Priscilla Presley, 1970s.

GOP lawmaker touts a ‘carrot and stick’ approach to dealing with the homeless in FL – Florida Phoenix

Clay County GOP Rep. Sam Garrison says he’s advocating for a bill to address the homeless situation in Florida because he doesn’t want the state to become like California. “We’re going to do a different model,” he told a committee in the Florida House on Thursday. “It’s a model that has both carrot and stick. […]

Kiental, Switzerland [OC] [6000×4000]

“American Fiction” Review

American Fiction: Directed by Cord Jefferson. With Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander. A novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

As I’ve found myself in a state of full time unemployment, I’m going to be hitting some of these less actiony movies via my A-List subscription, after all, why not? This entire week had me seeing three movies that I would have normally waited until streaming or purchasing was available, so it was an interesting experience seeing these in the theater, it’s definitely the better option of the two. For two of the three movies I was actually the only person in the theater for their showings, which is a hell of a way to see them if you can swing it.

The trailer for “American Fiction” made me feel this was going to be more of a comedy than it actually was, but the comedy that was present was refreshingly mature, realistic and not at all like the humor that normal ends up in films. Perhaps it’s my own experiences with recent cinema, but it was a pleasure to watch the exceptionally emotional moments of a critically successful author fail to appeal to the general public until he wrote a performance piece that in his mind was senseless drivel that no one in their right minds would want to read, but it turns out that he underestimated the general sense of a racist society that tries to not be racist but still comes off as trying too hard and focusing on the wrong things. That story is taking place all while the “real world” stuff happening off the page and on the screen was some of the most fantastically depressing and realistic family drama that I’ve gone through myself and while it was painful to see it on the screen, I felt like the family I saw on the screen was much like my own, sans the gay brother diving into pools of cocaine as a part of his coming out experience. The struggles of personal identity vs public perception is a familiar one.

This isn’t necessarily an experience that is enhanced by the big screen, but if you get a chance to see “American Fiction” I wouldn’t pass it up.

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Daily Standup – 2024-01-26

DEAD DETECTIVE #5 (OF 5) CVR A JANSEN (JAN241450)

The fates of both Rex and Jim lie in the clutches of the afterlife.

Banned Books

This Reverend Is Risking Death to Provide Comfort During an Unconventional Execution

When Alabama Death Row inmate Kenneth Smith is executed via nitrogen gas, his spiritual advisor Reverend Jeff Hood will be in the death chamber with him, guiding his final moments.

Tracee Ellis Ross

BuzzFeed’s ‘Dire’ Debt Problem

The media company borrowed a lot of money to grow. Now the bill is coming due.

Gamer Squirtle (2880×6400)

Kenneth Eugene Smith executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama, marking a first for the death penalty

Alabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the first condemned inmate in the U.S. put to death using nitrogen gas.

AV Unit by Denys Kozhevnik

Abstract [3440×1440]

The amazing helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more

Ingenuity has spent more than two hours flying above Mars since April 2021.

This is going to backfire on him

Immaculate

Immaculate: Directed by Michael Mohan. With Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tabasco, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli. Cecilia a woman of devout faith is warm welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clearer to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.

Mila Kunis

Gillian Anderson

The lovely and talented Amy Adams again

Olivia Newton-John, 1970

An owl in flight

Natalie Portman

Avatar The Last Airbender (2024)

How do y’all fall asleep ?

Chris Farley, from behind-the-scenes of an SNL episode that aired 30 years ago today (Jan 8th, 1994)

Lili Reinhart

Amber Heard

Bryce Dallas Howard (2024)

It really is more often than you would think

MC

Phoebe Cates, early 1980s

Sydney Sweeney

[OC] 2023 Orbital Launch Attempts – From Launch Site to Orbit

Cobie Smulders

Emma Stone

Elizabeth Banks

Dollar General Jacksonville Florida

Relicpunk by Travis Anderson

Yet another Court case

“Linus and Lucy”, played on banjos

Margot Robbie

We’re fucked. 2024 is not the year

MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW (Low Bass Singer Cover by Geoff Castellucci)

Rachel Weisz

Alison Brie

Eva Longoria

Mark Hamill finally met his mother

[OC] Streaming service price increases since 2011

Ana de Armas