When Judy Met Marilyn

 

Judy Garland & Marilyn Monroe

"That beautiful girl was frightened of aloneness—the same thing I'd been been afraid of. Like me, she was just trying to do her job—garnish some delightful whipped cream onto some people's lives, but Marilyn and I never got a chance to talk." - Judy Garland

Beautiful souls, wished they had.

Judy on the WWW -

https://judygarland.com/

Marilyn on the WWW -

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

What She Says...

Kamala on the WWW -

https://kamalaharris.com/

Michael's Musings

"Money, Money, Money"
Michael Shinafelt

"All the things I could do, If I had a little money, It's a rich man's world" - ABBA 

Dear money, you are always on my mind. OK not always how about always in the back of my mind. There that's more real. 

Oh all the things I could do, and will do. That's correct Minions "will do" moving on...

I'm a naughty pig and I'm HAF, the more you know...

Someone I cared about once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me a while to understand that too was a gift.

Walking in LA - Graffiti that reads "I 💗Whores" that's all

You are not seizing the day, no one seizes a Thursday!

Family is the people you emotinally connect with, and your commitment to each other's happiness

I will always love rebellion until my grave

Gentle Reminder: The church never burned witches, it burned women

How much talent does it take to come on the New York Post anyway???

Woman Crush of the Week - Kerry Washington for her timely t-shirt...perfection!

I love watching Bravo's Million Dollar Listing LA, don't judge me

Only 63 days until Halloween...!!!

Honestly I hate the current trend of sequels many years after the original, but I do want to see Beetlejuice, Bettlejuice so there!

In case you are wondering 68 days until the election (let's do this!)

Hitting the mat aka yoga today at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, join me?

Here I am -

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

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Hump Day & Chill

As the summer heat continues I thought we should Hump Day & Chill to one of the coolest images (figuratively and literally) ever of Elizabeth Taylor in her pool with her parrot. This classic was shot by transgressive German photographer Helmut Newton.

Because let's face it no matter how cool you try to be, you'll never achieve Elizabeth Taylor cool, never!!! 

Hump Day & Chill indeed...

Cheers!

ET on Wikipedia -

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

And Scene...

Michael Douglas & Sharon Stone
Basic Instinct

Good morning Minions it's a Basic Instinct sort of day...that's all

• Catherine: Somebody has to die.
• Nick: Why?
• Catherine: Somebody always does.

Basic Instinct on Wikipedia - 

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

International Dog Day

Happy International Dog Day! Here's one of the most famous dogs in movie history Toto with his owner and companion Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) straight outta The Wizard of Oz!

"Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are" 

Arf! 

IDD on the WWW -

https://www.oipa.org/international/international-dog-day/   

Beware!

You heard about Them/They this past week in my musings column, by popular demand here Them/They are. "Yes" Minions it's the Giraffe Of Doom!

"Oh No!" This is one of those things you take at face value. When someone tells you a specific giraffe brings impending doom perhaps one should listen.

As long as it isn't a conspiracy theory that all giraffes are basically a cult plotting impending doom, I believe an individual one could be.

There's always those bad apples after all, but one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch, ya know.

I'm warning you this one and last time...

Sunday Funday indeed!

Giraffes on Wikipedia -

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

Current Mood

Give It Up, Do As I Say...

"Once you put your hand in the flame, you can never be the same
There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain
I can see you understand, I can tell that you're the same
If you're afraid, well, rise above
I only hurt the ones I love" - Erotica, Madonna

Any questions???

I thought not!!!

Madonna on IG -

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

Future Days

The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades...

Kamala on IG -

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

Michael's Musings

I'm Not Selling Cheap...
Michael Shinafelt

Current Mood: Oh, make me over,I'm all I want to be, A walking study, In demonology...that's all...

OK, am I the only one who is undewhelmed by the Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars duet Die With A Smile?!

Beware of the Giraffe Of Doom!!!

Change is hard. But staying somwhere you don't belong will literally destroy you

When I see lovers' names carved in a tree, it surprises me how many people bring a knife on a date

BTW mine is completely broke too

Yep, it's another miserable childless day for me and my fellow cat people 

Eat, Drink and Shut Up!!!

Know your role and fall in line, the conga line naturally

Woman Crush of the Week - Rewatched Splendor in the Grass so this shout out is to my eternal crush Natalie Wood, she is amazing!

The hardest words to write or say are usually the best ones

Your haters can't stand to see you happy...SMILE!

As one chapter ends, another begins, is that awesome or what???

Is anyone surprised that Jennifer Lopez &  Ben Affleck are divorcing? Yeah, I thought not...

Time to beat the heat, what do you think I am doing to accomplish this???

Find out here -

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

https://x.com/MShinafelt    

Hump Day & Chill

Doing Battle
Farrah Fawcett & Penny Marshall

Remember those Battle of the Network Stars competitions? You know where TV Stars from NBC, CBS & ABC would compete in various sporting events? Yeah, that's the ticket!

Let us Hump Day & Chill in memory of this one time institution with an image of two icons captured together in a moment of time participating in it.

Here is Farrah Fawcett of Charlie's Angels fame and the one and only Laverne, Penny Marshall, straight outts Laverne & Shirley!!!

Hey it doesn't get more iconic than this! The shows and characters they created are still in the public consciousness and in reruns all over the world. 

Sadly both have passed away, but they will never be forgotten.

Less raise a Hump Day & Chill glass as a toast to this...Cheers!

Battle of the Network Stars on Wikipedia -

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

What Would Barnabas Collins Say?

Barnabas Collins

Remember the TV Show Dark Shadows? Of course you do (if not it's called Google) Then you have memories of it's resident vampire Barnabas Collins.

Ever so often I think to myself when I'm stuck: "Self, what would Barnabas Collins say?"

Well here is today's words of wisdom from the sage himself...

"Ah, music. Yes, I'm rather fond of the music of the day. "I am a picker, I am a grinner / I am a lover and I am a sinner / I play my music in the sun" If only Shakespeare had been as eloquent."

There you have it, that's all you need to know.

Get up and boogie indeed!

Dark Shadows on Wikipedia -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059978/

It Came From Aquarius Records

MVD Entertainment is proud to announce the August 13 digital release of the award-winning, third music documentary in Kenneth Thomas' trilogy about indie music culture, It Came from Aquarius Records, which explores the San Francisco-based independent record shop that helped shape the tastes of Bay Area residents and beyond for nearly a half a century. 

If you are a fan of any independently released music - indie rock, psychedelic, folk, krautrock, weirdo Finnish prog rock, Japanese noise, glitchy black metal, or anything that makes you feel like you've discovered a musical diamond in the rough - there's a chance you directly or indirectly found out about it through Aquarius Records. Walking into the store on any given day would guarantee an exciting music discovery for a lucky patron. The store influenced and enriched countless peoples' musical tastes with their curated selections - but this film also shows the realities of an indie record store trying to survive in an increasingly difficult market of brick-and-mortar music shops, especially in the ever-changing and price-gouging Mission District of San Francisco. 

The store closed in 2016 after 47 years of championing underground and experimental sounds and turning the world onto sound and music of limitless varieties, some of which ended up exploding in popularity out of multiple independent music scenes. 

Over 60 interviews were conducted for this film: all of the store owners dating back to 1970, other record store owners from around the world, musicians, label heads, music journalists, and INTENSE music collectors. A few of these folks include Matt Groening (The Simpsons), Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), Marissa Nadler, Emil Amos (Grails, Om, Holy Sons), Ty Segall, and Howie Klein. Six years in the making, the film has a very personal angle, with lots of behind-the-scenes footage (and drama) that shows both the joy and excruciating stress that comes with running - and closing - a store like this.

The film will be available on Amazon, Google Play, TUBI, Fandango at Home/VUDU, NightFlight Plus, and more. 

Watch the trailer here.

Order Here -

https://mvd.cloud/share/sales/20240702024544.html

Equality

Cat Man!

This is a shout out to all the "childless cat ladies" say "Hey!" 

Well as far as I am concerned equality is across the board. This weekend I rewatched a film from my youth Logan's Run.

And what to my wandering eyes did apppear? Well the great Peter Ustinov as Old Man. Who guess what??? Was a "childless cat man."

Bare witness to the image above. It's time to acknowledge those men who are childless and cat driven. They woundn't vote for Trump either! 

Equality is where it's at!

Logan's Run on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/

Kim Novak

"Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice." - Madeline Elster, Vertigo

And now for something even more random. I woke this morning with visions of Kim Novak dancing in my head...

That's all.

Kim on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001571/

High, Flying Adored

I Wanna Be Adored

Hello Friday! Time to get high, flying adored! After all isn't that something everyone should experience?

Look at Ann-Margret she's doing just that with her visit to the boys in the United States Airforce.

Airforce guys, planes I'd say nobody does high, flying adored better than Ms. Margret. Hey, she's definitley worth it!!!

Aren't you???

Ann-Margret on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/officialannmargret/  

Michael's Musings

White Guys For Kamala
Michael Shinafelt

Harris/Walz 2024! Live it, learn it, make it a reality!

Woman Crush of the Week - A legend has left us. RIP to the amazing Gena Rowlands

Get with me here -

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

https://x.com/MShinafelt

Hump Day & Chill

"Sanity is the playground for the unimaginative..."

Hump Day & Chill to that!

Get the 411 on this quote here -

https://www.answers.com/toys-and-games/What_does_sanity_is_the_playground_for_the_unimaginative_mean

Remember When...

Loving this today, it makes me remember when I was in my 20's. That's correct Minions the formative years. You remember that time you went to band camp??? Anyway...

This was my go to type of thing when I was stressed out I would find something fun and completely distracting. Oh, I beleve you thought I was going to address the sex part. That's for my book, can't put it all out there on a blog.

Bringing me to today in my 50's my stress relief is yoga. Hitting it today at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Then heading home to take care of business and chill.

As for the abovementioned??? Yeah, that still has been known to happen...

Mic Drop!

Yoga on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga  

Lift Your Spirits

Need A Lift?!

It's another one of those days they refer to with disdain as: Monday, yeah it's here again on time and always a drag.

Thus here is something to lift your spirits, or at least lift Donna Summer's spirits. "Yes" Donna's spirits are being lifted by the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger! Talk about a totally different kind of high!

I stumbled across this photo on the WWW and it was something that I had never seen before nor would have thought existed. So it can also lift your spirits as a piece of newly discovered pop culture.

Here is this point in time we are all engaging in together and aren't you happy? You should be it's fun to be part of a collective vibe...

Now tell me why you don't like Mondays again???

Arnold on IG -

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

Donna on the WWW -

https://donnasummer.com/

Brunch

Rock Hudson & Elizabeth Taylor

Tis Sunday and that means a lot of you are "doing" brunch today. Well here is a behind the scenes shot from George Stevens Giant. 

"Yes" it's Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson falling in line with what looks like quite a few extras to grab some grub.

As you have just beared witness brunch is a time honored tradition. 

I tend to like Brakfast Tacos and a Margaritz for brunch, what's on your plate?!?!

Brunch on Wikipedia -

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

"Broken Oath"

Eureka Entertainment announces the Oct 22 release of Broken Oath, an action-packed

tale of righteous vengeance starring Angela Mao (Enter the Dragon), presented in its worldwide debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. The Limited Edition release of 2000 copies (per territory) will exclusively feature an O-card slipcase, and a collector’s booklet. 

A Hong Kong take on Japan’s Lady Snowblood, Broken Oath is an action-packed tale of righteous vengeance directed by Jeong Chang-hwa (King Boxer) and starring the first lady of kung fu cinema: the inimitable Angela Mao! 

Orphaned and angry, Lotus (Mao) is raised by Buddhist nuns before she is exiled for her violent ways – and skipping classes to improve her martial arts skills. Finding herself alone in the world, she quickly comes to discover the truth of her past: that her father was once a respected member of the Imperial Court who was murdered in cold blood, and that her mother gave birth to her in a jail cell after being unjustly imprisoned for killing one of the culprits. With revenge on her mind and a newfound accomplice in tow (Bruce Leung, Magnificent Bodyguards), she sets out to track down the men responsible for tearing her family apart – armed with both her considerable martial arts prowess and a nest of scorpions with which to poison her enemies. 

Made at the height of her fame following roles in Hapkido, Lady Whirlwind, Enter the Dragon and When Taekwondo Strikes, Broken Oath is one of Angela Mao’s very best films – and boasts action choreography orchestrated by Hsia Hsu (Drunken Master) and Yuen Woo-ping, one of the most respected stunt coordinators in both Hong Kong (The Magnificent Butcher) and Hollywood (The Matrix). Eureka Classics is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world from a brand new 2K restoration.  

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES*: 

• Limited edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) 

• 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray of the uncut theatrical version from a brand new 2K
restoration 

• Original Mandarin audio and optional English dub tracks (original mono presentations) 

• Optional English subtitles, newly translated for this release 

• Brand new audio commentary by East Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) 

• Brand new audio commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 

• Brand new interview with actor Bruce Leung (The Dragon Lives Again) 

• Patrick Macias on Lady Snowblood – new appreciation by film writer Patrick Macias 

• Trailer 

• PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring new writing on Broken Oath by East Asian cinema expert Gina Marchetti and Kung Fu Cult Masters author Leon Hunt 

* All extras subject to change  

   

TRAILER 

https://youtu.be/ziFQ1sFxUis  

Buy Here -

https://customers.mvdb2b.com/s/BrokenOathSpecialEdition/EKV70548

Current Mood

Lana Del Rey

Kiss me hard before you go
Summertime sadness
I just wanted you to know
That, baby, you're the best

I got that summertime, summertime sadness
S-s-summertime, summertime sadness
Got that summertime, summertime sadness
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Summertime Sadness, Lana Del Rey

Lana on IG -

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

Michael's Musings

Ooops, I Didn't Know I Couldn't Talk About Sex
Michael Shinafelt

Let's talk about sex baby! Ha! Now that I have your attention let's have a Kiki!

It's the year 2024 and people are still having sex. Guess what?! People are still acting like Puritans and judging others on the things they don't do.

My advice? Tell them to get their own life and fall in line because as the old addage goes: What other people think about me is none of my business...

I like women into sex! You go grrrrl!!!

A black woman of the streets walked by me the other day in Hollywood screaming at the top of yourl lungs: I would love to work with Dakota Fanning

About 8 inches makes June the wettest in History

Remember pants on the ground?! Well now you have been reminded

Sweetheart, you can’t go listening to every f**king little voice that runs through your head. You’ll go nuts.

Don't let someone who never went anywhere take you there with them, that's all

VP Tim Walz!

The Republican ticket is basically the people you avoid at Family Reunions

Woman Crush of the Week - Simone Biles winning three gold and one silver at the Olympics!

My golden rule: Mind your own damned business!!!

It's the end of an era my favorite brunch lunch spot around the corner from me on Fountain Ave, Square One Diner is closed after 16 years in biz 😢

OK, I'm going to say it: Sharks aren't eating enough people

No I'm not sorry and I have no regrets

Time to celebrate life, Happy Thursday

Join me here -

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Hump Day & Chill

Virginia Madsen
&
Friends

It doesn't get anymore "Chill" than Virginia Madsen during the filming of the original Candyman. I mean they used 200,000 honey bees that were very real in those bee scenes, that were all over here like honey in a hive.

They had various ways of wrangling them depending on what they needed the bees to do. Madsen's co-star Tony Todd aka Candyman went through the same regime.

So you think you are "Chill" imagine getting the shot required of you, acting and doing it with a hive load of bees all over you?!

Yeah, I figured Virginia beat most of you on this "Chill" challenge..

Hit the full article on how those bees were wrangled after the jump! Now have yourself a fantastic Hump Day and may your "Chill" be bee free!!! 

https://filmschoolrejects.com/candyman-bees/   

Wiggle, Wiggle,Wiggle!

Ryan Gosling

So apparently today is National Wiggle Your Toes Day, interesting day to have, no? 

Here is a photo of Ryan Gosling barefoot and most likely at some poing giving his toes some wiggle action in the course of his barefoot walk.

Honestly when I saw this I just had to draw attention to it as I am sure that many of you weren't aware such a day existed. I know I wasn't.

Never say that I am not a giver, because I am! 

Rock out with your toes out and let them feel the grass beneath them, or not today!!! 

National Wiggle Your Toes Day on the WWW -

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-wiggle-your-toes-day-august-6

Monday Motivation

Beyonce (duh)

Today's Monday Motivation is rather simple and non-complicated. "Yes" it's Texas Hold Em by Beyonce!

No real life lesson nor something to contemplate. This is simply straight forward fun!!! Hey when's the las time anyone gave you something fun on a Monday?! I thought not!

For what it's worth it's also my favorite song my spin instructor uses. I get pumped when it comes on and move my booty post haste fer sure.

So there you go Minions. Bend it like Beyonce and "Hold Em" ya know, "Hold Em"...

Hit the video after the jump! 

Beyonce on IG -

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

Remembering Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe
The Misfits

Sixty two years ago today...💋

"And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did" - Candle In The Wind, Elton John

Marilyn on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/marilynmonroe/   

PrettiBoiRoq

PHOTOS BY NICHOLAS EASTMAN 

Gay Rapper PrettiBoiRoq is revving up engines once again with the release of his steamy new summer jam, “In My Ride.”  The song, with its sweet, catchy hook and its top-down, riding-‘round-the-beach pop vibe, is about a young and innocent California meet-cute.  It was inspired by PrettiBoi’s own short-lived but high-octane romance.  “I had just ended a long-term relationship and was discouraged with the dating scene when I met my ‘In My Ride’ guy,” he recalls. “He showed me I could connect with someone and that I had the ability to love again.”  

After the success of his single, “Bad Bitch Alert”, PrettiBoiRoq says he aimed to show a different side of his music and aesthetic with “In My Ride”. “I wanted to show my versatility as an artist and do more than talk about shaking ass and being bad,” he says from his Los Angeles home.   “In gay hip hop, I don’t feel like we have enough representation of love. We have plenty of tracks about sex and casual hook-ups, but not much about real romance, even though most of us live both pretty equally.” 

 

Sonically, "In My Ride" is very different from anything the artist has released before. It is reminiscent of something out of Katy Perry's Teenage Dream era.   “I wanted a very pop oriented sound,” PrettiBoiRoq explains. “Something that really personified summer love, and the feelings I was experiencing at the time.”

 

Nicholas Eastman directs the music video.  It depicts a young couple on their first date. We watch as they start at the beach, enjoying a typical Southern California day. The guys then walk along the Santa Monica Pier and that’s where things between them start to heat up. “They end the night in a hotel, as all great first dates do,” PrettiBoiRoq laughs. “in all seriousness, it was important that the scene not be sexually gratuitous.  It’s simply about the connection between two people.  There’s no real emphasis on the actual bedroom action, just hints and glimpses.”

 

Diego Escobar stars as the love interest in the video.  “We met while on set filming a music video for a friend of mine,” says PrettiBoi.  “Diego was playing the love interest in that video, too, and I could tell he was more than a pretty face. He was an actor and his ability to create chemistry on camera was amazing.”

 

It helped that Diego Escobar was professional because the day of the shoot was an unusually cold one for Southern California.  “Diego and I had blankets on set and we were constantly under them in between takes. Riding around in that jeep with no roof was particularly bone chilling!”

 

PrettiBoiRoq grew up in a tiny town in North Carolina.  After his mother succumbed to drug addiction, his parents divorced and he was raised by his religious dad and step mother.    He was picked on for the clothes that he wore and for being gay.  “I moved out of the house as soon as I turned 18 because I was desperate to leave my hometown behind.”  

 

He moved to Los Angeles where he started working in films.  “My LA dreams weren’t on modeling or acting, it was always on the music,” PrettiBoiRoq explains.   “I got hooked on hip hop, the lyricism, the lifestyle from 2Pac and Dr. Dre’s “California Love.” I think hip hop resonates with people who face adversity and with everything I had struggled through with my mom and weight and living in poverty, the aggressive nature of the music allowed me to express myself.” 

 

He released his first single, “PrettiBoi Anthym” in December 2015.  His first EP  PrettiBoiRoq, a pop hop record,  was released in June 2016, along with his second single, “New  Sh!t.” “You Don’t Own Me,” with its music video featuring porn star Arad Winwin, was released in April 2017.  

 

In his second album, Haus of Ken, PrettiBoiRoq honed in on his hip hop roots.  The single “‘Wanna Be Me,’ had a slightly darker, Trap sound to it along with a traditional hip-hop beat.  

 

He followed the album with “Bad Bitch Alert”, a duet with rapper Chanel Jole.  It is PrettiBoiRoq’s most successful single to date, with over 85,000 views on Youtube and counting.

 

Over the past couple years, PrettiBoiRoq has matured a lot. “I think working with so many amazing artists and building such a great fan base has really forced me to step out of my comfort zone and continue to get better at what I do,” he says.  

 

“The biggest thing people are going to realize with this upcoming project is how much thought and passion went into it. During my Haus of Ken era, I was making music I thought everyone else wanted to hear. I don't think I was truly comfortable with who I was as a person or an artist. With this project, I’m making music for me, that tells my story and who I am today and I’m hoping everyone else will like it. As you get older, you get wiser, or so they say.”

 

Visit:  https://www.prettiboiroq.com

 

Follow PrettiBoiRoq on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @ prettiboiroq

 

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