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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 21, 2020 1:18:40 GMT
Mexican in general, but especially tacos, enchiladas, and fajitas--as long as they are served without cheese or sour cream--and preferably served with rice and refried or black beans. Chinese for most chicken dishes--not too spicy, please--and broccoli beef, if the broccoli's not overcooked and the beef is not utility-grade. I could make a meal out of chicken- or shrimp-fried rice. When we lived in an area where IHOP's were among our few decent restaurant options (I'm such a finicky gourmet, as I'm sure you can tell ), I used to love having what we called "Breakfast for Dinner"--e.g., scrambled eggs, turkey bacon or turkey sausage, and some kind of "fruity" pancakes, such as double-blueberry. Like most of the rest of you, I also adore pizza--providing the "cheese" topping is a vegan substitute ("cheeze"), such as Daiya mozzarella ("style"). My husband, also dairy-sensitive, prefers no "cheeze" at all, but to me, that's not pizza--it's just crust with tomato sauce. And no, I don't care for the white sauces, especially clam. Like Marilyn, I enjoy pineapple as a topping (hey, I'll take pineapple just about any time), but unlike Pep, I have no problem with pineapple and mushrooms on the same pizza --though preferably with ground beef on there, too. One thing I haven't made in a long time is pizza bagels. You just take half a bagel (regular or mini), coat it liberally with pre-made pizza sauce (my favorite brand is Contadina Pizza Squeeze), add the toppings of your choice (my two choices are usually Daiya pre-shredded mozzarella "style" and turkey pepperoni), and stick 'em in your toaster oven at 350 o for about 8-10 mins. (Probably less for mini-bagels, but I haven't tried to cook them that way.) If you prefer your bagels more chewy than crispy, try 'em in your microwave...but I don't remember how long they take. Guess you'll have to experiment. All-time favorite food: peanut butter I don't even like to think what I would do if I could no longer obtain it...or if I developed an allergy to it. And yes, I know there are healthier options...sunflower-seed butter, for one...but nothing else is quite like good ol' PB. However, I don't require that the peanut butter be spread on bread or crackers. I highly recommend PB as an alternative to dip, with baby carrots or celery sticks...or half a cored apple, with the cavity stuffed with peanut butter...YUMMMMM (studded with raisins or chocolate chips, it will turn from a snack to a simple but delicious dessert)... Well, you get the idea.
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 8:14:23 GMT
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 8:05:34 GMT
I'd really like to know why Stephen Boyd wasn't at least nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar. He was wonderful as Messala. Better than Heston and a damned sight better than Hugh Griffith. One of my worst Oscar snubs Yeah he was really good. I do believe the stories that he was told to behave as it he and Ben-Hur had a relationship because when Messala first arrives he is very respectful-and he goes crazy when he realizes Ben-Hur won't help him.
Totally cracks me up when he is drinking from the cup and looking at Ben-Hur and that Charlton Heston was oblivious to it.
When I watched Ben-Hur last Sunday (why, it was Easter--what do you know! ), I unfortunately missed a scene early on, when Judah visits Messala at the garrison, so I'm going by memory. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong (but gently, please--I'm so sensitive), but when they greet each other, as I recall, Messala says something like, "What a terrible thing is unrequited love," and as he laughingly says this, he strokes the inside of Judah's forearm...all the while his friend is smiling somewhat uncertainly with a look like, "Huh! What's with this guy?" Why? In my opinion, back in their adolescence, Messala had a romantic/sexual "thing" for Judah, but Judah had no idea his friend felt that way. In other words, Messala's physical attraction to Judah was not reciprocated. Why do I think this? Reason #1: Messala was several years older than Judah (at least in the novel; I doubt that was true of Boyd and Heston), and hence more awakened and aware in a sexual sense by the time the Roman boy went off to the army. Reason #2: The young men came from different cultures. For a Roman boy around the First Century C.E., sexual attraction for one of his own sex would have been no big deal--as long as he got to be the dominant figure in the relationship. But for a Jewish boy of that same era, such an attraction would have been discouraged, even deeply frowned upon. Is it still possible that the boys experimented? Sure, it's possible--but Judah would have, IMO, buried the experience out of shame and/or guilt. If anything physical happened between them, it's likely that Judah would have forgotten the whole incident. Reason #3: Let's go back to that line (if I'm remembering correctly) where Messala refers to "unrequited love". Doesn't it make sense that the Roman is referring to a passion that only he felt? Wouldn't that help explain why Messala turns on his former friend so ruthlessly...because his love was unrequited?
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 5:17:28 GMT
I'd really like to know why Stephen Boyd wasn't at least nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar. He was wonderful as Messala. Better than Heston and a damned sight better than Hugh Griffith. One of my worst Oscar snubs Thank you for posting this and saving me the trouble. Stephen Boyd gave one of the most stunning performances of all time, and what appreciation was he given by the Academy? Bupkes! My theory as to why Boyd was overlooked and Griffith (hmmph!) was honored instead? At least one reason might be that the character won, not the actor. In other words, Sheik Ilderim was a lovable, roguish equinophile. Messala was a detestable, traitorous, power-mad villain. It was so much easier to give the award to someone who played a likable character than to one who definitely did not. Also, maybe the homosexual undertones that were mentioned here in another post--and with which I will deal separately--made the Academy members uncomfortable. Uneasy. Well, it wasn't that long after the McCarthy Era, and people were still skittish about a lot of things that later wouldn't have made anybody blink.
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 4:34:24 GMT
I have no problem choosing CHARADE as my favorite Donen-directed NON-musical. The only thing that keeps me from watching it even more often than I do is this quote from Cary Grant, after filming this classic: "All I want for Christmas is another movie with Audrey Hepburn" ...because he never got that present, and neither did we. And that makes me sad. But for my favorite of his musicals? How can I ever choose just one from the following: ON THE TOWN (first of his collaborations with the marvelous writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green, as well as with the peripatetic Gene Kelly) SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (same credits as above, but with most of the songs (including the title one) chestnuts by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, reprised from very early MGM talkies) SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (I'd pick this one for the Barn-Raising [and later barn- razing ] sequence alone) IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (a vastly under-appreciated movie and the last--as far as I know--of the four-way collaboration shared by Donen-Kelly-Comden-Green) FUNNY FACE (Donen does Paramount and brings us the wonderful 's wonderful, unexpected team of Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire--with a delightful turn by the multi-talented Kay Thompson. ) DAMN YANKEES (his second musical for WB--and also the second and tragically last collaborative effort of the promising composer-lyricist team of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (whose first outing together was Pajama Game, also directed on film by Donen))
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 3:26:44 GMT
OOOHH. Brian Donlevy as Sergeant Markoff gave a new meaning to the term "a villain you love to hate." I would have awarded a Best Performance by a Child Actor (or whatever they called that award) to Donald O'Connor as the young Beau Geste. He even managed a halfway-decent English accent. Where did he go to school to lose it? 'cause Gary Cooper sure didn't have it!
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 3:16:31 GMT
I loved his work in Cocoon. Commanding, yet sensitive. Goodbye, Mr. Dennehy.
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 19, 2020 2:57:03 GMT
Helen Mirren Michelle Pfeiffer Rachel Weisz Anne Hathaway Emily Blunt
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 14, 2020 21:03:11 GMT
13 Movie Titles Containing the letters "ANT" (in that order, consecutively, but may be part of a larger word)
01. ANToine and ANToinette (1947) 02. GiANT 03. ANTz 04. The Sisterhood of the Traveling PANTs 05. The Eddie CANTor Story 06. Girls Just WANT to Have Fun
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 14, 2020 20:21:57 GMT
13 Movie Titles Containing the letters "ANT" (in that order, consecutively, but may be part of a larger word)
01. ANToine and ANToinette (1947)
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 19:46:10 GMT
13+ 4-Word Song Titles, Each Word Only One Syllable:
01. We Live For Love - Pat Benatar 02. For All We Know - Carpenters 03. I Have The Touch - Peter Gabriel 04. Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn 05. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen 06. The Back of Love - Echo and the Bunnymen 07. I Can't Take It - Cheap Trick 08. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths 09. Bop Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 10. Come Back to Me - David Cook 11. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles 12. Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac 13. Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
14. This Is The One - The Stone Roses 15. (When You) Call Me - The Style Council 16. Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes 17. Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House 18. Do What You Can - Jon Bon Jovi 19. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 20. Blue Red and Grey - The Who 21. Girl Can't Help It - Journey 22. Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins 23. Love at First Sight - Kylie Minogue 24. Rolling in the Deep - Adele
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 19:26:36 GMT
Patronizing thrift stores.
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 19:22:44 GMT
House #1 because Toasted and I could drink and talk about guys. He probably thinks drinking is a "nasty habit" so you might wanna kimono my house. Upvoted for the reference to Sparks. "This town ain't big enough for (the) both of us..."
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 18:36:08 GMT
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 18:17:54 GMT
13+ 4-Word Song Titles, Each Word Only One Syllable:
01. We Live For Love - Pat Benatar 02. For All We Know - Carpenters 03. I Have The Touch - Peter Gabriel 04. Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn 05. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen 06. The Back of Love - Echo and the Bunnymen 07. I Can't Take It - Cheap Trick 08. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths 09. Bop Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 10. Come Back to Me - David Cook 11. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles 12. Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac 13. Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
14. This Is The One - The Stone Roses 15. (When You) Call Me - The Style Council 16. Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes 17. Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House 18. Do What You Can - Jon Bon Jovi
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 18:10:08 GMT
13+ 4-Word Song Titles, Each Word Only One Syllable:
01. We Live For Love - Pat Benatar 02. For All We Know - Carpenters 03. I Have The Touch - Peter Gabriel 04. Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn 05. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen 06. The Back of Love - Echo and the Bunnymen 07. I Can't Take It - Cheap Trick 08. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths 09. Bop Til You Drop - Rick Springfield 10. Come Back to Me - David Cook 11. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles 12. Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac 13. Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
14. This Is The One - The Stone Roses 15. (When You) Call Me - The Style Council 16. Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 18:02:35 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: STEPHEN BOYD
A - ARTS Theatre Belfast - where a young Stephen learned his trade. (Not in Wiki, local knowledge) B - BEN-HUR - In which he featured as the villainous Messala (an iconic role, and probably his best-known) C - CLARE Tree Major Company - with which in 1950 he made a coast to coast tour of America. D - DEVIL WITH SEVEN FACES, THE (1971) - in which he portrayed Dave Barton E - EPIDEMIC - Nearly died during the great flu epidemic in London in 1952. F - FANTASTIC Voyage (1966) - in which he played Grant. G - Glengormley, Northern Ireland was his Place of Birth. He was one of nine children. H - Hawaii Five-O - in which he appeared in a 1977 episode as Daniel Costigan. It was his final appearance. I - IMPERIAL VENUS (1962) - in which he played the role of Jules de Canouville. J.- JOYCE - he played Cormac Joyce in the TV movie The Hands of Cormac Joyce (1972) K - KHAN - In 1964 Boyd starred as the villain Jamuga in the epic Genghis Khan. L - LISA -- his 1962 Film co-starring (pre-convent) Dolores Hart M - MILLS, Elizabeth - His second spouse, until his death (1974 - 1977) N -- NIMROD - His character in THE BIBLE - IN THE BEGINNING ... O - OBERHOFF, Dr - His role in Women in Hospital (1977) P -- PORTER Valley Country Club -- Northridge, CA golf course where he suffered a fatal heart attack in 1977 Q - QUARTET - In 1958 Boyd took on his first true Hollywood role as the leader of a quartet of renegade outlaws in the Twentieth Century Fox western The Bravados, which starred Gregory Peck and Joan Collins. R -- RICE, Mike - His Character in THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (1959) S - SHALAKO (1968) - In which he portrayed Bosky Fulton
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 13, 2020 5:29:32 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: STEPHEN BOYD
A - ARTS Theatre Belfast - where a young Stephen learned his trade. (Not in Wiki, local knowledge) B - BEN-HUR - In which he featured as the villainous Messala (an iconic role, and probably his best-known) C - CLARE Tree Major Company - with which in 1950 he made a coast to coast tour of America. D - DEVIL WITH SEVEN FACES, THE (1971) - in which he portrayed Dave Barton E - EPIDEMIC - Nearly died during the great flu epidemic in London in 1952. F - FANTASTIC Voyage (1966) - in which he played Grant. G - Glengormley, Northern Ireland was his Place of Birth. He was one of nine children. H - Hawaii Five-O - in which he appeared in a 1977 episode as Daniel Costigan. It was his final appearance. I - IMPERIAL VENUS (1962) - in which he played the role of Jules de Canouville.
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 12, 2020 23:12:58 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: STEPHEN BOYD
A - ARTS Theatre Belfast - where a young Stephen learned his trade. (Not in Wiki, local knowledge) B - BEN-HUR - In which he featured as the villainous Messala (an iconic role, and probably his best-known) C - CLARE Tree Major Company - with which in 1950 he made a coast to coast tour of America. D - DEVIL WITH SEVEN FACES, THE (1971) - in which he portrayed Dave Barton
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Post by ellynmacg on Apr 12, 2020 22:51:46 GMT
CLASSIC ACTORS A-Z: STEPHEN BOYD A - ARTS Theatre Belfast - where a young Stephen learned his trade. (Not in Wiki, local knowledge) Thanks for clarifying this! B - BEN-HUR (1959) - In which he featured as the villainous Messala (an iconic role, and probably his best-known)
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