Florida Republicans want to undermine the voter-approved minimum wage

They just can’t accept that they lost and the majority disagrees with them.

My thoughts on Hollywood films about Hollywood

I recently watched two films directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Kirk Douglas which were about filmmaking. They’re both on Warner Archive Blu-rays.

The first, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) stars Douglas as a producer who screws over a writer, director and actor. Most of the film takes place in flashbacks. The great Gloria Grahame won an Oscar for a role in which she only had nine minutes of screen time. There’s lots of speculation on who the main characters are based on. It’s an entertaining gossipy film about the sleazy side of Hollywood and is well worth seeing.

Two Weeksi in Another Town (1962) isn’t a sequel. This time, Douglas plays an actor who is down on his luck and gets a role in a film shot in Rome. Hollywood’s underbelly is on display again but this one isn’t quite as good. One cool reference to the earlier film is when they show a clip of it; they show Douglas’s character in this one as an actor in the first one.

Some other Hollywood films about filmmaking that I like (and I’ll probably add to this)

Ed Wood (1994) is Tim Burton’s excellent film about the director of some of the worst films ever. It smartly is shot in black and white and focuses on three of his films. What makes it work is that Wood doesn’t realize he is terrible; he actually thinks he’s good.

Boogie Nights (1997) is Paul Thomas Anderson’s ensemble film about the porno film industry.

Singin’ in the Rain (1952) is a musical about the transition from silent films to sound films. One of the best musical films ever.

What Price Hollywood? (1932) directed by George Cukor follows the rise of a waitress to stardom

Bombshell (1933) directed by Victor Fleming is a comedy about a movie star played by Jean Harlow

The Last Command (1928) a silent film directed by Josef von Sternberg about a former Russian leader reduced to a movie extra.

Trump adminstration’s racist rewrite of the history of the Underground Railroad

Anybody still doubt that Trump is a bigot?

Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture

Great fake photo on penguins, pigeons and Teslas

Translation of the text: Net find
I almost spit out my coffee laughing 😂

The latest on North Carolina’s Republicans efforts to steal an election

Disgraceful

Fake restaurant onTripAdvisor

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Law firms are wrong to cave in to Trump

They have offered to do free work for the Trump administration. Since Trump has no respect for laws, what will they do when he asks them to defend something illegal? Trump is a bigot so what if he asks them to defend a racist action? They’ll regret this. All lawyers should have stood together against the bully. I commend the ones that have fought back.