• Alexandra Danilova once requested her partner, Edouard Borovansky, to not clown around in the background while she danced her variation in Le Beau Danube. He replied that he didn’t even notice when he was clowning around because he was so carried away by the role. Therefore, the next time Mr. Borovansky clowned around, Ms. Danilova slapped him. Of course, he asked her why she had slapped him, and she replied, “Oh, did I? I was so carried away by my role, I didn’t even notice it.”
• As a ballerina who danced the part of Odette, the Swan Princess, in Swan Lake, Cynthia Gregory was always careful to never get a tan. In the glare of the blue stage lights, a ballerina with a tan under her white makeup would look purple. In addition, after years of performing, Ms. Gregory learned to place her personal items — hair spray, makeup, comb and brush, etc. — in the same place each time on her makeup table so she could quickly find what she wanted, even when she is in a new theater.
• In George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, a single stage prop served many uses. It was used to represent a fence with a gate, a banquet table, a rostrum, and a boat, with the Siren’s red cloak serving as a sail. The prop served these uses partly out of necessity. The boat that was to be used in the production was not finished in time, so Mr. Balanchine decided to use the stage prop he already had. This worked out so well that the boat was never used, even when it was finished.
• Anna Pavlova’s dance troupe spent years touring the United States and appeared in many small towns as well as big cities. Of course, many mishaps arose and many problems had to be solved during those tours. Once, the power went off just as their performance was about to start. Stagehands borrowed several cars and parked them where the headlights would cast light on the stage through the theater’s doors and windows. The show went on.
• While touring in South America, the ballet team of Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch was confronted by an abusive audience member in a very crowded stadium. The other audience members solved the problem by grabbing the offensive man, hoisting him high, then passing him above their heads until finally they threw him over a wall and outside the stadium.
• One of the artworks owned by choreographer Léonide Massine was a drawing by Pablo Picasso that showed a satyr raping a nymph. Mr. Massine’s cleaning woman in London looked at the drawing, then told him, “Either that goes, or I do.” Because he needed a cleaning woman, Mr. Massine packed up the drawing and sent it to his home in Italy.
• Ballerina Yvette Chauviré once averted a disaster on stage. While dancing the lead in Giselle, her pearl necklace broke and fell to the floor. Improvising a dance step, Ms. Chauviré swept the necklace to the side of the stage, out of the way of the other dancers, then continued her performance.
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• Alicia Markova felt strongly about Giselle and did much to make it a staple of ballet. During a season of the Markova-Dolin Ballet, the other directors out-voted her and said that Giselle would not be performed that season. However, Ms. Markova forced the other directors to change their minds by threatening to jump off her dressing room balcony if Giselle were not put in the season’s schedule.
• Anna Pavlova was famous for her dance interpretation of Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Dying Swan.” After Ms. Pavlova’s death, choreographer Michel Fokine asked ballerina Alicia Markova to revive “The Dying Swan,” but she declined to do so until a note was put in the program saying that the dance was dedicated to the memory of Ms. Pavlova.
• World-renowned choreographer Antony Tudor once attended an all-Tudor program put on by American Ballet Theatre. Afterward, he overheard a member of the audience say, “Three Tudor ballets in one evening! That’s a bit much, isn’t it?” Mr. Tudor said that after hearing this, he “agreed wholeheartedly.”
Born George Kelly Barnes in 1895, this American gangster of the prohibition era spent 21 years in prison for kidnapping, bootlegging, and armed robbery. By what name is he more commonly known?
George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known by his pseudonym "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. He is best known for the kidnapping of the oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel in July 1933, from which he and his gang collected a $200,000 ransom (around $4 million dollars as of today.). Urschel had collected and left considerable evidence that assisted the subsequent FBI investigation, which eventually led to Kelly's arrest in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 26, 1933. His crimes also included bootlegging and armed robbery.
Machine Gun Kelly spent his remaining 21 years in prison. During his time at Alcatraz, he got the nickname "Pop Gun Kelly". According to fellow inmate Dale Stamphill the nickname originated because, "He told big fish stories. The cons called him ‘Pop Gun Kelly’ after cork guns that were popular with kids...the guys didn’t take him seriously...." This may have stemmed from the fact that, in addition to his exaggerated tall tales, Kelly was a model prisoner and did not act like the brutal gangster his wife, the media, and FBI had made him out to be. He spent 17 years on Alcatraz as inmate number 117, working in the prison industries, continuing to boast and exaggerate his past escapades to other inmates, and was quietly transferred back to Leavenworth in 1951. He died of a heart attack at Leavenworth on July 18, 1954, his 59th birthday, and was buried at Cottondale Texas Cemetery with a small headstone marked "George B. Kelley 1954".
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Machine Gun Kelly.
Mac Mac said:
Machine Gun Kelly
mj wrote:
Criminals had such imaginative and creative names at one time
Like Machine Gun Kelly.
Alan J answered:
Machine Gun Kelly.
Dave responded:
Machine Gun Kelly. Unlike most of the notorious gangsters of that era, his violent exploits were mostly exaggerated by Barnes and his idiot wife. Apparently the only time Barnes fired his Thompson submachine gun was at target practice. The one big score that he pulled off was a kidnapping, that netted him and his associates $200,000, and was his last job. One of the blindfolded victims memorized sounds he heard from outside the place he was kept, and made sure to leave his fingerprints all over the place. Those details helped the FBI and led to Barnes’ eventual arrest and conviction.
Photo: Charles Bronson starred in a fictional B movie about the gangster
Jon L replied:
Is that Machine Gun Kelly?
Jacqueline said:
Machine Gun Kelly, named after the Thompson machine gun.
Cal in Vermont wrote:
Machine Gun Kelly. M'nyah, see?
Billy in Cypress U.S.A. said:
" Machine Gun Kelly "
Jim from CA, retired to ID, answered:
Machine Gun Kelly
Deborah, the Master Gardener responded:
Going with a WAG, based on his name: Machine Gun Kelly.
Lovely weather for cycling but a bum knee has me on the sidelines. Damn this aging crap.
Daniel in The City replied:
Machine Gun Kelly
Dave in Tucson wrote:
That sounds like Machine Gun Kelly.
Who never used a Vaseline Machine Gun.
Saw Leo at the Temple of Music & Art some years back. Though he played solo you could close your eyes and swear there were . Always awesome!
DJ Useo said:
I recall the answer is "Machine Gun Kelly". Not a good role model. lol.
@Marty - When the city replaced our beloved climbing tree out front of our house,
they put in a large concrete light post. We didn't like it at first, but got used to it, & still climbed it.
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame answered:
Machine Gun Kelly
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The Conqueror (1956) From my family lore: My Mom was a career RN and mentioned that she'd taken care of one of the extras on this film who was dying of cancer, like many others of the cast/crew, as filming location was done at a nuke testing site.
Kid brother is on the mend, but still has no sense of taste or smell.
Tonight, Monday:
CBS opens the night with a RERUN'The Neighborhood', followed by a RERUN'Bob Hearts Abishola', then a RERUN'All Rise', followed by a RERUN'Bull'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Ethan Hawke and Mickey Guyton.
Scheduled on a FRESHJames Corden, OBE, are Viggo Mortensen, and Quinn XCII featuring Chelsea Cutler.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Ellen's Mean Game Of Games', followed by a FRESH'The Wall', then a RERUN'Weakest Link'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Bryan Cranston, John Cena, and Remi Wolf.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Post Malone, Mary Steenburgen, and Matt Cameron.
Scheduled on a FRESHLilly Singh is Russ.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'The Bachelor', followed by a RERUN'The Good Doctor'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Robin Wright, Chris Bianco, and Bahamas featuring the Teskey Brothers.
The CW offers a FRESH'All American', followed by a RERUN'Batwoman'.
Faux has a FRESH'9-1-1', followed by a FRESH'9-1-1: Lone Star'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O: SVU', followed by another old 'L&O: SVU'.
AMC offers the movie 'Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life', followed by the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', then a FRESH'The Salisbury Poisonings'.
BBC -
[6:00AM - 11:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
[12:00PM - 4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
[5:00PM - 11:00PM] LAW & ORDER
[12:00AM - 3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Below Deck', followed by a FRESH'Below Deck', then another FRESH'Below Deck', followed by a FRESH'Watch What Happens Live'.
FX has the movie 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure', followed by the movie 'Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle'.
History has 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH'American Pickers'.
IFC -
[6:00am - 9:30am] Parks And Recreation
[10:00am - 1:30pm] Community
[2:00pm - 5:30pm] Three's Company
[6:00pm - 12:30am] Two And A Half Men
[1:00am - 3:30am] Community
[4:00am - 5:30am] Parks And Recreation (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[6:00am - 3:00pm] hogan's heroes
[3:30pm] along came a spider
[6:00pm] roots
[8:15pm] roots
[10:30pm] roots
[11:45pm] roots
[1:00am] along came a spider
[3:30am - 5:30am] gomer pyle, u.s.m.c. (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'Blade', followed by the movie 'Blade II'.
Saturday Night Live‘s first 2021 original telecast, featuring John Krasinski in his hosting debut and musical guest Machine Gun Kelly, drew a 4.4 rating household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters.
The Jan. 30 show was on par with SNL‘s last original before the winter break, the The Christmas-themed Dec. 19 episode hosted by Kristen Wiig with musical guest Dua Lipa, which drew a 4.4 HH and 2.1 18-49 L+SD ratings, and was above the other two December telecasts, Dec. 12 (4.3 in HH) and Dec. 5 (4.1 in HH). Understandably, SNL’s ratings were higher in the fall, leading to and immediately following the Presidential election.
In its first episode after the lengthy hiatus, SNL covered some of the biggest stories from the last month and a half, from the Capitol insurrection to the GameStop stock chaos and Tom Brady’s return to the Super Bowl. The show marked the return of cast member Aidy Bryant after three and a half months. It also featured a lot of synergies, with Krasinski revisiting his show The Office twice, in the opening monologue and in a skit featuring “lost” theme songs. The Office just started streaming on Peacock after NBCUniversal moved it from Netflix in a massive deal.
Buoyed by the election coverage, the current season of SNL — the show’s best since the conclusion of last election cycle four years ago — for the first time in its 46-year history is #1 among all comedies on broadcast and cable in Live+7 18-49 and total viewers.
Next week, Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy will make his SNL hosting debut, and Phoebe Bridgers will perform as musical guest for the first time.
Writer Carl Hiaasen is retiring from the Miami Herald after composing newspaper columns for the past 35 years, the newspaper says.
The Herald published a story this week saying that Hiaasen would be done after his last column on March 14. The 67-year-old Hiaasen said he no longer wants the pressure of a weekly deadline.
“I’ve been thinking about easing off as the years went by,” Hiaasen told the Herald. “I was 23 when I started working there. I feel like I almost grew up in the newsroom. I also feel at this stage it’s a good time to step away.”
That’s not to say that Hiaasen will stop writing. He said he plans to continue his book projects, which have ranged from comic novels such as “Tourist Season” and “Double Whammy” to children’s titles such as “Hoot.”
Would audiences pay to see a new movie on the big screen if they could watch the same title at home from the comfort of their couch? Prior to the pandemic, the response from theater operators and cinema purists would have been a resounding “no.”
Yet Hollywood is finding that, at least while a plague of Biblical proportion rages, the answer is: sorta.
“The Little Things,” a crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and Rami Malek, topped domestic box office charts, debuting to $4.8 million from 2,171 venues in North America. At the same time, it was available to HBO Max subscribers for a monthly fee that’s less than a single movie ticket in some parts of the country. “The Little Things” is one of 17 films from Warner Bros. that will premiere simultaneously in cinemas and on the HBO Max streaming service.
“Wonder Woman 1984” came in third place with $1.3 million from 1,864 locations. The Warner Bros. superhero adaptation, which premiered concurrently on HBO Max, has brought in $39.2 million after six weeks in North American theaters. To illustrate how depreciated the box office is, the original “Wonder Woman” grossed $38 million in its first day in theaters in 2017. Internationally, “Wonder Woman 1984” added another $1.1 million, bringing box office receipts to $112.8 million overseas and $152 million gloablly.
Liam Neeson’s action thriller “The Marksman” plunged to the No. 4 spot after leading the box office the last two weekends. It made $1.25 million in its third outing for a domestic tally of $7.8 million. The movie is currently playing in 2,018 theaters.
Olivia Newton-John has said that she will not be getting the coronavirus vaccine during a bizarre interview with her daughter.
In the interview alongside Chloe Lattanzi, 35, the Grease star, when asked if she’d take the injection, told The Herald Sun: “Not at this point, no.”
While Newton-John, 72, failed to elaborate upon her reasoning, Lattanzi went on to share her outlandish views on vaccinations, stating that she’s against “putting mercury and pesticides in [her] body”.
Lattanzi, who said she believes “real medicine is what comes from the earth”, runs a medicine cannabis farm with her husband, James Driskill, and has no scientific or medical qualifications.
Despite claiming she’s “not an anti-vaxxer”, Newton-John’s daughter added that she believes people only “trust vaccines because the doctor says it’s safe”.
Food banks, immigrant rights groups, and struggling colleges across the US discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organizations hurting during the pandemic from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Scott unlocked a staggering sum of nearly $6 billion in charitable gifts last year, and unlike many other large donors did not attach any restrictions or even naming rights requirements.
The approach has shaken up the philanthropic world, not only with the size of her gifts, but without the limits and accounting requirements of many large foundations or donors.
In December, Scott's latest funding round included 384 organizations ranging from Blackfeet Community College in Montana to the Arkansas Food Bank to the Immigrant Families Fund.
Philanthropy activists say Scott's actions are likely to make other billionaires -- including her ex-husband -- take notice.
President Biden may have called for unity but he's also trying to quickly dismantle Trump's legacy. How has his busy first full week gone down with conservative media?
"They are coming for us," Newsmax's Greg Kelly warned his viewers this week.
Joe Biden and the other liberals in Washington were trying "to cancel us and what we stand for", Kelly explained, just like Donald Trump said they would.
For those unfamiliar with the conservative media landscape, his warning might have sounded melodramatic.
But Kelly knows his audience - and how to tap into their deep unease about where Biden will take America, economically and culturally.
People in places like Kansas, Oklahoma and other Republican-leaning states worry openly about the government trying to control their lives, and to take away their livelihoods.
A former Fox News editor who claims he was recently ousted from the conservative network after being the first to predict President Joe Biden’s election victory in Arizona has said the US is suffering from “informational malnourishment” in an Op-Ed published on Thursday.
Chris Stirewalt had previously served as a politics editor for the network, where he helped forecast the latest election results and made the call for Arizona – which had not voted to elect a Democratic presidential candidate since 1996 – well before the Associated Press and other major news outlets.
Though he and his team were proven right, Fox News audiences and prominent conservatives attacked Mr Stirewalt and Fox News’ decision desk director Arnon Mishkin for defending the announcement as former President Donald Trump and his allies promoted false conspiracy theories of a rigged vote.
“The rebellion on the populist right against the results of the 2020 election was partly a cynical, knowing effort by political operators and their hype men in the media to steal an election or at least get rich trying,” he continued. “But it was also the tragic consequence of the informational malnourishment so badly afflicting the nation.”
A big tree hunter who has been charting some of the largest trees in the West for more than a decade has added three in the Sierra Nevada to the list of tallest sugar pines known to exist in the world.
Michael W. Taylor recently documented two in the Tahoe National Forest west of Lake Tahoe nearly as tall as the length of a football field. At 267 feet, 6 inches (81.5 meters) and 267 feet, 1.8 inches (81.4 meters), they are the second and third tallest sugar pines ever recorded, the Tahoe Daily Tribune reported.
The third, found in the Stanislaus National Forest, checks in sixth on the all-time list at 253 feet, 2 inches (77 meters).
The largest of the three, dubbed the “Redonkulous” tree, measures 10.5 feet (3 meters) in diameter 4.5 feet (1.4 meters) above the ground — a universal measurement known as diameter breadth height.
Taylor, a longtime partner of the Sugar Pine Foundation in South Lake Tahoe, California, located and hiked to the growing behemoths based on satellite sensing data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Geological Survey. The nonprofit supports his exploration as it works to combat the effects of bark beetles and blister rust in western forests.
Taylor said the tallest sugar pines he has found tend to be on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and up into Oregon, where there isn’t as heavy of a snow load. He doesn’t like to give the exact location of the trees out of fear that the public will “love them to death.”
Four exoplanets have been discovered around star TOI-1233 by two high schoolers, making them among the youngest people to have ever discovered a celestial body.
Sixteen-year-old Kartik Pinglé and 18-year-old Jasmine Wright were participating in the Student Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, mentored by Dr Tansu Daylan, a postdoc at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. They are now co-authors on a paper reporting the discovery published in The Astronomical Journal
TOI-1233 is one of the stars being studied by NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The satellite studies hundred of thousands of stars hoping to catch the tell-tale flickering that suggests a planet is passing between us and them.
The team found this to be the case for TOI-1233. To their surprise, they saw evidence of not one but multiple planets. Three of these objects are expected to be gaseous planets a bit smaller than Neptune, classified as sub-Neptunes. There is also what looks like a large rocky planet that is believed to be a super-Earth.
The mentoring program, directed by astrochemist Dr Clara Sousa-Silva, aims to connect local high school students who are interested in scientific research with real-world scientists at Harvard and MIT. It accepts a dozen students per year, prioritizing those from underrepresented minorities in science, who carry our paid research working with mentors on a year-long project.
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