Dance: Adina Howard - T-Shirt & Panties

Choreography: Adison Briana

via Floorplay by Adison Briana 

That Little Red Head Girl Likes You, Charlie Brown

I've always thought I was a bit like Charlie Brown. I so wanted to be Linus, but I more Charlie Brown throughout my childhood and adolescence. 

For me, Charles Schulz' comic captures the best ever April Fools joke made by Lucy. 

I feel for you Charlie Brown. 

by Charles Schulz 

Fashion is DEFINITELY Art: Emporio Armani Women's Fall Winter 2023-24

Designer: Giorgio Armani

via Armani 

Album Cover: Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Album Cover

Album: Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Released: March 29, 2019

Cover Art Designer: Kenneth Cappello

Model: Billie Eilish

Source: Wikipedia

Annie Wersching

Acting Appreciation

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 28, 1977, Annie Wersching was an American actress best known for her television roles as an FBI Special Agent in 24, and an LAPD officer in Bosch. But us Trekkers remember her as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard.

Annie attended New City School, a St. Louis primary private school. As explained in an interview for St. Louis Magazine, she participated in a school production of the theatre musical Cats, "My music teacher there, Diane Davenport, very ambitiously put on the show Cats when I was in fourth grade. I always think that's such an ambitious show to do with elementary school kids. That was the first show I did, and I did a bunch of shows growing up."

She graduated from Crossroads College Preparatory School in 1995, and received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in musical theatre from Millikin University in Illinois. She then acted in several touring plays and at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. 

In 2001, when Annie moved to Los Angeles, she appeared in a revival of the musical Do I Hear a Waltz. Soon after, she made her screen debut in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise (Season 1, Episode 20).

She then appeared as a guest star in shows such as Charmed, Killer Instinct, Supernatural, Boston Legal, and Cold Case. She then had a recurring role on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. 

In 2009, Annie landed a main cast role for two seasons in TV series 24. She played the valiant but ill-fated Special Agent Renee Walker. She appeared in over 35 TV series, 2 films, and voiced for two video games throughout her career.

Annie passed away on January 29, 2023. She was diagnosed with an unspecified cancer in 2020. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

https://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/4886483/annie-wersching-rip-02/

https://www.stlmag.com/culture/st-louis-born-actress-annie-wersching-on-marvel-show-runaways/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1156709/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Quentin Tarantino

Acting Appreciation

One day, as I was driving on Lavaca Street in Austin on my way to work, a tall thin guy decided to jaywalk 50 feet from my moving vehicle. As I slowed down to prevent injuring this jaywalker, I noticed it was someone oddly familiar. As he turned towards me to wave either thank you or sorry I realized it was the film director Quentin Tarantino. 

Where was he going? I thought? The Capitol building? Or perhaps to the Cloak Room, a historical lounge bar frequented by politicians and Hollywood stars. 

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27, 1963, Quentin Tarantino is a pop culture icon known films such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and so much more.

Before the icon became an icon, Tarantino was interviewed by PLAYBOY for their November 1994 edition. The 20 questions provide some insight into the 31-year-old film director soon after Pulp Fiction about films, his thought on sports, car, and women.

Tarantino is no fan of watching sports. As he explained, "To me, torture would be watching sports on television. If I go to Dodger Stadium, that's OK, because the game is secondary to the beer and the environment. One think I don't understand is that the average American moviegoers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours."

He shared that he used his red 1964 Chevy Malibu in Pulp Fiction, "The red Chevy Malibu that John Travolta drives in Pulp Fiction is mine. I could give a shit about it. It's actually a big pain in the ass. I keep it in storage so I don't have to deal with it. I was trying to sell it on the set."  The car was eventually stolen from his home. About 20 years later, the car was found and returned back to Tarantino. 

He explained how he uses a Mexican standoff in his films, "In movies, I never saw the Mexican standoff taken to what I consider to be the logical conclusion, which is when everyone fucking shoots everybody else because there is nowhere else to go... What's cool about the Mexican standoff is that it's the end of the line. And what's really exciting to me, for the kind of crime story I like to do, is using that one second before the explosion as the point where there's a bit of discussion. It has a reality to it. It takes the rubber band and stretches it as far as it can go."

When asked what he sees as cool women liking, he responded, "If a girl like to sit in the third row at the movies, that's great. I could be serious about that girl; it could be something that could last for a long time. Also, she shouldn't be a stickler when it comes to my personal hygiene... A girlfriend, the one who was the love of my life, once told me, 'I like your smell.' To me, that was the most romantic thing."

One can't watch a Tarantino film without expecting guns, except for American Psycho. But his thoughts on gun control is interesting, "I don't own a gun. But if gun control were to happen in America, I would have no problem with it whatsoever. Gun control would probably do wonders here. The street violence in America is horrific. When you got to Europe, you actually feel like you take a vacation from the threat of violence. Not that people don't get killed and raped in Europe. But it seems like they don't in comparison with here. But I also feel there's a slight hypocrisy about gun control. America was founded on people grabbing guns and just taking it. We are basically a nation of warriors."

Interestingly, soon after Sandy Hook, NRA VP Wayne LaPierre cited Tarantino films as a cause for school violence. Tarantino responded, "I'm really annoyed... [It's disrespectful to] the memory of the people who died to talk about movies. I think it's totally disrespectful to their memory. Obviously, the issue is gun control and mental health."

The interview discussion turned to his film's contribution to fashion, in particular the Reservoir Dogs look, "If an action movie id doing its job, you should want to dress like the hero... Any time a character is really cool in a movie, you should want to dress like him or drink the beer he drinks. I thought Kevin Costner was so fucking cool in Bull Durham that I drank Miller High Life for a while."

Photography by Michael Grecco (PLAYBOY)

Source:

Rochlin, Margy. "20 Questions: Quentin Tarantino" PLAYBOY, vol. 41, no. 11, November 1994, p. 133.

Wikipedia

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/how-quentin-tarantino-s-stolen-chevy-from--pulp-fiction--was-discovered-nearly-two-decades-later-170713276.html;_ylt=AwrEq5rA3MZjXDsVgyRXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZANMT0NVSTA4OV8xBHNlYwNzcg--

https://www.indiewire.com/2013/01/quentin-tarantino-says-newtown-tragedy-about-gun-control-and-mental-health-issues-not-movie-violence-102677/

Amy Smart

Acting Appreciation

I'm not sure if it was Starship Troopers, Varsity Blues, Road Trip, or Rat Race where I first noticed the beautiful American actress Amy Smart. It was the gorgeous green eyes. 😍

Amy Smart was born on March 26, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. She began her professional career as a model in Italy. In Milan, she met fellow model and actress Ali Larter. Eventually, they both moved back to L.A. to pursue acting. 

In 1993, she appeared in a music video for The Lemonheads' song, "It's About Time." Soon after she got her first role in Martin Kunert's horror film, Campfire Tales. 

She played a copilot opposite Denise Richards in Starship Troopers. But it was her role in Varsity Blues that may have catapulted her acting career. 

She started appearing in romance comedies, like Road Trip, Rat Race, Barley Legal, The Best Man, Just Friends, and Starsky & Hutch where she won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss. In 2014, she appeared in Tyler Perry's comedy The Single Moms Club.

Amy starred in TV drama series Felicity for two seasons. She also provided voice acting for stop motion sketch comedy TV series Robot Chicken.  

In 2011, she married TLC series Trading Spaces TV personality Carter Oosterhouse. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/cltr/amy-smart.html

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005442/