Someone mentioned Million Dollar Secret on Netflix. It didn't seem my thing at all, but checking it out anyway it reminds me of a very old Belgian tv game show called De Mol (the mole). It may still exist, but isn't any good anymore, but the initial seasons I liked very much. It's from the time when there wasn't much television and everybody watched the same thing and discussed their theories next day at work or school.
Unlike this Netflix version, the mystery identity was also hidden to the viewer and was the same throughout the season. Due to the mechanics of that show the other contestants deployed the tactic to make themselves suspect as well, while now it's just about trying to avoid suspicion.
What remains, though, is that people are strange.
#MillionDollarSecret
Just finished watching the final (fifth) season of You on Netflix. I think by now it is not a spoiler anymore that Amy-Leigh Hickman is back, as Nadia. She was totally amazing. She nails all the details of how Nadia would have been affected by what happened. I like it when someone reprises a role but doesn't just play it the same.
No Jenna Ortega as Ellie in this season, unless you count a glimpse of a small photo of her on a website in episode six... But then I still imagine that the broad strokes of the Nadia storyline are what was originally envisioned for Ellie.
#AmyLeighHickman #YouNetflix #You
Another one of Roxy Furman's gorgeous wildlife films just came out on YouTube, this time she's filming in Costa Rica.
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In this video Jenna Ortega discusses past characters she played and her motivation behind them. Very interesting!
She also has a great interview with Harper's Bazaar US, which is a great read with great photos as well.
Another good side to photography YouTube: I already liked following the channel of Justine with her mix of photography and life in the Ontario snow, but the latest video with a small photography project is so cute. She recreates old photos of her father when he lived in London, while her travelling takes her to the same city.
#Photography #YouTube #JustineFiles
"Tips to take terrible photos", so fun and totally worth it to follow photography YouTube.
#Photography #YouTube
Sneak peak of Wednesday season 2: spoiler, Jenna Ortega is still brilliant.
On ex-twitter: https://x.com/wednesdayaddams/status/1924814561418608855
On Instagram: instagram.com/reel/DJ4FRH0R4LA…
On YouTube: youtu.be/XWQlSo6eBNw
Having a little look at other reviews... I'm not a film buff at all and in no way more likely to understand esoteric cinema, but how can so many people not get it? I mean even her character's name could be considered a spoiler.
And how come so many people mention things in their review that is in the short blurb description, but not mentioned in the actual film? I guess they make these to catch these people out...
Jenna Ortega will also be back in season two of Wednesday on 6 August and 3 September.
netflix.com/tudum/articles/wed…
Wednesday Season 2: Cast, Release Date, Filming Location, Plot, and More
‘Wednesday’ will return for a torturous Season 2. From the premiere date to plot details and new characters, here's everything you need to know about what comes next for Jenna Ortega at Nevermore Academy.Ariana Romero (Netflix Tudum)
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#JennaOrtega #HurryUpTomorrow
Roxy Furman beautifully filming beautiful wildlife on safari in Sri Lanka:
I've mentioned her before, as an actress and as a singer, but Corina Bradley is also a really good dancer. Here in a choreography of her own:
Interview in Interview by Jenna Ortega with Natalie Portman. They talk about acting, life, being a child star, and Jenna describes how as a 5yo kid she used to think all TV was real and cameras were in everybody's house. I mean, they aren't?
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New film poster for Hurry Up Tomorrow with Jenna Ortega. Out 16 May in the cinema.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have been on a Fight Oligarchy tour.
I think history is going to remember AOC's 'We are not powerless' speech. This is some watch:
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Back home, Sanders made this 'Bad News / Good News' address:
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#FightOligarchy #AlexandriaOcasioCortez #AOC #BernieSanders #Bernie #USPol
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Waiting for someone to come back at me and mention that she doesn't actually say that slogan in this speech... Made you watch... But isn't misquoting historical speeches sort of the norm? The slogan is very much the theme of the speech however, it is in the caption, and she does say it in another version of this speech. Also, sorry, I misremembered.
What she does say however:
That we have to get rid of Big Money out of politics.
That we need a Democratic party that actually fights for people, that congress people who don't should be booted out, but that this means that voters should vote at every opportunity for those Democrats that will stand up for people.
That believing that a minimal wage should cover the cost to live, and that illness shouldn't cause bankruptcy, is common sense, not something out of a communist manifesto.
That she welcomes everybody who will fight for someone they don't know.
That the fabric of community is what can defeat fascism.
(Yeah, we're literally calling it that now)
"But surely they'll realise they're crashing the economy?"
"We have to raise awareness that these actions will burn the planet!"
"They'll stop once they see the impact on human lives, especially their own people."
We have to remember that the destruction is the point. They do want to reset everything, believing they are best placed to be the only survivors of the human race and the ones to start a new era. That's also why they amass so much more wealth than they need now.
Just back from watching Jenna Ortega in Death of a Unicorn. I really liked it! There's also something about the combination of her acting with detailed realism and the story being like 'well, unicorns', and that is a combination that I weirdly really liked. I guess it adds to the multiple things her character is trapped in.
My review of Death of a Unicorn on Letterboxd boxd.it/9jRbqN
Jenna Ortega's film Death of a Unicorn is out tomorrow in The Netherlands.
Hurry Up Tomorrow...
...will be released in the US next month.
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@Gidi Kroon I hear you... News headlines of late are like political satire, only 100% true and terrifying.
It's really quite depressing.
12 April, the second series of the re-re-boot-boot of Doctor Who on the BBC. Here's the second trailer:
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Interview with a UK photographer and filmmaker, Edward Matthews, who went to Ukraine to help charities document their war effort. It also contains part of a documentary he made which is a very touching interview with a Ukrainian fire fighter.
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There's so much going on that I can't post disapproving posts for every single thing. So here's just one blanket one.
It's all wrong. You know, everything. All of it. Not just in the US, but it's happening, or starting to, everywhere. The rule of law is abandoned and people are shipped off to uncontrolled foreign prisons. People's right to be who they are is removed. Institutions to help and better other people are disbanded.
We need to get back to caring about other people. Care about the next generation's ability to get educated. No matter the skin colour, no matter the social class, care about whether people can buy food. Care about people getting a fair trial. Care about people whether they are your gender or not, or have the gender you think they have, or even have a gender.
Care about other people, no matter what kind of 'other' they are.
This is an interesting concept. That maybe when you as a content creator, or any other creative person, feel like you're stuck in a rut and don't know what too create next, maybe you're too stuck in your own head. Maybe you need to allow yourself to be inspired by others. Read a book. Listen to music.
New video by Tah:
youtu.be/Ix1TDb8DSiU?si=QAkrqy…
Another thing I'm thinking when watching her channel: why is she so worried about viewing numbers? She doesn't need viewing numbers to be an interesting channel, she already is. Ok, so only 816 people watched her previous video. I'm one of them. And I liked it. And even if nobody watches them, who cares, they're still interesting and worthy videos.
Sometimes I post photos on Instagram. I like taking them. The new analytics on Instagram show that these reach between 2 and 5 accounts. So I've long given up doing that for the numbers. I just like taking them and knowing they're out there or somewhere.
For those in the Netherlands who follow F1 but don't want to pay a lot of money to Viaplay or F1 TV, and therefore can't see it live: due to a deal signed only yesterday it will be on delayed broadcast, for free, on Ziggo channel 13 (so not the normal channel 14). This means that today's qualifying session is repeated at 20:30 tonight and tomorrow's race at 21:15, tomorrow of course. This may not be in your tv guides yet.
The usual summary broadcasts on Ziggo Sport and NPO 1 have been cancelled for this year.
Looking for explanations…
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