Monday Motivation

Downward Gaga
Lady Gaga

It's Memorial Day and I  am getting myself ready and focused for the week ahead, thus it's time for some good old fashioned Monday Motivation in the form of yoga.

Here we see Lady Gaga striking a yoga pose, me?! I will be striking my pose adjacent to the Douglas Fairbanks Memorial in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery this ayem. 

"Yes" that's correct Minions Hollywood Forever has been having yoga there for a majority of the Pandemic and it is real and spectacular. Not to mention quiet and I have yet to see any dead people, just their markers.

So gird your loins and get all downward dog with me, won't you? Or perhaps take a hike.

Yoga is my jam and exactly the Monday Motivation I need to clear my head and make me chill for the week ahead.

What's on your  agenda?

Hollywood Forever on the WWW -

https://hollywoodforever.com/ 

Just Because...John Krasinski Day!

Smiles Everyone, Smiles...
John Krasinski

Just Because it's Memorial Day Weekend, Just Because A Quiet Place Part II opened to rave reviews & Just Because he's so darned cute, it's John Krasinski Day!

Look at John all smiles (adorbs) at a screening of A Quiet Place Part II in Los Angeles. As well he should be. The second installment has gotten stellar reviews for it's Writer/Director/Star it's earned a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes! "Yes" imagine that, a sequel that is actually good and adds to it's predecessor Hmmmmmmm...

On top of that, it's a shoo in to be the number one grossing movie over the Memorial Day Weekend.

Thus I hereby decree May 30, 2021 John Krasinksi Day! Hey he's earned it, oh, and also he's just so darned cute 😉

John on IG -

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

Saturday Sinema: What's Up Doc?

When I saw that my buddy Jay Jacobson wrote up one of my favorite comedies of all time What's Up Doc? on his classic movie blog, well I just had to share his insights and knowledge with all of you!

It stars Ryan O'Neal and Barbara Streisand along with the great Madeline Kahn.

Rather than me carry on, how about I leave you in Jay's expert hands with the link to his great write-up below. Sounds like the perfect plan to me. 

Enjoy the magic Minions!

https://www.jaysclassicmovieblog.com/post/58-what-s-up-doc-1972

Acting Trashy

Taking Out The Trash
Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher aka Princess Leia of the Star Wars fame had a razor sharp sense of humor as most of you know, But what I didn't know was how trashy she really acted. "Yes" I came across this montage of images featuring Carrie in, well trash cans.

It isn't clear if these "Trashy Cheek" (Cheek as in Chic/Cheeky, yeah I made up a new term) photos are all part of the same shoot or a couple of individual ones. From the looks of they were shot by the same photographer at the same time, "Yes" I am Michael Photo Detective!

Moving on...I love these photos as they capture Ms. Fisher and her wicked (in a good way) wit and her lust for living.

I'll simply leave these here for you to project your own thoughts and feelings on to them, T.G.I.F! & Carrie On!!!

Carrie on Wikipedia -

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

Michael's Musings

Do I Have Any F#cks? Not One, Go Fish!
Michael Shinafelt

For some odd reason that only the shadow knows, giving Zero F#cks was my jam this past week. Was it calculated? Uh, no, yet somehow friends kept sending me a plethora of Memes and TikTok videos addressing this very subject matter. Thus it took on a life, mine in particular of it's own.

Buckle up Minions you are in for a perpendicular ride!!!

Maybe if we wait just a little bit longer a F#ck will fall into my hand and I can give it to you

Finally saw Run starring Sarah Paulson, it was like a modern take on Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Oh yes, it was campy like the latter as well!

I cum in peace, think about it, but not too much

Does your babysitter laugh when you stop, look & listen?

Before there were emojis, there was Lucy, as in I Love Lucy, not the one in the sky with diamonds

What happens when a Nun and a Clown are alone together in the same room?

Ewan McGregor is great in Halston, that is all

The guy in the middle, yeah him, what is he, skiing???

Woman Crush of the Week - Crystal Minkoff. The newest cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is really bringing it!!!

Sometimes your shadow has more fun than you, the more you know...

Dear McDonald's I didn't order a Mc WAP 

Why does the albino squirrel come to your door, stare at you and rubs it's nipples?!

There's something in the corner of your room at night, making you aware

I need some sort of warning label attached to my person

Find out what here:

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

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt    

Hump Day & Chill

Who's Hotter?
William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy

Here's something shall we say rather unique, this week's Hump Day & Chill is dedicated to all you Trekkies out there who found Captain Kirk (William Shatner) or Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) of Star Trek fame, dare we say "out of this world."

Leave it to Tye Briggs via his Favorite Hunks & Other Things blog to dedicate a post to the classic TV show with copious images of a shirtless Kirk and Spock on it. 

Oh wait, there's more, skin that is...did you know that William Shatner did a love scene where he appeared nude with Angie Dickinson in Big Bad Mama? Yeah, there's that.

Wait for it, and that Leonard Nimoy also appeared nude in the movie Catlow? Whether you did or did not, all you need for today's Hump Day & Chill is a lust for Kirk or Spock, perhaps both, stirring in your loins.

Blast off at the link below!!!

https://favoritehunks.blogspot.com/2021/05/to-explore-strange-new-worlds.html

Jesus Christ Movie Star

BearManor Media Announces June 7 Release

Of Jesus Christ Movie Star, a New Book by Phil Hall

BearManor Media is proud to present Jesus Christ Movie Star, the new book by the award-winning film historian and podcaster Phil Hall. The 176-page illustrated book will be available beginning on June 7 in a $22.00 paperback edition and a $32.00 hardcover edition.

 

The life of Jesus Christ has challenged and inspired filmmakers from the pioneering works of the late 1890s through today’s digital cinema. No other life story has been the subject of so many films, with so many wildly different interpretations. 

 

The big screen Jesus has traveled through multimillion dollar epics and microbudget underground films, recreating the miracles of the Gospels while also advocating for modern political issues. Moviegoers have seen Jesus walk on water and conquer death, and also break into show tunes and play straight man to a zany Bette Midler. Films about Jesus have inspired a diverse range of controversies, ranging from a groundbreaking copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Thomas Edison to an intellectual scandal that rocked the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair to accusations of anti-Semitism against Mel Gibson’s distinctive interpretation of the New Testament. 

 

Phil Hall, author of the critically acclaimed books The History of Independent Cinema and In Search of Lost Films and host of the award-winning podcast The Online Movie Show, takes the reader on the most extraordinary odyssey in cinematic studies by tracing how filmmakers from across the years and around the world have sought to fill theaters with the story of Jesus. Beloved classics and bizarre curios are part of this memorable journey as the “light of the world” brings illumination through the lens of a movie projector.

www.bearmanormedia.com