

I’m at a con and a fan brought in my junior year yearbook

It’s good to make new friends, even if they are a little different from you

Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging

If releasing your tax returns and the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It's that simple.

This is the first day in a world without CBS News Radio, which had been broadcasting since 1927. Through eighteen presidential administrations, nine popes, five British monarchs, and numerous wars. Nearly 100 years of journalism, gone like that. Bari Weiss killed it.

I will not be told to care about Trump's shootings by people that ignored hundreds of school shootings.

Adjudicated rapist says what?

One of my favorite Marilyn Monroe photos is this shot by Milton Greene from 1956. Casual and radiant at her vanity.

If the men get in the pool will there be additional shrinkage? #Svengoolie

Having a “little” fun with #DrCyclops and #Svengoolie!

"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life."

CBS will be so desperate for viewers their new shows will be Baby Sheldon, College Sheldon, Intern Sheldon, Retired Sheldon, and Dead Sheldon #Colbert

Friends -and also frequently mistaken for each other- since 1982. Happy birthday, hermano.

Today in 1970 The Beatles hit no. 1 on the UK album chart with Let It Be.

The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡

Interesting...well, let's see...oh, that's right because they CHEATED

Margaret Rutherford with her husband Stringer Davis at Buckingham Palace on the day of her OBE investiture 1961. Rutherford was elevated to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967.

Happy 93rd birthday to Joan Collins!

Cool, now do some of the men

#TheNoirCollective #NoirAlley

A piece of Hollywoodland in 1928

Point to Xi. Trump behaving as predicted.

A moment 💕 between Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale on set of “Perry Mason” (1957-1966).

Thanks so much for joining me.😊 Next Wednesday, another noir that’s timelier than ever. Refugee Vittorio Gassman is seeking asylum; the INS wants to send him home to face certain death. Can Gloria Grahame help save him? Join me as we try to break through THE GLASS WALL (1953). #TheNoirCollective

Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner and their dog, Sparkle in 1986. We couldn’t do without their extraordinary, unique talent.

Happy birthday, Cher! #ageless

Remembering Gilda Radner ❤️ (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989)

Shapiro: Somehow, he can’t find the money to pay for healthcare, but he can steal from you to pay off the criminals who stormed the Capitol.

Bound To Lose "Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born." A Bevan Please don't allow us to lose a future that's yet to be written. Don't relent in your determination to bring about the future the next generation deserves. #Pinks #BlueCrew #BetteMidler

Way to shout it out #bettemidler #woodyguthrie m.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcK...

All you Fascists Bound to Lose.🎶 By #WoodyGuthries #BetteMidler

"Time to ban Viagra, because if pregnancy is 'God's will', then so is your limp d*ck” #BetteMidler #MyBodyMyChoice

Facts…

In case you need any more motivation to hold the most corrupt "president" in U.S. history accountable. #Register&VOTE 🌊

The fuck it is

Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social. Have you been injured? #slushfund

Veteran character actor Otto Lederer helps Elisha Cook Jr. with his make-up at Universal, during filming of Alfred E. Green’s TWO IN A CROWD (1936).

The Roberts’ Supreme Court immunity ruling has abetted the most shameful and disastrous corruption in American history. They must be completely reformed. Expand the court. Impeach Roberts and Thomas. End lifetime appointments. Save democracy.

"You can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream."— Heartburn - Nora Ephron, birthday remembrance #botd