Leeloo! Korben! The Diva!!!

Leeloo! Korben! The Diva!!!
http://www.themarysue.com/funko-luc-besson-fifth-element/?utm_content=buffer14f46&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

It's a beautiful morning so relaxing in the back yard and re-reading this before moving on to book 2. The dogs are trying to use mind control to make me take them for a walk but Fred said he would be back at lunch and we would take them together which means more fun for them.

It's a beautiful morning so relaxing in the back yard and re-reading this before moving on to book 2. The dogs are trying to use mind control to make me take them for a walk but Fred said he would be back at lunch and we would take them together which means more fun for them.
https://market.android.com/details?id=book-o4U5AgAAQBAJ

Man, I loved this guy from the time I first saw the Avengers.

Man, I loved this guy from the time I first saw the Avengers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/patrick-macnee-agent-john-steed-of-tv-s-the-avengers-dead-at-93-1.3127868?cmp=rss

Hilarious. Swift makes a business decision to not have her music on streaming services - is she on any of them? - and advocates for less well off artists and there's no way she could possibly be doing it without being paid.

Hilarious. Swift makes a business decision to not have her music on streaming services - is she on any of them? - and advocates for less well off artists and there's no way she could possibly be doing it without being paid.

I know it's hard for some to believe but one can have enough money. After a point it a) can't all be spent without massively changing life and b) makes more almost on its own.
http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-truthers-who-think-taylor-swift-plotted-with-a-1713491244

Fun short story to wake you up.

Fun short story to wake you up.
http://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/modern-fantasy/gerri-leen/hellhound-free-to-good-home

"To Apple, Love Taylor" — @taylorswift13 explains why she won't be streaming on Apple Music. http://ow.ly/OArgb

"To Apple, Love Taylor" — @taylorswift13 explains why she won't be streaming on Apple Music. http://ow.ly/OArgb

how I'm spending my afternoon.

how I'm spending my afternoon.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322312/

This story was as creepy crawly for me as Handmaiden's Tale. Amazing writing.

This story was as creepy crawly for me as Handmaiden's Tale. Amazing writing.
https://medium.com/@glorioushubris/the-new-mother-9df848da415b

Couple of things about this article.

Couple of things about this article.

I think it overlooks YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix and other new media venues as sources of audiences. Yes, it's hard because the US is so steeped in individualism and the arts are a collective effort but there is Patreon and other fund raising streams available. 

Also - what about the men?

...In just about every TV series in which there’s a young son and a young daughter—Mad Men, Homeland, The Americans, Ray Donovan—the girl’s story line is stronger and deeper than the boy’s, and it’s not hard to figure out why. The girl’s a better actor...

Really? Or is it a no harm no foul situation where you can take more chances with female characters and failure because critics and most people will be happy to excuse women's success as unusual. I know many guys who are emotional, involved with their kids and invested in the same things I am but I rarely see that character development in popular movies. Actors stretch to fill the roles that are written for them. DiCaprio seems to have those roles sewn up.

Like so many things, it seems that problems are being identified but role models aren't plentiful enough.  
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/the-decline-of-the-american-actor/395291/?utm_source=SFG%2B

Can't wait to see where this goes.

Can't wait to see where this goes.
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=iumYkNXlx6M&u=/watch?v%3DoE4J2WFzPeI%26feature%3Dshare