Houston Artist Among 2026 Guggenheim Fellows | Glasstire The Guggenheim Foundation has awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships to 3 recipients with Texas ties, including an artist, filmmaker, and film scholar.

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So much winning . . .

Poster for the Swedish release of "Old San Francisco" (1927) from Warner Bros.

“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday was recorded exactly 87 years ago yesterday.

HBD Elaine May! For anyone celebrating www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

“Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss
The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it.”

Dear @washingtonpost.com editorial board:

Drop dead.

Sincerely,
Virginia voters

Spike Lee at the knicks game with a Pope Leo jersey is a chefs kiss 🧑‍🍳

In reversal, Justice Department withdraws subpoenas in John Brennan investigation, AP sources say The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury.

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In reversal, Justice Department withdraws subpoenas in John Brennan investigation, AP sources say

Barbara Stanwyck for Bates Bedspreads in 1944: "We're both rotten. But I only played rotten. These rags are just rotten."

Apropos of nothing trending . . .
I'm sharing this photograph of Humphrey Bogart because some things are worth just looking at.

#Mondaythoughts and #Moviestars

Colman in her Oscar gown, drinking a cup of tea in a large country kitchen

Olivia Colman by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue, 2019

#NationalTeaDay

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.

249 years later, we have this idiot.

Coward in the middle of the desert, wearing a tuxedo & holding a cup of tea

"On Friday I was driven out into the Nevada desert, where I was photographed for Life magazine in my dinner-jacket sipping a cup of tea. The temperature was 118°."
- Noël Coward's Diary, December 12, 1956
📷 Loomis Dean

#NationalTeaDay
#MadDogsAndEnglishmen

Not off to a great start

Barbara Stanwyck for Stella Dallas (1937).

The Film That Explains Contemporary America The Sorrow and the Pity has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root—and how to fight against it.

The 1969 French documentary that explains contemporary America www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Silvana Mangano at the Museum of Modern Art, 1956. She and photographer Eve Arnold were #BOTD.

Black text on newsprint announcing the newest class of Guggenheim Fellows

A privilege and a pleasure to celebrate the 101st Class of Fellows with an announcement in the @nytimes.com 🎉

Actor Alan Reed standing with his jacket open and his thumbs resting on his belt. He’s wearing a fedora and a short striped tie. He’s smiling with a sinister look.

#Filmnoir #filmsky #moviesky #tvsky #NoirNeckties

Actor Alan Reed was not only the blackmailing “beefy assistant” in
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946), he was the voice of Fred Flintstone (1960-1977).

‘If all of the people who hate Ishtar had seen it I’d be a rich woman today.’
Elaine May is 94.

🖤

This Day in #History 1927
Actress Mae West found guilty of “obscenity and corrupting the morals of youth” in a NY stage play entitled "Sex". She is sentenced to 10 days in prison and fined $500, the resulting publicity launches her Hollywood career.

Far Side cartoon (from the time of the Iran-Iraq War) showing a cruise ship entering the mine-infested waters of the Strait of Hormuz

As foreseen by the prophet Larson

a group of men are dancing together in a room . Alt: The three stooges are dancing together in a room .

Live view of Vance, Kushner and Witkoff preparing for the next round of peace talks with Iran 🤡🤡🤡

Vance Heads to New Talks With Iran. At Stake: Peace and His Own Standing.

Uh, I think that JD ship has sailed. And not through the Strait of Hormuz.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/u...

Boris Karloff's Guacamole Recipe...

a black and white photo of a man hanging from a clock on a building . ALT: a black and white photo of a man hanging from a clock on a building .

🎞️🎂Happy Harold Lloyd's Birthday!

a man is standing on the side of the road in front of a police car with a license plate that starts with the letter t. ALT: a man is standing on the side of the road in front of a police car with a license plate that starts with the letter t.

Thinking about facing Monday after just a few small beers.

#BenicioDelToro #OneBattleAfterAnnother

Poster for the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975.

#NW
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 📽
dir. Jim Sharman

'A rain-soaked couple take refuge in the castle of a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation'

Finishing my mini alien movie viewing with a favorite! 🤩

Tim Curry #BOTD 🎂🥂🍾