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It’s Full of Stars!
What’s up next for Boss Radio 66 DJ Tom Hanks? Asteroid City, also with Steve Carell and another personal fav, Hope Davis. Check the trailer for the complete list of actors. I expect this will be my next reason to enter a movie theater.
The Hometown Brew
Getting in the mood for tonight’s Big Planet Noise, where I call myself Beantown Doug.
On Stage and On Film
Barter Theatre in Virginia was featured on last night’s PBS NewsHour.
As explained in the video, Barter Theatre includes actors from New York. My mother was one of them, after completing the program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In addition to the plays produced at home base, Barter’s actors traveled, performing plays throughout the region. The troupe of actors my mother was with included Ernest Borgnine, who she called Ernie. Borgnine did double duty as an actor and as the bus driver. Ernie enjoyed it so much, driving his own buses became a lifelong avocation.
CBS Sunday Morning covered the very important work of film restoration and preservation. The amazing results seen today wouldn’t be possible without digital technology.
Running With Scissors Swords
My marathon running days are over, but having run about a dozen of them, the premise for Samurai Marathon intrigued me.
If not a truly great movie experience, Samurai Marathon is only a couple steps away from being one, due to the weak scenes portraying Commodore Perry. It’s available for free on YouTube Movies & TV, with commercials.
Note: The subtitles are out of sync and get progressively worse later in the video.
Controlled Burn
The MAGA crowd may prefer to imagine that books are being burned in this video, but it’s my semi-annual burning of bills that have been paid and receipts that aren’t needed. I shred some things, but this makes it more of a primal ritual, besides being easier on the ears.