Hump Day & Chill

Olivia Rodrigo & Friends

Time to hit the streets of New York and have a Hump Day & Chill moment with Olivia Rodrigo and a group of ballet dancers.

Imagine strolling down a NY street on a lovely day like today and spying Ms. Rodrigo shooting her latest music video with a gaggle of ballet dancers.

How would that make you feel? What would it make you think? Or would you just walk on by without a second look?

Whatever your take this would be a welcome respite from the real world and a definite reason to Hump Day & Chill.

Time to get your plie on!

Olivia on Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/oliviarodrigo/   

The Face That Launched 1,000 Ships

Lupita Nyong'o 
as
Helen Of Troy

Here's a look at Lupita Nyong'o as Helen Of Troy in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

I can't wait until July 17th to catch it in IMAX at The Chinese Theater in Hollywood!

Apparently there has been some criticism of Ms. Nyong'o's casting because of shall we say the color of her skin. 

Here is what she has to say about it: "I'm not spending my time thinking of a defense. The criticism will exist whether I engage with it or not."

Bravo! Engaging in this conversation would have no point, indeed...

Here is a suggestion Minions. Why not Bend It Like Lupita today? 

Lupita on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/lupitanyongo/?hl=en   

Memorial Day

Behold My Gin Martini
At Akbar Silverlake, CA 

Always remember, never forget...

Enjoy your Holiday!!! 

"So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs
We will never be never be, anything but loud
Maybe nitty gritty dirty little freaks
So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways" - P!nk, Raise Your Glass 

Memorial Day on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

"The Goat"

Featuring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, John Savage, and TikTok phenomenon Jessica Hosam, who has more than 3 million followers, The Goat arrives on VOD platforms and home entertainment DVD on June 23, 2026, through Cleopatra Entertainment, which has acquired North American rights to the Egyptian, French, and Italian co-produced adventure thriller.

 

Directed by Paris-based Italian filmmaker Ilaria Borelli, the Arabic-language feature follows Hadiya, a 12-year-old girl forced into marriage, who becomes the target of a Western corporation seeking control of the only water source in her village. Determined to save her community, she sets out on a harrowing journey across the desert to find her father, accompanied only by Sparrow, the family goat who keeps her alive through seven brutal days of survival.

 

John Savage plays the CEO of a U.S. multi-national corporation aiming to seize the village’s spring for a luxury bottled water venture, while Mira Sorvino plays the company’s engineer, and Egyptian star Amr Saad portrays Hadiya’s father. The film explores resilience, exploitation, and the fight for autonomy in the face of overwhelming power.

 

The Goat previously launched at the El Gouna Film Festival and went on to screen as the closing film at the Rome Film Festival. The film has also collected multiple honors on the international festival circuit.

 

“With The Goat, I wanted to challenge so-called ‘civilized’ Western societies, and all of us within them, to confront our role in the exploitation of natural resources in more vulnerable regions,” Borelli said in a statement to Variety. “At the same time, the film sheds light on deeply rooted practices that continue to devastate young women and girls, from forced marriage and abduction to sexual violence and life-threatening childbirth conditions.”

 

Borelli studied at NYU and previously directed the comedy Our Italian Husband, starring Pierfrancesco Favino and Brooke Shields, as well as the drama The Girl From the Brothel, about a French woman who risks her life to rescue three young girls from a Cambodian brothel. Her latest feature continues that focus on stories of survival, injustice, and female endurance under extreme conditions.

Watch the trailer for The Goat here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYpGPLAisl8&t=1s

Order Here: https://mvd.cloud/share/sales/20260514102227.html  

Michael's Musings

"I Wanna Feel You From The Inside"
Michael Shinafelt

"You let me violate you

You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you

I broke apart my insides
(Help me) I've got no soul to sell
(Help me) the only thing that works for me
Help me get away from myself" - Closer, Nine Inch Nails 

Me At Home: I need to go out! Me Out: I knew I should have stayed home

I guess my retirement plan should have been storming the Capitol on January 6th and waiting to get compensated

Young man sues parents for $150k for naming him "Gaylord" the more you know

Reading is cool, that's all

Make good movies or die, think about it, but not too much

Looking forward to seeing Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, it got raves at Cannes!

Is anyone out there a Law & Order: SVU fan like me? Last week's season finale was a banger

Imbibing in lemon water while writing this on my computer, and aren't you happy???

Woman Crush of the Week - The legendary Cher who crossed a milestone and turned 80 yesterday...Believe!

Don't you dare forget who the f#ck you are. You've walked through fire. You don't flinch at sparks.

You are someone's reason to _______ the blank is yours to fill in. I know what I inserted, ask me if you like

FYI don't write long E-mails, I'm not going to read them, I said what I said

T.W.A.T. = There We Are Then

I have lust in my heart today...

Join me here -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/

https://bsky.app/profile/michaelshinafelt.bsky.social

https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelshinafelt   

Hump Day & Chill

Head Like A Hole
Zendaya

When we last left Rue Bennett (Zendaya) on Euphoria she was having a Hump Day & Chill.

"Yes" indeed, and as you know spoiler alert, Rue weasels her way out of yet another difficult situation.

I never really thought of digging a hole and to be buried neck deep as a way to Hump Day & Chill, but now I see how Zen and Meditative it can be. Not to mention a great way to connect with the Earth.

You've gotta do, what you gotta do these days...

"Head like a hole
Black as your soul
I'd rather die than give you control" - Nine Inch Nails, Head Like A Hole 

Euphoria on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/euphoria/?hl=en  

Game Night

Andrew Rannells who was always one of my favorite things about Lena Dunham's HBO series Girls has been quoted as saying this and I concur. Also Andrew is partnered with the hunky Tuc Watkins so I would definitely pay attention to what he he says. 😉

Socially nothing is a worse nightmare than a game night for a myriad of reasons. The number one on my list is, well, it's simply boring for the most part and it promotes a competitive rather than social atmosphere. Personally I would rather have a relaxing conversation than trying to win whatever banal goal I am given during a "game."'

Yeah, I'll stick to things like yoga and boot camp.

That's the way it goes...

Andrew on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/andrewrannells/