Railfans will love this movie. Where else can you see steam locomotives race on side-by-side tracks, ending in a PIT maneuver at a switch junction? The bridge scene strains plausibility, but the plot is interesting, the acting is terrific, and the photography is spectacular. Set in a Siberia labor c[...]
Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’
November 16th, 2024 - 2:15 am § in Russia
Full-length movie: The Edge (2010). In Russian with English subtitles. Train chases! Raging rivers! Collapsing bridges!
May 22nd, 2024 - 2:34 am § in Misc.
Ted Nugent: “Taylor Swift can’t sing”
Yeah, well, she’s more popular than he is, and not just because he’s a dick (also here, here, and here). The best thing about this video is the guitars drown out his voice. “Uncle Ted” has a Washington connection; he helped get Loren Culp a crooked police dog. Nothing good c[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 1:02 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Is someone trying to steal Elvis Presley’s house?
Stealing houses is on the rise in the United States. Here’s how it works: Identity thieves forge property documents, phony deeds or liens, then borrow against the property or sell to unsuspecting buyers (see article here). Targeted houses typically are vacant or unoccupied. Elvis Presley̵[...]
May 19th, 2024 - 5:52 pm § in Misc.
When an apology isn’t one
What does a liar do when he’s caught lying? If he’s famous, and has a public image to preserve, he reads a profuse apology prepared by his publicist. If he’s a good actor, his delivery drips with remorse and sincerity. He may even promise to behave better in the future. Sean “[...]
May 9th, 2024 - 11:15 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
The great beauty queen resignation
First, Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt (photo, left), 24, representing Utah, ditched her crown on May 6, 2024, citing “mental health” reasons (see story here). Then 3 days later, Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava (photo, below right), 16, representing New Jersey, quit saying her “p[...]
June 17th, 2023 - 11:20 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dancer
Melanie Hamrick (photo below) is Mick Jagger’s girlfriend. They’re selling their Florida digs for $3.5 million (see story here, and real estate listing with photo of house here). He has other houses, of course. He’s had other girlfriends, too, but not one that photographs like this[...]
May 27th, 2023 - 4:18 am § in Russia
Full-length movie: “Tanks for Stalin” (2018). Tank races! Bandits! Nazis! Saboteur, traitor, collapsing bridge!
This movie is too delicious to pass up! In the spring of 1940, Russian engineer Michael Koshkin (a real person), lead designer of the T-34 tank, drove two prototypes from Kharkiv to Moscow, a distance of 1,200 miles. Wikipedia only says the actual trip was “grueling” (here); this English[...]
January 28th, 2023 - 12:18 am § in Jews
Broadway play puts faces on Holocaust victims
To many people, the Holocaust is a phrase: Six million Jews. Some people, perhaps, look at the anonymous faces in concentration camp photos. The play “Leopoldstadt” (details here) tries to turn the history of the murdered Jews into a memory of real human beings that audiences can take ho[...]
The dog and the baby goats (video)
The music is almost as good as the video. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
January 1st, 2023 - 10:05 pm § in Misc.
2023 Space Needle New Year’s show
If you missed it, here’s the video from Seattle TV station KING 5. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]