rococo-the-clown:

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heaven011:

Can’t quite cope with how much this looks like me and my dad

It begins

Photo credit to the exceeding bemused sound technician we bribed with two cans of Carlsberg to permit us access to his gazebo.

geekynerfherder:

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Selected art by

Amy Sol, Jason Mowry, Esao Andrews, Kelsey Beckett, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Zoé Byland.

Corey Helford Gallery presents ’The Last Unicorn’, a 40th anniversary group art exhibition, curated by Caro Buermann and presented in partnership with Sweet Streets, featuring new works from over 70 internationally contemporary artists, inspired by the beloved fantasy film, plus never-before-seen original film production art (including hundreds of meticulously restored frames) and a pop-up shop offering an array of exclusive merch.

Opening night is Saturday December 17 from 7-11pm PT, open to the public for viewing the art safely with Covid precautions (masks will be required), at Corey Helford Gallery, 571 S. Anderson St. Los Angeles, CA 90033 and on the Corey Helford Gallery website until January 21 2023.

anneemay:

whimsigothwitch:

Tiles! I want to have a kitchen wall full with different designs

firstgrave:

[id: tweet by user ziibiing from August 24, 2023 that says “If you share Trump’s mugshot today, please share that the Fulton County Jail it was taken at, is at 3x it’s capacity, infested with bugs, is holding 87% Black people, most of whom haven’t seen a day in court.

Six people have died in custody this year. Fuck cops, fuck jails.” /end id]

ladygwyndolin:

REDDIT DUDES ARE MAD ABOUT KARLACH TOPPING THEM

dreams-of-mutiny:

Egon Schiele, The Embrace (Lovers II) 1917.

expiredpersona:

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jodielandons:

Remember The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock? The movie showed how a kid who had an extremely rough upbringing got help from the family of a school friend, found success in football and ultimately ended up being adopted by the family. Turns out he was never adopted.

Michael Oher says that he was tricked by the Tuohy family into signing documents that made them his conservators. Since he was already 18 at the time the family told him, “that it means pretty much the exact same thing as ‘adoptive parents,’ but that the laws were just written in a way that took [his] age into account.”

Oher also says that papers were signed so that his story and likeness were given away for free to use in The Blind Side. He also never got a single royalty check for the hugely successful, Oscar nominated film in the 14 years since its release.

'Blind Side' subject Oher alleges adoption was lie

In a 14-page court petition, the former NFL star alleges that Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never adopted him, instead tricking him into signing

ESPN.com

It just continues to baffle me that they essentially purchased a young Black man’s life to make football money off of, like buying a racing horse, except a person. Like, I don’t know how else to say it. And then made everyone think it was something wonderful they did to “save” an “impoverished, Black boy”, and he’s been saying it for years to no avail that they took advantage of him!