The answer depends on whether you ask “is” or “was.” “Kataluna Enriquez, who was crowned Miss Nevada USA on Sunday, will become the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant,” NBC News reported on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Her platform? Trans[...]
Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’
May 10th, 2021 - 10:49 pm § in Law and Courts
If Arkansas executed the wrong man and the real killer is caught, can he claim double jeopardy?
Debra Reese, 26, didn’t die of natural causes. She was beaten and strangled in her home. After losing the 2020 election, Trump went on an execution spree, relieving 6 federal death row inmates of their lives before incoming President Biden could get a chance to spare them. In 2017, Arkansas Go[...]
April 16th, 2021 - 11:05 pm § in Misc.
Pony dance (video)
It’s a commercial, but what the heck, it’s fun to watch. In fact, I used to watch TV for the commercials, not the shows. The best talent Hollywood could muster went into them. It isn’t easy telling a story in 30 or 60 seconds. We all watch Superbowls for the commercials, right? Any[...]
April 6th, 2021 - 1:22 am § in Misc.
Battle of Beersheba (video)
On October 31, 1917, the Australian Light Brigade charged Turkish trenches with bayonets at Beersheba (historical background here), a town in the Negev Desert in modern-day southern Israel (more information here), producing a dramatic British victory. Movie rendition, with background music of “[...]
April 6th, 2021 - 12:57 am § in Misc.
Bach’s Tocatta and Fugue (video)
Organ composition, (background here), played by Varnus Xavér (bio here) on the Berlin Cathedral’s Sauer Organ (read about it here); running time, 12 min. 10 sec. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
February 28th, 2021 - 9:15 pm § in Misc.
Golden Globe winners
This was Golden Globes night, in case you didn’t notice, and here’s what won: Best Movie, Drama: “Nomadland” Best Movie, Comedy: “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Best TV Drama Series: “The Crown” Best TV Comedy Series: “Schitt’s Creek” Be[...]
February 2nd, 2021 - 11:59 pm § in Misc.
6-Minute Movie: “The Dentist”
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January 31st, 2021 - 12:43 am § in Misc.
Sports stars: Cowboy bullrider and Russian pole vaulter (videos)
I doubt very many people in the academic departments of the University of Washington, or studying foreign policy at Georgetown University, or writing policy papers in Washington D.C. think tanks — the kind of people I like to imagine read this blog (even though 90% of its site traffic is to Dr[...]
December 5th, 2020 - 7:24 pm § in Misc.
Opera, Mozart, “Solemn Vespers for a Confessor” (video)
The big voice is that of Patricia Janečková (bio here), a Slovakian opera singer who was 19 years old when this recording was made. Watch another of her performances here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 30th, 2020 - 8:55 pm § in Misc.
Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore: Una furtiva lagrima at Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Video)
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