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‘The Bold and the Beautiful: How it all began
You might be a long time fan of the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful or you may have just started watching the soap. Either way you know that the core families are the Forrester’s, Logan’s, and Spencer’s. There may be questions you have regarding how these individuals became intertwined and the story is pretty interesting. The Bold and the Beautiful debuted on CBS on March 23, 1987. The soap takes place in Los Angeles, and is centered around the Forrester family and their fashion house, Forrester Creations.
Cheryl E PrestonPublished 3 years ago in Geeks‘Psych’ star Timothy Odmundson continues recovery from massive stroke
For 8 years, actor Timothy Odmundson delighted fans on the USA network original series Psych. He portrayed Detective Carlton Lassiter who was nicknamed Lassie and eventually was promoted to his dream job of police chief. Lassie had a quick wit and viewers loved his reactions to Shawn and Gus. The love and comrardary between the cast gave the show a feeling of being a real family and fans continue to be devoted by watching the episodes again in reruns.
Cheryl E PrestonPublished 3 years ago in GeeksA Filmmaker's Guide to: The Kuleshov Effect
In this chapter of ‘the filmmaker’s guide’ we’re actually going to be learning about literature and film together. I understand that many of you are sitting in university during difficult times and finding it increasingly hard to study and I understand that many of you who are not at university or not planning on it are possibly stuck of what to do, need a break or even need to catch up on learning film before you get to the next level. This guide will be brief but will also contain: new vocabulary, concepts and theories, films to watch and we will be exploring something taboo until now in the ‘filmmaker’s guide’ - academia (abyss opens). Each article will explore a different concept of film, philosophy, literature or bibliography/filmography etc. in order to give you something new to learn each time we see each other. You can use some of the words amongst family and friends to sound clever or you can get back to me (email in bio) and tell me how you’re doing. So, strap in and prepare for the filmmaker’s guide to film studies because it is going to be one wild ride.
Annie KapurPublished 3 years ago in GeeksA Filmmaker's Review: "Dark Victory" (1939)
“Dark Victory” (1939) is a film you do not come across too often because the storyline is just so twisted. I remember sitting there thinking if this could potentially happen in real life and honestly, it could. In this film, Bette Davis stars as a beautiful young woman who falls from a horse, faints down the stairs and comes up very sick and, after falling in love with her doctor they decide to marry. When Bette Davis’s character is receiving treatment, the doctor tells her she is all better and by this time, they are engaged. Whilst a party ensues, the best friend of the bride-to-be notices something is uneasy and starts to question every single thing that the doctor is doing, she is rightfully concerned that her best friend is all of a sudden doing fine instead of having a sickness she was suffering so badly with. Once the gears start turning, the engaged woman discovers something absolutely horrifying and yet, cannot bring herself to tell anyone - just yet.
Annie KapurPublished 3 years ago in GeeksBook Review: "Sunday's Children" by Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman directed one of my favourite films of the last decade. When I was fourteen, I watched “The Seventh Seal” for the first time and, not really understanding it I watched it again. Over the next decade, I watched it some ten to fifteen times and it still has the same impact as it did back then. It tells us that Ingmar Bergman is actually a very good storyteller, if not sometimes a little confusing and philosophically deep. This book also displays the similar aspects of his films in which it has these long moments of internalisation, long moments of introspection and long moments of just nothing physically happening in which the characters are shifted from the outside to the inside. It is something that Ingmar Bergman is very, very good at. But not only that, we get the existential concepts of human nature becoming something physical. Like death as a person in his movie, the book makes physical these strange existential and incomprehensible ideas. I love the way it is written because Ingmar Bergman has the most strange and almost celestial understanding of these concepts. “Sunday’s Children” is an incredible homage to his youth whilst displaying the knowledge he gained in his adulthood.
Annie KapurPublished 3 years ago in GeeksWhat Did Old Cartoons Teach Us?
Cartoon Network telecast a lot of great cartoons back when I was young, in the late 90s and early 2000s. I used to eat breakfast watching these cartoons before school and later once the school bell rang, would rush home in the evening. Each show had a different emotion and a different set of values to teach. Now that I'm a grown-up, I enjoy the music too and appreciate the amount of effort put into the background themes of these children's shows.
vaisrinivasanPublished 3 years ago in Geeks5 Children's Books for Adults
Some of the most endearing and truthful stories ever told are found in children's books. They are timeless and inspire and teach us life lessons so smoothly that we don’t even realize we’re being taught. Written in simple language, with beautiful illustrations, these tales are perfect for adults as well as children. Don't miss out on them simply because you're all grown up.
Rapper T.I. Goes to Disgusting New Lengths to Control His Daughter’s Body
We all thought T.I. had learned his lesson last year when he proudly declared that he took his then 18-year-old daughter for yearly hymen checks to ensure she was still a virgin.
Gillian SisleyPublished 3 years ago in GeeksAlways Stay with Me
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 On the afternoon of her 20th birthday, Kim Gwiboon took deep breaths, slowing breathing in and out. She nervously twiddled her fingers before going to sit at her vanity to inspect her already flawless hair and makeup one final time. She called out nervously, “Eonnie! Halmeoni! Come quickly!” Lee Eunsook comes running into Gwiboon’s room, tripping over her slippers, and landing flat on her face at Gwiboon’s feet. “Eonnie! Not again!” Gwiboon reaches to help Eunsook stand while the older lady grins at her sheepishly. Once Eunsook is safely standing, Gwiboon calls out for her grandmother once more, “Halmeoni! Where are you?” “Coming, coming, hold your horses, dearie,” Kim Miyoung says as she slowly shuffles her way into the room, thinking to herself that her dear sweet granddaughter should know better than to try and rush a 72-year-old.
Patrina ✨🔑 🍒🌸Published 3 years ago in GeeksLifetime Review: 'Obsessed With the Babysitter'
After an injury cost her a chance at a prestigious New York dance company, Elaine Davidson (Kristen Vaganos) is ecstatic when she learns she has the chance to finally have her audition now that she's recovered. During that time, Elaine has been babysitting Lilly and Mackenzie Cartwright (Hannah Aniela and Lyla Emerson Booker), the children of Silvia Cartwright (Dominique Swain). While her dance career has been on hold, Elaine has grown fond of taking care of the girls and is on friendly terms with both Silvia and Adrian (Simon Haycock), Silvia's psychiatrist husband and the children's stepfather.
Trevor WellsPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMy Review of "Lupin: Part I"
Lupin: Part I is the first half of the first season of Lupin. This story is based off of a famous French character, Arsène Lupin. This character is basically a gentleman burglar. It obviously would be very interesting to see this sort of character in 2021 when surveillance is a way of life now. To my surprise this TV series works pretty well.
Brian AnonymousPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMovie Review: 'Love Sarah'
Love Sarah tells the story of three generations of women coming together to honor a late mother, daughter and best friend. In a masterful opening salvo, Love Sarah begins with a lovely series of scenes introducing Sarah as she is running late to the first day that she has access to the space that will become her very own bakery. In the course of 5 minutes we find that she has a daughter who loves her, a mother whom she is estranged from and a best friend who is to be her business partner.
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in Geeks