At the 46th Annual Tony Awards, held at the Gershwin Theatre on May 31, 1992, the fabulous Gregory Hines won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Jelly Roll Morton in Jellyâs Last Jam. On the show, Hines and the cast of Jellyâs Last Jam performed the number âThatâs How You Jazz.â
Hines is one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time and starred in more than 40 films and on Broadway. He received many accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and four Primetime Emmy Awards. Hines died of liver cancer on August 9, 2003 at the age of 57.
I have to give credit to the 1985 movie "White Nights" for casting the whole movie around two of the best dancers in existence--Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines. I honestly wasn't expecting moments where they got a laugh out of me...
...or for them to hit me in the feels with a few dramatic moments...
...not to mention the unbelievable chemistry with their respective love interests (Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini)...
...but the real magic happened when they got to do what they do best with each other.
It kinda sucks that hardly anybody is aware of this movie's existence and the only glory for it came for a song that played at the end credits [even though the song is equally awesome]. I just wanted to shine a spotlight on the movie for a moment
Reposted from @pbsgreatperformances In 1989, legendary tap dancer Gregory Hines brought together masters in tap dance of the time to celebrate the art of tap in
I can gif that scene over and over and still not get tired of noticing every little detail. Shane's lips, wet with Ilya's spit. Ilya lifting Shane's head up to look in his eyes one more time. The way Ilya takes Shane out of being kiss-drunk with a slap to his cheek. The way Shane double-checks that Ilya's gone before wiping the tear away. The twitch in Shane's jaw as he tries to get himself together.
This story is truly one of the most unique fics I have ever read! It is an absolute masterclass in temporal storytelling where one point of view moves forward in time while the other moves backwards...
In this fic Ilya and Shane spend four months playing hockey in Switzerland during an NHL lockout, suddenly sharing not only a hockey team but also a house, routines, a life. And then abruptly need to return to their separate realities.
Already while reading I knew that I absolutely wanted to bind this story and immediately envisioned a Switzerland-focused cover design. Which was further inspired by the Swiss flag mug that Shane remembers as one of the things he collected while living in ZĂźrich.
And then luckily I stumbled across the absolutely gorgeous and special art that @isolabellz created for the fic - look at those ZĂźrich skyline vibes and the whole NYE scene comic, I mean.... Thank you so, so much for letting me use your pieces!
Not having a Cricut or the option to print on canvas always challenges me to get creative with my covers - this time I chose to use stickers for the title which mirror the block font of the typeset and the cutout made it possible to still show the art on the cover.
Anon author, wherever you are - thank you for this absolute masterpiece that will stay with me for a long time!! [and also thank you for inspiring me to get out of my binding hibernation and motivating me to make my second ever typeset]
As always, bound for personal use only - keep fanfiction free!
The US government has officially declared âradical pro-transgender groupsâ to be domestic terrorist organizations. This will certain remain for the duration of this administration, and may hold into the next.
This opens the door for not only the targeting of trans individuals, but also trans communities, the broader queer community, and even allies and family members of transgender people.
Everyone, be safe. Look out for each other. Cherish small wins, and moments of joy.
Surviving is more than grand acts of defiance. Living is in the small, the everyday, the imperceptible. Living is holding a hand, or being kindâ little things that you donât remember the day after. Love each other, and love yourself in equal measure. Tyrants are brittle things. Never has a dark time failed to end.
And before anyone accuses me of overreacting, let me be clear. The last line of the Presidential Foreword in the new policy document literally reads, âWe will find you and we will kill you.â
"In addition to cartels and Islamist terror groups, our national CT activities will also prioritize the rapid
identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American,
radically pro-transgender, and anarchist." (Page 7)
literally getting ads for apps to ai gen deepfake porn of "anyone you want" like ok so we're doomed we're fucked youve married data scraping surveillance tech with 21st century rape culture and you're selling it on "family friendly" websites that are asking for government ID to access this is techno dystopia shit
#While this is a joke#For the etymologists out there#Tumblr did not âgoncharovâ poob#translation: Tumblr is not making a fictitious thing called poob that we insist is real#Poob is glup shittoing (streaming services)#Translation: Poob is now a generic name for whatever streaming platform is out there when you don't feel like naming something specifically
I got my (now 18-year-old) daughter into Ao3 back in 2021. I taught her she should always comment - even if the fic looks old or abandoned or whatever. She did.
Well - she got this email this morning:
The fic was written in 2014 and essentially abandoned.
Bethy read and reviewed in 2021 (and was actually the only person who had commented at all).
Today in 2025 - the final chapter was posted by the author and this was her reply to Bethyâs comment.
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Never question whether a fic is too old to comment on.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. We need a "This is absolutely NOT mature content" feedback button on posts. You can report a post as missing a community label. We should also be able to report posts as having a community label when they dont fucking need one.
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