Summer Loving

In The Summertime...
Zac Efron & Michelle Rodriguez

Summertime and the livin' is easy...and it's also a time for coupling. It was the summer of 2014, have you checked your dogs water bowl? Good! 

Whilst doing that you may have forgotten that Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez had short lived romance. Hey, I know I actually did, it was like a refreshing cool splash of water on your face during a hot summer day, then it was gone.

There are many rumors and speculation I have heard about his particular coupling, none of which I will repeat here. "Yes" Minions I do not gossip, I tease. This being stated the official reason for them parting ways is that Michelle couldn't get over her ex, Cara Delevingne.

Saying so long to those fast and furious photo-ops 😮

Summer on Wikipedia -

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

Father's Day

We Are Family

Happy Father's Day and all that jazz! Jazz hands only please, thank you...

Being that it is also Pride Month I thought maybe, perhaps, definitely we would celebrate not with one, but two Dads. Sounds good? I knew it would and it is a completely wizard idea!!!

Thus we have Cheyenne Jackson and his husband Jason Landau with their twins Willow and Ethan. These two little nuggets were born via surrogacy, and since one is a boy and the other is a girl it's easy to tell them apart, correct?

Love is love and family is family.

Keep on keepin' - 

Who's your Daddy???

Cheyenne on IG -

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

Rainbow High

The Rainbow Connection
Kate Middleton

She's got the look of Pride Month. That's correct Minions today we have a Rainbow High Pride shout out from the Duchess of Cambridge herself Kate Middleton.

Hey, there's nothing like a dame and Kate is showing her true colors by supporting Pride under her umbrella.

To the casual observer it may look simply like Kate has a multi-hued rainbow umbrella, but to those who are in tune to the world at large we know she is giving a show of support to Pride Month.

Given that the colors are specific to said Pride ones how could you not get the Duchesses intentions? I ask you, of course I can not wait for an answer so I am moving on...

Kudos to Ms. Middleton for the show of solidarity, for those about to accessorize your frock with Pride we salute you!!!

Bend it like Kate on IG -

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

Film Buff Friday: Major Dundee

"No true Peckinpah-lover should pass it by" — 

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

After making his first bonafide classic in Ride the High Country, director Sam Peckinpah took a step towards the epic with Major Dundee. The film would, in many ways, define the rest of his career both on screen and off, as the drama behind the camera matched the action in front of it.

Charlton Heston stars as Major Amos Dundee, a vainglorious Union Cavalry officer, who mounts an expedition to hunt down Apache war chief Sierra Charriba. Building his own army of criminals, ex-slaves and Confederate POWs - among them one Captain Ben Tyreen (Richard Harris), whose intense former friendship with Dundee is tainted with a sense of betrayal on both sides - Dundee heads into Mexico, his eye fixed firmly on a last shot at greatness.

Legendarily acerbic, Major Dundee would be the first time that Peckinpah had a movie taken away from him. While a director's cut may be lost to us, this Limited Edition shows us the thrilling, morally complex epic that Peckinpah was aiming for. Beautifully shot and with a stellar supporting cast including James Coburn, Warren Oates, and L.Q. Jones, it remains a stunning achievement and an essential experience for anyone interested in the life and cinema of "Bloody Sam."

Media

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Bonus Materials

• TWO-DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
• The 136-minute Extended Version of the film from a 4K scan, as well as the original 122-minute Theatrical Version
• 60-page booklet featuring new writing by Farran Nehme, Roderick Heath and Jeremy Carr plus select archive material
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
• Fold out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
• DISC ONE - EXTENDED VERSION
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a 4K scan by Sony Pictures
• DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio with new score by Christopher Caliendo
• Lossless original mono audio with original score by Daniele Amfitheatrof
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with Nick Redman, David Weddle, Garner Simmons, Paul Seydor
• Audio commentary by critics Glenn Erickson & Alan K. Rode
• Audio commentary by Glenn Erickson
• Moby Dick on Horseback, a brand new visual essay by David Cairns
• Passion & Poetry: The Dundee Odyssey, a feature length documentary about the making of Major Dundee by Mike Siegel, featuring James Coburn, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Gordon Dawson
• Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes, nine actors talk about working with legendary director Sam Peckinpah, featuring Kris Kristofferson, Ernest Borgnine, James Coburn, David Warner, Ali MacGraw, L.Q. Jones, Bo Hopkins, R.G. Armstrong, Isela Vega
• Mike Siegel: About the Passion & Poetry Project, in which filmmaker Mike Siegel talks about his beginnings and his ongoing historical project about director Sam Peckinpah
• Extensive stills galleries, featuring rare on set, behind the scenes, and marketing materials
• 2005 re-release trailer
• DISC TWO - THEATRICAL VERSION (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE)
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a 2K scan
• Original lossless mono audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Riding for a Fall, a vintage behind the scenes featurette
• Extended/deleted scenes
• Silent Outtakes
• Select extended/deleted scenes and outtakes with commentary by historian and critic Glenn Erickson giving context on how they were intended to appear in Peckinpah’s vision of the film
• Original US, UK and German theatrical trailers
• Stills gallery

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Michael's Musings

Love Profusion
Michael Shinafelt

"You make me feel, You make me shine, you make me feel" - Love Profusion, Madonna

Being that it's June 17th, it's still Pride Month. So let's spread and feel the love Minions! Have you got any other plans for those Good Vibes? I thought not, thus let's enjoy the ride known as Pride. "Yes" I made a rhyme and now it's time for another one. I do declare I'll stop right there and move right on, pinky swear!!!

Fun Fact: You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese - the more you know...

The Berenstain Bears seem like such a happy family

I'm gonna vacation in a Van Gogh, later

Wonder Twin Powers activate! Shape of a Preppy Leprechaun!

I like it, it's got shiny knobs

Hope you are having a groovy Pride. I hope one day the world loves bisexual women as much as heterosexual couples with failing marriages do.

Don't be afraid to get on top

Trifling in Hoeness is the new black 

Woman Crush of the Week - The eternal Marilyn Monroe, nothing more needs to be said.

AI will never be a bigger threat to humanity than natural stupidity

The heat tide keeps rising

Does anyone other than me find this season of RHONY exhausting yet boring???

Cruel Summer's season finale was perfection, there I said it

Indecision is a decision

Let me school you here:

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt  

Hump Day & Chill

All The Colors Of The Rainbow...
Sergey

"This is my life, gonna hold my head high, Gonna live it with pride, till the day that I die" I Got My Pride, Barry Harris 

"Yes" Minions we are continuing our Hump Day & Chill Pride Month Edition, since well, tis the season and all that jazz 😎

Some of us celebrate with our usual flair, others venture out into uncharted territory. Sergey on the other hand dips himself in rainbow color glitter and nothing else, while being photographed on the beach.

It's like your very own unicorn, or perhaps Power Ranger. I'll leave that for you to decide, as that is all a matter of your own Private Idaho.

Me? I find Sergey's exuberance infectious, not to mention unique. 

Hey, that's one of the things Pride is all about, you doing you.

Hump Day & Chill with Sergey by hitting the link below, celebrate your Pride!!!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-matter-of-pride-sergey-by-richard.html?zx=18c1cc290cfc0f53   

Shade

The Future's So Bright...
Bella Thorne

Shade Slang Meaning - Shade is a subtle, sneering expression of contempt for or disgust with someone—sometimes verbal, and sometimes not.

Tis the season, summer that is, for shade. "Yes" it's the most sunglasses time of the year, Yay! However shade is also a slang term as illustrated above for the unfamiliar. OK, seriously who doesn't know it's alternate meaning other than the standard one: comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.

Here we have one Ms. Bella Throne leaving the Beverly Hills Hotel illustrating both types of shade from my perspective. 

That's correct Minions see Bella shelter herself from direct sunlight whilst  giving off what appears to be a subtle expression of contempt. 

So that's the story, if you ask me...

Bella on IG -

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