![]() So yes… but I’m more nervous about making a fool. There was silence and then she replied, “Aren’t you nervous about going there?” I said, “I suppose Pakistanis would be nervous coming here, too. Islamagood! Pakistan and “Beauty Bites Beast”īy Ellen Snortland | | Beauty Bites Beast“We’re going to Pakistan to screen Beauty Bites Beast!” I told my sister. Ellen is now the recipient of the LA Press Club’s award for “Best Columnist - Daily/Weekly Newspapers” in her category via this submission. ![]() (The more things change, the more they stay the same.).īy Ellen Snortland | | ColumnsNOTE: This article originally ran in the issue of the Pasadena Weekly. Women protecting themselves from violence is common sense, and adopting these concepts helps to achieve gender equality by empowering women and girls with tools that have been taken. The film sheds light on a dark subject by using humor while featuring the most pragmatic solution to date. ![]() Now it’s 2019 and … Plus les choses changent, plus elles restent la même. Ellen has created a masterpiece in BEAUTY BITES BEAST. Click the title above to see the interactive online guide that accompanies the display there are also links to photos and a downloadable PDF version! If Men Got “Thwopped”īy Ellen Snortland | | Beauty Bites BeastNOTE: “Thwop,” the verb I created, did not go viral when I first wrote this essay for my book Beauty Bites Beast in the early to mid-90s. women’s suffrage books, artifacts, and ephemera. It’s the perfect setting for my accumulation of U.S. ![]() From August 1 – 31, I am honored to display my Women’s suffrage collection at the Pasadena Central Library, in the main display cases. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() So, The King is spending his twilight years in an East Texas nursing home, suffering from what appears to be penile cancer. They had a 'trade back' clause, of course, but once the impersonator died, and Elvis accidentally burned up his copy of the contract, well, no one is going to believe him. It seems the real Elvis didn't die back in the 1970s – instead, Elvis, fed up with the fame and the money, swapped lives with an Elvis impersonator. B-movie legend Bruce Campbell tackles the role of The King. Any film that features Elvis and a black (and still alive) JFK battling an undead Egyptian mummy in East Texas is just too good to pass up. ![]() Don Coscarelli (the man behind the Phantasm films) has brought one of Lansdale's wildest and weirdest stories to the land of cinema with the recent release of Bubba Ho-Tep. Several things (most notably his hilarious Hap and Leonard books – Mucho Mojo et al.) scream for adaptation to the big screen, but nothing has made the transition – until now. With such an impressive (and large) body of work (which includes comics, horror, mystery, etc.), I'm continually amazed we haven't seen a bunch of films based on Lansdale's work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Stubby's charm works its magic on modern audiences, who can't help but fall for his good humor and bravery. The friendship that crossed battlefields, oceans, and even species now transcends history. In the course of his remarkable life Stubby served on 17 battlefronts, suffered wounds from crossfire, became a national celebrity, met three Presidents, and found a best friend in American soldier J. With a furry coat and four legs, Stubby the dog did not look like the other soldiers, but he took his duty just as seriously.Īdopted as the mascot of a regiment of World War I soldiers, Stubby became their comrade-in-arms. ![]() The smallest member of the force raised his right paw. When a commanding officer addressed a member of the 102nd Infantry, the soldier snapped to attention, raising his right hand in salute. ![]() ![]() ![]() Action Girl: Vixxxen seems to be one for the League of Badass.She makes it clear that it was much about making her uncomfortable as it was about seeing her body. Another stepdad found an excuse to barge in on her whenever she was indecent.Zoey has a burn on her shoulder from when one of her stepfathers held her down to an electric stove and turned it on.He then left her an inheritance that served as a lightning rod for every thug and villain Tabula Rasa could scrape together. Zoey's biological father knocked up her mom up and vanished, laying eyes on Zoey exactly twice before dying.Her mom seems genuinely kind, if a bit oblivious. Abusive Parents: Zoey doesn't have a good record with father figures.In reality Armando just uses his Raiden implants for the first time. Absurdly Sharp Blade: It seems like the sword Wu gives to Armando is one. ![]() Above the Influence: Armando resists Zoey's advances at first.Now Zoey, who lived in a trailer park and had nothing to do with her father, is on the run from all sorts of superpowered thugs who want to kidnap her because she is apparently the key to her fathers vault.Ī sequel, titled Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick, was released on October 13, 2020, with a third book Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia, announced for late 2023. The book takes place 20 Minutes into the Future and features a young woman named Zoey Ashe, whose Millionaire Playboy father just passed away. ![]() ![]() The third book by David Wong ( Jason Pargin) and the first not in his John Dies at the End series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “That’s what I told Miss Bringhurst, but she went in anyway.”Ī smile twitched at his lips. “Perhaps I ought to stay clear of that room.” He was hoping to tease a smile from the maid, but she only grimaced. Down in the morning room with Lady Falkham, Lady Calvert, Mrs. The maid sighed, a reaction not common in hired help. ![]() Sarah, isn’t it? You are attending to Miss Bringhurst still?” He ran into Ellen’s maid in the hall, a basket full of multicolored ribbons in her arms. After he freshened up, he went in search of her. This close to their wedding, he thought she might have been home making arrangements and plans. He hardly expected to learn from the butler that Ellen yet remained, with her brother, as a guest in the home. The wedding was but eight days away and Marcus arrived to spend time with his mother at Collin’s estate. As it was taken out early in the process, it was never fully edited. This scene takes place between Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 of the finished novel. So, it was cut.īut I still have the scene, and I'm going to share it with you now! Then I went back through and found a scene that was just "extra." It didn't add much to the plot and established something about my hero, Marcus, too early. In His Bluestocking Bride, I had to rid the book of an entire character. Authors write a LOT and, sometimes, we create entire books, characters, and scenes that never make it to the publishing stage. ![]() ![]() ![]() Manzoni draws on actual people and events to create an unforgettable fresco of Italian life and society. ![]() In the fall of 1628, two young lovers are forced to flee their village on the shores of Lake Como after a powerful lord prevents their marriage, plunging them into the maelstrom of history. But, until now, it has remained relatively unknown to English readers. Italo Calvino called the novel "a classic that has never ceased shaping reality in Italy" while Umberto Eco praised its author as a "most subtle critic and analyst of languages." The Betrothed has been celebrated by Primo Levi and Natalia Ginzburg, and is one of Pope Francis's favorite books. Giuseppe Verdi composed his majestic Requiem Mass in honor of Manzoni. Published in its final form in 1842, the novel has inspired generations of Italian readers and writers. ![]() The Betrothed is a cornerstone of Italian culture, language, and literature. The timeless masterpiece from Alessandro Manzoni, the father of modern Italian literature, in the first new English-language translation in fifty years, hailed as "a landmark literary occasion" by Jhumpa Lahiri in her preface to the edition ![]() ![]() ![]() I think this was one of my least favorites because I thought Kaitlyn went a little too far with her war on Nola. I loved the cover of this book when I was younger and always wanted an outfit like Nola (on the right). ![]() When the richest family in town needs a babysitter, Kaitlyn will do anything to defend her title. ![]() ![]() In The Babysitting Wars, Kaitlyn is the best babysitter in her town until a new girl moves to the area. Things get complicated fast because Annabel doesn’t like Sam as more than a friend, but her best friend does. I don’t know if it was the hair on the cover that reminded me of my mother’s graduation photo from the 80s or that I read this when I started growing out of these books, but this was my least favorite of my Candy Apple Books. In Totally Crushed, Annabel receives a red carnation from her best friend Sam on Valentine’s Day. They are written by a wide variety of authors but all of fun and fluffy reads… and some even have glitter on the covers! I remember LOVING these books when I was younger, and even though I don’t have nearly all of them (you can see a complete list of the books here), I thought I would count down the books I have read. Candy Apple Books are fun, middle grade books published by Scholastic. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So, get ready to find and buy all your desirable products from your best-loved brands on Ubuy. 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(I have one on the wall of my office in front of me, showing people leaving their villages, swimming across the Mekong, and entering a new life on the other side of the river.) This is Mai's story, essentially, except the threads of her family's life are tangled. The Hmong women are known for their careful needlework, the stories of their lives sewn into small murals. from Laos as political refugees in the 1980s, and this story is about one teenager who spent ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand before coming with her grandmother to settle in Providence, Rhode Island. ![]() Thousands of Hmong people came to the U.S. Tangled threads a Hmong girl's story." Retrieved from ![]() Tangled threads a Hmong girl's story." The Free Library. ![]() |