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John O'Creagh has offered up another of his Facebook poems to deal with the world of the Toob.....Have you had a look of late at talk shows?Blather, bellow, bull and squawk showsThey’re married to a single point of viewWhether they are left or rightOn at daytime or at nightHere is what they usually doSet up foemen made of strawBerate abuse and over-aweSoundly tan the foemen’s hidesAnd claim to represent both sidesAnd in closing then lay down the lawLet a talk show host beginThe objective is to “win”Never to explore a point of viewThough it makes for good TVThis fondness for a “victory”Doesn’t help us learn what might be trueThanks, John!BCnU!

Bates Motel’s finale, appropriately titled “Midnight," had everything that had been prepared the episode prior occur at midnight. Norma faces the threat of having her entire family killed because she didn’t drop money to Jake Abernathy, his current fake persona. Emma and Norman go to a school dance, which coincidentally ends at midnight. And the [...]Bates Motel Finale Episode Review

Donal Logue, Alfre Woodard, Eamonn Walker, Lee Tergesen and others join the ensemble cast in the 1860’s New York City SagaNew York – May 20, 2013 – New York, 1865. On the brink of Lincoln’s assassination, political shifts are reshaping the country and in Five Points, immigrants are vying for power, control and a piece of the American dream. Welcome back to COPPER, BBC AMERICA’s highest rated original drama from the brilliant minds of Emmy®-winner Tom Fontana, Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson, Academy Award®-nominee Will Rokos, Cineflix Studios President, Christina Wayne and new addition, Thomas Kelly (Blue Bloods). With thirteen all-new episodes, return to the unforgiving city that knows no limits, Sunday, June 23, 10:00pm ET/PT. At the center of the saga, Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones, World Without End, MI-5) is struggling to tame the wartime city while wrestling with the personal demons of his wife and best friend’s betrayal. And when Tammany Hall-backed ward leader, General Brendan Donovan (Donal Logue, Vikings, Sons of Anarchy), returns from the Civil War to restore order in the Sixth Ward, loyalties will be bought and sold, both Uptown and in the slums of Five Points.“This season we wanted to raise the stakes and dive into the 1860s political machine by bringing in a Boss Tweed like character to shake things up,” said Co-creator and Executive Producer, Tom Fontana. “With the addition of General Brendan Donovan, we reveal a highly volatile faction of old New York City, Tammany Hall, and sink our characters into storylines including, counterfeiting, illegal Union Army recruitment, the 13th amendment and its ramifications for “freed” slaves, public health hazards and more. By making the universe a little fuller, it gave us a chance to breathe new life into the history of this great city.”Executive Producer, Thomas Kelly adds: “19th Century New York City is a fascinating place to tell stories. Five Points was the crucible of the great human experiment with pluralistic Democracy, and by the 1860’s, all of the different tribes in the City were fighting for the American dream. It was survival of the fittest and a constant struggle was waged to determine who was going to run the city.”At the end of last season, Corcoran left his best friend and partner, Detective Francis Maguire (Kevin Ryan, Tripping Tommy, RAW), for dead after learning of his affair with his wife; his former war comrade and wealthy industrialist, Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid, Arrow, Being Human), thwarted the plot by Confederate spies to burn the city; and Corcoran’s secret weapon in forensics, Doctor Matthew Freeman (Ato Essandoh, Django Unchained, Elementary), was preparing to start a family with his wife Sara (Tessa Thompson, For Colored Girls, Veronica Mars) leaving behind the demons of her brothers’ lynching during the slum’s draft riots.One year later, we find our characters grappling with the harsh realities of their decisions. Historic changes are taking shape in 1865 America. President Abraham Lincoln is re-elected, leaving Southern radicals to stew, the 13th Amendment is passed and the Civil-War rages on. As immigrants and African-Americans continue to flood New York City, our characters are immersed in a world of vice, political corruption and incessant greed. Amidst the chaos of their worlds, an arresting figure returns to clean up The Points and reassert himself as one of the most influential and powerful men in the city's political machine.Brendan Donovan, a brigadier General from the battlefields of the Civil War, is back to claim his place as a ward leader and gain the power necessary to raise the immigrant population out of the doldrums. Self-educated with book and street smarts, his rise through Tammany Hall as one of Boss Tweed’s most trusted lieutenants was hard won. Every bit as cunning and shrewd as any Uptown businessman, he’s an expert at maneuvring and manipulating any given situation to his advantage. A former copp

May 21, 2013 WHAT IS The Place Beyond the Pines? WHERE IS The Place Beyond the Pines? WHO KNOWS THE SHOCKING SECRET OF The Place Beyond the Pines? NO ONE will be admitted after the film has begun to protect the MYSTERY OF The Place Beyond the Pines! THRILLS! CHILLS! SUSPENSE! SEE IT NOW! Wow, not only did they know how to make movies back in the 50’s, they knew how to sell them too. William Castle would be proud. Unfortunately, the film I saw had no mystery or suspense, other than when would it end? I am warning you upfront; the film is nearly 2 and a half hours long, which is at least 45 minutes way, way too much. It also has at least three false endings, points at which you are sure the movie is ending, praying the movie is ending, and doomed to be disappointed because the movie just plods on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… and on and on and on etc etc snooze snore. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendez, and Bradley Cooper. You really need to write this down- Bradley Cooper is in this film. Write it down so you won’t forget it like I did. Honesty, Bradley Cooper does not show up until about an hour into the film, right at false ending number one. Normally, right around this point, after a couple of spoilers- like Ryan Gosling’s character dies, and Bradley Cooper is the one that kills him- I’d warn you that this review might contain spoilers and leave it up to you to continue. But not this time. If you are considering seeing The Place Beyond the Pines and you don’t see it because I have spoiled it for you, then I have done my job. Ryan Gosling plays a circus performer named Handsome Luke (his team is The Heartthrobs) and he has way more, and way worse, tattoos than a guy named “Handsome” would reasonably be expected to have. He is covered with some of the worst ink seen on the screen since some of those racist World War Two cartoons. His eye appears to be weeping a knife. He rides a motorcycle inside a metal globe with his team, not a stable career to be sure. One night Eva Mendes, whom the film intentionally has wear tight tops without a bra, shows up and says “Remember me?”                         Gosling says “yeah.” He then gives her a ride home without either of them saying a word. Long story short. And I do mean long, about a year ago the two of them hooked and hope, unknown to Handsome But Not Too Sharp Luke, she had his baby. At this point I am compelled to tell you that Luke owns exactly two t-shirts. One is filthy sleeveless Metallica shirt, the other is a disgusting white t-shirt full of more holes than Luke has brain cells. Compounding the problem is that Luke insists on wearing it inside out. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP.   Anyway, to save time, since there is A WHOLE LOT MORE to go, I am going to bullet some of the main points at this junction of the film. Luke wants to be a family with Eva and Baby Handsome Luke Eva wants no part of him Eva is not the name of Eva Mendes’ character but it is a lot easier for me this way Eva is shacking up with a new guy, who is black. I mention this only because it will become a teensy tiny plot point about sixteen hours from now. Handsome Luke quits his job at the circus, determined to earn money and win back his family That last point is noble and touching and completely undermined when he says “screw this, let’s rob banks instead.” Handsome Luke becomes the moto-bandit and robs banks, getting away on his motorcycle. It all goes pretty well until he can’t make a getaway and a police officer chases him on foot into someone’s house. “Hey, isn’t that cop Bradley Cooper? Yeah, I was starting to think he wasn’t in this film at all.” Turns out that yes, Bradley cooper is in the film and yes, as I said before (so this is not a spoiler) he shoots and kills Handsome Luke. End of movie PSYCHE! Because now the movie is about Bradley Cooper, ROOKIE HERO COP, parlaying his fame into becoming the

MUSHY CALLAHANAS SEEN IN:'Mr. Lucky'"The Gladiators"SYNOPSIS:At a charity boxing match between Benny Brenoff and Leland Lamont, Callahan served as the referee.From Wikipedia:Mushy Callahan was the ring name of Vincent Morris Scheer, a boxer and a champion in the light welterweight division.Callahan was born on November 3, 1905, in New York City. He took the ring name of Mushy Callahan and began boxing in 1924.On September 21, 1926, Callahan fought Pinky Mitchell for Mitchell's light welterweight championship. Mitchell was the first champion of this weight class, which had been created in 1922. At the time, not many people recognized the championship of this weight class as a legitimate title. Nevertheless, Callahan beat Mitchell over ten rounds and won the title.Callahan defended his title twice in 1927 and fought a variety of non-title fights from 1927 to 1929.In 1930 he put his title on the line against Jack Kid Berg on February 18 in London, England. Berg knocked him out in ten rounds to win the title. There is some dispute about the title being on the line in this fight. The National Boxing Association (NBA) had stripped Callahan of its version of the title before the Berg fight. Furthermore, at the time of the Berg fight, Britain did not recognize the light welterweight division. The New York State Athletic Commission recognized the Berg-Callahan fight as being for the title, however, and Berg won NBA recognition in 1931.JIMMY LENNONAS SEEN IN:'Mr. Lucky'"The Gladiators"SYNOPIS:For that charity boxing match at the Valley Garden, Jimmy Lennon served as the ring announcer.From Wikipedia:Jimmy Lennon Sr. (April 13, 1913 - April 20, 1992) was one of the top announcers of the boxing and wrestling world.Known as "The Voice of the Olympic" Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, as well as "The Irishman With the Spanish Accent." For over 40 years, Lennon's unique professional ring eloquence and dapper style of fight announcing and tuxedo attire, along with innovated showmanship and the singing of the United States National Anthem could be seen live at The Grand Olympic Auditorium or over the television networks.Lennon first became a ring announcer in Santa Monica, California, at the Ocean Park Arena, while working there as the regular patriotic singer of the National Anthem. The regular ring announcer at the time was unavailable so the event coordinator asked Lennon if he would fill in as ring announcer. At the time Lennon was wearing a tuxedo to sing in, and also wore the tuxedo during that first announcing job. His boss liked Lennon's performance so well, he hired Lennon as the regular fight announcer, tuxedo and all. Lennon started the "Tux Announcer" style that night.Lennon appeared in 75 productions, including "Raging Bull", "Rocky III", "Main Event", "California Split", "Tough Guys", "Kid Galahad", 'The Munsters', and 'The Monkees'. Lennon was the character of a Jakks Pacific action figure released in 2007, depicting his "Rocky III" appearance. He was the uncle of the Lennon Sisters vocal group on 'The Lawrence Welk Show'.Two for Tuesday!BCnU!

Revolution – Episode 19 – Video Preview – Children of Men via Rickey.org Here’s the video preview of Revolution Episode 19: “Children of Men” on NBC. Revolution 1×19 ‘Children of Men’- Monroe faces off with Rachel—and later deals with Miles after Miles and crew manage to get inside the Tower. Original Air Date: May 27, 2013 on NBC. The Latest on Revolution Revolution – Episode 19 – Video Preview – Children of MenRevolution – Recap: And Miles to Go Before I SleepRevolution – Episode 18 – Video Preview – ClueRevolution – Recap: Run and GunRevolution – Review: From Ashes All posts on Revolution Follow me on Facebook! • Follow me on Google+ The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

We have three separate stories on this episode of Warehouse 13 so I think I will take them one at a time. Claudia and Steve: Artie sends them to England to find out what is going on when two jockeys fall into comas after their races. The strange part is the jockeys were riding long ...

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