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Robert Downey Jr. in Restoration (1995), with Sam Neill and David Thewlis, from the movie's promotional materials.

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Chaplin (1992), one of my first Robert Downey Jr. movies. :)

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Sam Neill as King Charles II in Restoration (1995), with Robert Downey Jr. Underappreciated movie, I highly recommend. :)

(Photos from promotional material I found on Ebay awhile back)

RIP Sam.

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Exactly!

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From a 1965 interview with the Rolling Stones. I noticed this part of the clip isn't on YouTube. Brian Jones is asked about the "screamies" (aka screaming fans); also Charlie Watts' cheeky response to whether anyone would marry a Rolling Stone. ;D

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3595552

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Truth.

"Every child had a pretty good shot To get at least as far as their old man got But something happened on the way to that place They threw an American flag in our face..."

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Did you know the 1969 song "How Can I Live?" by Fat Mattress is dedicated to Brian Jones? Here's a quote from Noel Redding:

"This is dedicated to Brian Jones from me. I wrote it before he died and it's a very sad song. I was with about six people in the house and we were watching TV when the news came on and I just started crying and ran out of the room."--NME, 1969

And it's a great song, should be heard more, have a listen.

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1984 MTV bumper featuring Joe Elliott and Rick Allen of hard rock band Def Leppard, leading into a snippet of Lep's "Photograph." Followed by an Atari commercial with Hawkeye himself Alan Alda (younger people might remember him from The Aviator) and an MTV bumper with VJ Martha Quinn ("in stereo!"). Man I wish I'd been old enough to appreciate the real MTV, but at least we still have these clips. From Internet Archive, Mickeys Tape Collection, MTV: 1984-03-06

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Def Leppard's Steve Clark at the Rockpop Concert in Germany, 1983.

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Conrad Veidt's cameo in Die große Sehnsucht (1930). Subtitles with rough translation from Google added by me. ;D

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qD8ZYZB38&t=1274s

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Conrad Veidt in a rare behind the scenes clip from Waxworks (1924), from the documentary Der Film im Film (1925). Conrad is on the left, checking himself out in the mirror, clearly wanting to make sure his hair and makeup are just right. ;D

Source: https://vk.com/video108547305_456239312

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Conrad Veidt was seriously the embodiment of that line from Sunset Boulevard: "We didn't need dialogue. We had faces." ;D (Video from Eerie Tales, 1919)

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1990 commercial for the Fall premiere of the new cartoon series, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, based of course on the 1989 film of the same name (it even included the actual voices of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in the first season). I watched the movie and cartoon over and over when I was a kid, even though it drove my Dad crazy; I had the cereal box toy of their phone booth and the novelization of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991). Fast forward to 2022, I got to ask Alex Winter a question at a screening of his documentary, The YouTube Effect. And then last year I got to see Alex and Keanu Reeves on Broadway in Waiting for Godot...THREE times. And to top it all off, I even got my Dad to enjoy Bill & Ted: Face the Music (2020). Full circle, dude! ;D And a most excellent adventure indeed. (Oh and this is followed by a bumper for Pee-Wee's Playhouse.)

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From Queen in Comics. John Deacon joins the band and Freddie Mercury comes up with a name. (Art by Samuel Wambre)

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Queen featured in the Japanese manga 8 Beat Gag, Best Selection 1, by Atsuko Shima. Rough translation, Freddie Mercury, "Queen's leader," is 35 years old, and staring at his reflection in the pond. Drummer Roger Taylor throws a rock in the pond and Freddie objects, saying that he was "looking so cool." Roger counters that Queen is not just him, and a fight ensues, in which Freddie says it's cowardly to bring a knife and Roger tells him to then put his teeth away too, lol.

Source: https://x.com/binbinstory/status/1077136014412378112

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I'm proud that these artists made it clear they don't want to support Trump's ego fest. And in fact, nothing is more American than being able to refuse the president's invitation. He is not a king. We are not his subjects. God Bless America. :)

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"In Flanders fields, the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row..."

Linus: What have we learned, Charlie Brown?....