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#ts3 gameplay#broadbent gen 1#broadbent legacy#the sims 3#the sims 3 legacy#ts3#ts3 legacy#simblr#sims 3#sims 3 legacy
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#Hydeia Broadbent#HIV/AIDS#activism#Magic Johnson#Nickelodeon#Republican National Convention#Oprah Winfrey#memoir#legacy#stigma#awareness#prevention#education#inspiration#resilience#positivity#empowerment#Essence#The Grio#Ebony
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Heyoooo, since I've finished my reading goal for the year I thought i would share what i've read and what i rated them, if anyone's looking for book recs! :) *Also, these are MY personal opinions so don't come for me if you don't agree*
The Cruel Prince Series (3), Holly Black — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Psycho Shifters Series (3), Jasmine Mas ⭐️⭐️
Court of the Vampire Queen, Katee Robert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Bonds that Tie Series (6), J. Bree ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ice Planet Barbarians (1-3), Ruby Dixon ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Helyfyre, Mariel Pomeroy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Gild (Currently 4 out), Raven Kennedy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Serpent & The Wings of Night (2), Carissa Broadbent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Twisted Games, Ana Huang ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Crescent City, House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️
Heavenly Bodies (2), Imani Erriu ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ritual, Shantel Tessier ⭐️⭐️
Throne of Glass Series (8), Sarah J. Maas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Haunting Adeline, H. D. Carlton ⭐️
A Soul of Ash and Blood, Jennifer L. Armentrout ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Triple Duty Bodyguards, Lily Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
King of Battle and Blood (2), Scarlett St. Clair ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Three Swedish Mountain Men, Lil Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Corrupt Series (6), Penelope Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine ⭐️
Cruel Seduction, Katee Robert ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Faking with Benefits, Lily Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nanny for the Neighbors, Lily Gold ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Legacy of God series by Rina Kent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (the newest book (5/6) is 5 stars I loved it)
King of Wrath by Ana Huang ⭐️
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maeher ⭐️
Credence by Penelope Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Sacrifice by Shantel Tessier ⭐️⭐️
Icebreaker and Wildfire by Hannah Grace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Deal by Elle Kennedy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
To Kill a Shadow by Katherine Quinn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Today, we honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Hydeia Broadbent, a beacon of hope, courage, and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Hydeia was a warrior whose spirit and determination transformed the landscape of awareness and compassion for those of us living with HIV/AIDS.
From a very young age, Hydeia stood in the glaring spotlight of public attention, not for fame or recognition, but to challenge the stigma and misconceptions surrounding HIV/AIDS. Diagnosed with HIV at three years old, Hydeia was not expected to survive past age five. In 1987, almost a decade before the introduction of effective HIV treatment, this prognosis was pretty accurate for children battling opportunistic infections brought on by HIV.
Hydeia’s mother immediately became a fierce advocate and enrolled Hydeia in clinical trials to prolong her life. It was an extraordinary win during a time when HIV clinical trials did not include women, young people, and people of color.
A chance meeting with the late HIV advocate Elizabeth Glaser in 1988 at the National Institute of Health, where they were both receiving treatment, led to Hydeia becoming a public speaker. After telling her story worldwide, including on a TV special for Nickelodeon with Magic Johnson, 20/20, Good Morning America, and becoming one of the most memorable guests of the Oprah Winfrey Show, Hydeia had become the face of not just pediatric aids but the first generation of children born with HIV.
Hydeia’s powerful and unwavering voice broke through barriers of fear and ignorance. She spoke at schools, appeared on national television, and collaborated with organizations worldwide, sharing her story to educate others about the reality of living with HIV/AIDS. Her message was clear: HIV/AIDS does not define a person, and everyone deserves love, respect, and compassion.
Hydeia changed this world! She helped shape how we advocate for young people and Black women living with HIV. She changed hearts and minds, pushing society towards greater acceptance and understanding. She inspired countless individuals to get tested, to speak openly about their status, and to fight against the stigma that continues to surround HIV/AIDS.
As we remember Hydeia Broadbent today, let us honor her memory by continuing her work. Let us be advocates for change and champions for accessible treatment for all people living with HIV, especially young Black women. Hydeia’s fight is our fight, and in her memory, we pledge to keep the flame of her legacy burning bright.
Hydeia, rest in peace. Your legacy, a tapestry woven with threads of hope, love, resilience, and unyielding commitment to all people living with HIV, will continue to guide us until there is a cure.
Hydeia Broadbent
June 14, 1984 – February 20, 2024
#hydeia broadbent#granvarones#gay#queer#latinx#storytelling#trans#afrolatinx#aids#lgbtqia#black history month
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Seven Sins Challenge: Which of your OCs fits pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. Then pass it on...
That's something new, but not too easy... My Sims are generally nice characters who try to get by. Personally I don't believe in the concept of deadly sins - it's more like how life shapes people and that's what I'm trying to show. So I dug a bit deeper, as I had more extreme and cartoony characters in gameplay.
(tagging anyone who feels up to the challenge)
Pride: Victoria Broadbent. In fact she could fit into several categories, she's possibly the least likeable Sim I ever played. She was the snobbish and selfish estranged wife of Dorian. Nothing was ever good enough for her and she was constantly mean to her daughter Clarissa.
Greed: John Greystone, who was a businessman trying to marry his daughter to Dorian Broadbent because he was rich. It didn't work.
Wrath: This should have been slightly easier because I do have a lot of hot-headed Sims. But they tend to have a point getting angry. Bosco from the Cave Island Legacy could get really nasty in an argument.
Envy: Nefreth the donkey. She was very jealous, both of Lilly's affection and of her food.
Lust: Lurlindy (from the Banished town). She loved nothing more than to turn all the men's heads. Unfortunately we didn't get to see her adult years...
Gluttony: Overeating is something that really disgusts me, so I never had a Sim with that tendency. However, Marius (Cave Island Legacy) was always eager to lick his plate. Or anyone else's.
Sloth: That's also difficult, because playing Sims - and even storytelling - is all about characters doing something. I'll go with Trutschi, the Maplethorpe cow. Even her name means slow and lazy. By the way, this was one of the first pictures I posted here on tumblr.
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Are you reading any books right now? And do you have a favorite book? Any recs?
I am no literary genius and truly, the Sarah J. Maas books mean everything to me. I have read the ACOTAR series five times now and the feeling it gives me cannot be attained by any other book.
That being said, today I finished a book: The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent. This book was fantastic. It is fantasy, quick, action-packed, smutty and has a great plot with good twists!
I also just finished This Is War by Kennedy Fox. Just smut and truly a guilty pleasure, but not that good to be entirely honest. I started on Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, but haven't gotten to conintuing to read it yet because the largeness of the sries is intimidating to me. I am very, very excited to start on the Jade Legacy series by Fonda Lee.
Books I really recommend are:
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Human Kind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
#I hope this answers your question#there aren't many books I truly like and am a very difficult reader#so im not sure im the right person to ask#but there ya go!!#answered
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Some let life happen to them, others allow the trials of life to become a testament to how we treat others who are different.
Hydeia Broadbent was diagnosed with AIDS at the age of 4 and told she would not live past the age of 5.
But like most things she encountered in life, she defied the odds and persevered, sharing her story to show that the disease wasn’t her ending, but the beginning of a lifelong commitment to advocacy.
To many, she was the first person they saw with AIDS, in the 90s while the disease was still a taboo topic, she helped show the world that with a smile you can overcome anything.
Thank you Hydeia, for your courage and advocacy. May your legacy live on forever.
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Remembering Hydea Broadbent An Inspiring AIDS Activist's Legacy
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'The storyline of All of Us Strangers centers around Adam, a solitary screenwriter who inhabits an almost deserted apartment in the heart of East London. The film follows Adam's journey through themes of affection, bereavement, and self-exploration. In contrast to common assumptions, Adam, the main character, endures throughout the film.
Adam's profound connection with his mischievous neighbor, Harry, becomes a pivotal element of the narrative. The plot takes a poignant twist as it unveils Harry’s tragic demise, with Adam stumbling upon his lifeless body in the neighboring unit.
Adam’s profound sorrow at the loss prompts the film to shift its focus to the emotional repercussions of this revelation and its profound influence on his existence.
Andrew Scott gives depth to Adam in All of Us Strangers
In December 2023, audiences were introduced to the mesmerizing world of All of Us Strangers, crafted by the visionary Andrew Haigh and produced by Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Sarah Harvey.
Through his remarkable acting, Andrew Scott breathes life into the character of Adam in All of Us Strangers, adding layers of emotion and complexity to the story.
He grapples with the possibility of romance with Harry and confronts his painful past, which includes the tragic loss of his parents in a car accident when he was just 12 years old. Scott's nuanced performance peels back the layers of Adam's personality, authentically exploring themes of love, sorrow, and personal growth.
All of Us Strangers: Unveiled
The inaugural screening of the film All of Us Strangers marked a significant milestone as it debuted at the esteemed 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023. Following its premiere, the film journeyed to captivate audiences across the United States, where it graced theaters on December 22, 2023.
This movie draws inspiration from the pages of Taichi Yamada's revered 1987 novel, Strangers, to present a spellbinding tale that delves deep into the themes of love, mortality, and the enduring impact of past traumas.
As the story unfolds, viewers are taken on a journey filled with twists and turns, seamlessly blending elements of magical realism into its rich narrative tapestry. Andrew Haigh's directorial prowess imbues each frame with a sense of an immersive cinematic experience that leaves audiences spellbound.
Its arrival in the United Kingdom, under the banner of Searchlight Pictures, was eagerly anticipated and finally realized on January 26, 2024. Embraced warmly by critics and viewers alike, All of Us Strangers garnered acclaim, earning its place as one of the standout independent films of 2023, a recognition bestowed by the esteemed National Board of Review.
Furthermore, its excellence was underscored by its commendable achievement of securing six nominations at the prestigious BAFTA Awards, a testament to its profound impact on the cinematic landscape and its enduring legacy within the realm of filmmaking.
All of Us Strangers has garnered widespread critical acclaim for performances delivered by its esteemed cast. It leaves an indelible mark on the hearts of viewers, inviting them to ponder its profound themes long after the final credits roll.'
#BAFTA#National Board of Review#Andrew Haigh#Andrew Scott#Searchlight Pictures#Paul Mescal#Claire Foy#Jamie Bell#Strangers#Taichi Yamada#Pete Czernin#Sarah Harvey#Graham Broadbent
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Books I've Read This Year (2023):
January:
The First to Die at the End - Adam Silvera, 5/5⭐
Belladonna - Adalyn Grace, 5/5⭐
February:
To Kill A Kingdom - Alexandra Christo, 4/5 ⭐
Sorcery of Thorns - Margaret Rogerson, 5/5⭐ (actually my third reread for this book, one of favourites)
The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood, 4/5⭐
Love On The Brain - Ali Hazelwood, 4/5⭐
Mysteries of Thorn Manor - Margaret Rogerson, 5/5⭐
The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo, 4/5⭐
The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 5/5⭐
The Hawthorne Legacy - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 5/5⭐
The Final Gambit - Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 5/5⭐
A Touch Of Darkness - Scarlett St. Clair, 5/5⭐
Why We Fly - Kimberly Jones, 5/5⭐
The Cheat Sheet - Sarah Adams, 4/5⭐
Loathe To Love You - Ali Hazelwood, 5/5⭐
March:
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace, 4/5⭐
Vespertine - Margaret Rogerson, 5/5⭐
This Vicious Grace - Emily Thiede, 5/5⭐
Nothing More To Tell - Karen M. McManus, 4/5⭐
King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo, 5/5⭐
Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo, 5/5⭐
Off the Record - Camryn Garrett, 5/5⭐
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare, 2/5⭐
April:
The Darkest Curse - Rachel Rowlands, 4/5⭐
My Killer Vacation - Tessa Bailey, 5/5⭐
The Nowhere Girls - Amy Reed, 5/5⭐
An Enchantment of Ravens - Margaret Rogerson, 5/5⭐
The Hate You Give - Angie Thomas, 5/5⭐ (reread)
Belladonna - Adalyn Grace, 5/5⭐(yes twice in four months)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - Sangu Mandanna, 4/5⭐
May:
The Awakening - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
The Way I Used to Be - Amber Smith, 4/5⭐
The Crucible - Arthur Miller, 2/5⭐
The Good Girls - Claire Eliza Bartlett, 5/5⭐
Ruthless Fae - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
The Reckoning - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
The Awakening as Told by the Boys - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
Perfect on Paper - Sophie Gonzales, 4/5⭐
Shadow Princess - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Cursed Fates - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Fated Throne - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid, 5/5⭐
A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon - Sarah Hawley, 5/5⭐
The Serpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa Broadbent, 5/5⭐
Six Scorched Roses - Carissa Broadbent, 5/5⭐
June:
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway, 1/5⭐
Kingdom of the Wicked - Kerri Maniscalco, 5/5⭐
Kingdom of the Cursed - Kerri Maniscalco, 5/5⭐
Kingdom of the Feared - Kerri Maniscalco, 4/5⭐
Heartless Sky - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Sorrow and Starlight - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Dark Fae - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
Caged Wolf - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
July:
Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood, 4/5⭐
This Delicious Death - Kayla Cottingham, 5/5⭐
Legendborn - Tracy Deonn, 5/5⭐
Bloodmarked - Tracy Deonn, 5/5⭐ (the way I would die for Bree and Sel)
Savage Fae - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 3/5⭐
Vicious Fae - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
Broken Fae - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Warrior Fae - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
Alpha Wolf - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 4/5⭐
Feral Wolf - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, 5/5⭐
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid, 5/5⭐
Princess of Souls - Alexandra Christo, 4/5⭐
Tools of Engagement - Tessa Bailey, 4/5⭐
This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron, 5/5⭐
The Deal - Elle Kennedy, 2/5⭐
The Weight of Blood - Tiffany D. Jackson, 4/5⭐
Bravely - Maggie Stiefvater, 5/5⭐
August:
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King - Carissa Broadbent, 5/5⭐
This Wicked Fate - Kaylynn Bayron, 5/5⭐
Into The Bloodred Woods - Martha Brockenbrough, 4/5⭐
Trial of the Sun Queen - Nisha J. Tuli, 5/5⭐
September:
The Female of The Species - Mindy McGinnis, 5/5⭐ (the ending killed me, I ugly cried) (def read the trigger warnings tho)
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros, 5/5⭐ (worth the hype)
Foxglove - Adalyn Grace, 5/5⭐ (I laughed, cried and swooned)
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros, 5/5⭐ (twice in a week lol)
Rule of the Aurora King - Nisha J. Tuli, 5/5⭐
Ravensong - Cayla Fay, 4/5⭐
October:
Such Sharp Teeth - Rachel Harrison, 5/5⭐
House of Earth and Blood - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
House of Sky and Breath - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
The Assassin's Blade - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Crown of Midnight - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Heir of Fire - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Macbeth - William Shakespeare, 4/5⭐
Queen of Shadows - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
November:
Empire of Storms - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros, 5/5⭐ (I cried like a baby reading the last 30 pages)
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao, 5/5⭐ (my 100th book this year)
Wildfire - Hannah Grace, 4/5⭐
Raven - Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo, 5/5⭐
Beast Boy - Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo, 5/5⭐
Beast Boy Loves Raven - Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo, 5/5⭐
Robin - Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo, 5/5⭐
Tower of Dawn - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Kingdom of Ash - Sarah J Maas, 5/5⭐ (part of my SJM reread for HOFAS)
Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward, 3.5⭐
December:
The Off-Limits Rule - Sarah Adams, 3/5⭐
Once Upon A Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber, 5/5⭐
The Importance of Being Ernest and Other Plays - Oscar Wilde, 4/5⭐
The Ballad of Never After - Stephanie Garber, 5/5⭐ (I read it twice in three days lol)
A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber, 5/5⭐ (actually my xmas present from my brother)
Check & Mate - Ali Hazelwood, 5/5⭐
Assistant to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer, 5/5⭐
Lightlark - Alex Aster, 4/5⭐
The Dead Romantics - Ashley Poston, 5/5⭐ (well... I finished the last 50 pages after midnight but Goodreads is still counting it, so I'm still counting it lol)
#bookblr#sprites books of the year#cant fucking belive i went from reading 20 books last year to 118 this year#(number on this might be a little off cause i included the individual novellas in Loathe to Love You as books on Goodreads)#sprite talks books#books of 2023
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Darwin had the wish to train someone (I think he wants Shrimpy to be brains AND brawn) so I had him train her (:
#broadbent gen 1#broadbent legacy#the sims 3#the sims 3 legacy#ts3#ts3 gameplay#ts3 legacy#simblr#sims 3#sims 3 legacy
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‘We’re not as cool as the French – it’s more bumbling’: Lydia Leonard on remaking Call My Agent!
from The Guardian
Rachel Aroesti Sat 16 Apr 2022 13.00 BST
Lydia Leonard may not be a household name, but she has played plenty of them. From her Tony-nominated turn as Anne Boleyn in the West End and Broadway productions of Wolf Hall to a stint as Jackie Onassis on stage and Virginia Woolf on TV – not to mention her forthcoming appearance as Cherie Blair in The Crown – the 40-year-old takes transforming into incredibly famous and impressive women entirely in her stride. But none of them have proved anywhere near as daunting as her latest role.
“It was probably the most nervous I’ve been,” says Leonard, leaning anxiously over a picnic table outside an east London coffee shop. “Well, terrified.” She corrects herself again. “I mean, thrilled.”
Whether Leonard is in fact nervous, terrified or thrilled – or any combination of the three – it would be completely understandable. She is about to play the lead in the British remake of Call My Agent!, the French comedy series that rocketed to worldwide smash-hit status during the pandemic. The show’s breakout star, Camille Cottin – who plays the cool, acid-tongued talent agent Andréa – graduated from domestic success to global recognition over the course of the show’s four series. In the UK version, renamed Ten Percent, Leonard is playing the Andréa character, Rebecca. She also happens to be one of the French actor’s many devotees – and it is her legacy Leonard is most worried about living up to. “I was really quite in love with Camille Cottin,” she explains.
As besotted as she was with her Parisian counterpart, Leonard knew she must scour all trace of Cottin from her mind, immediately tearing herself away from the original show, “because it’s not helpful if you’re going to be approaching something for yourself”. That was especially important considering the two characters are very much cut from the same cloth: Rebecca and Andréa are both incredibly self-possessed, high-powered women with chaotic love lives and a knack for intimidating junior staff – and quite often the viewer, too. (Very much not cut from the same cloth is Leonard, who is palpably nervous and prone to second-guessing herself: constantly revising answers to even the most innocuous of questions.)
To really make her mark as Rebecca, Leonard looked to her own life for inspiration. Instead of her experiences with agents, she thought back to a collection of “hardcore Soho media women” she befriended through her cousin in the early 00s. “I’d ride on their coattails when I was 24 and they were in their 30s. It was all expenses and boozy lunches.” She even briefly worked for one of them at the time, answering the phone at a media company, and has channelled the swagger she witnessed into her portrayal of Rebecca.
In fact, translating a show that felt quintessentially French (chic, witty but also frequently melodramatic and farcical) into something recognisably British was the mission of the entire Ten Percent team. Wisely, they enlisted John Morton – the writer behind sitcoms Twenty Twelve and W1A, known for their distinctively stilted and jargon-heavy dialogue – to convert the stylish original into a workplace comedy brimming with deadpan cringe. “We’re not as cool as the French, so it’s a bit more bumbling,” is how Leonard sums it up.
The UK has been able to compete on the star power front, however. The French version’s sumptuous cameo list – Juliette Binoche, Monica Bellucci, Isabelle Huppert – has been swapped for a swathe of big British names, including Emma Corrin, Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West. The core cast is similarly impressive, featuring Jim Broadbent, Jack Davenport and Maggie Steed as three of the other agents.
Yet the initial draw of the show remains the same in both versions: there is something irresistibly meta about seeing actors play agents desperately wrangling, protecting, counselling and often manipulating other actors. And while it makes an agent’s life seem inordinately stressful, it’s the actors you tend to feel most sorry for. The first two episodes of the British version depict acting as head-spinningly precarious and chockful of rejection: one storyline involves old friends Bonham Carter and Olivia Williams both believing they’ve been cast in the same role: a potentially ego-devastating problem for which the agents must find a miraculous solution.
Leonard can certainly relate; she says she never truly believes she actually has a part until she is safely on set. “And even then, you think you’re probably going to get fired for at least the first week – until you’ve got significant stuff in the can that you know it would cost them too much to reshoot without you.”
Less relatable, thinks Leonard, is the plot of the show’s first episode, in which Kelly Macdonald loses a role in a Hollywood blockbuster for looking too old. The storyline is almost a scene-by-scene remake of the French version’s opening episode (the story arcs do diverge later in the series), in which film star Cécile de France is almost persuaded by an agent to get cosmetic surgery in order to secure a part in a Quentin Tarantino movie. Leonard says nothing remotely similar has ever happened to her. “No, no one’s told me personally to get tweaks,” she responds quickly.
Cosmetic surgery is something of a sensitive subject for Leonard – but not for the reasons you might expect. In 2017, she gave an interview to a newspaper in which she spoke about being replaced by Rebecca Hall in the film version of Frost/Nixon. (She played Frost’s partner Caroline Cushing in the original theatre production, and while her co-stars Michael Sheen and Frank Langella were cast in the Hollywood adaptation, she was not.) In the piece, Leonard says she asked to audition for the film role, but her agent wasn’t optimistic about her chances, saying: “No, darling. It’s about bone structure. Now, I’m not going to be the one to tell you to get plastic surgery … ” The article quotes Leonard’s response as: “I thought: well it sounds like you’re telling me to get plastic surgery!”
That, says Leonard, was “bullshit”. Or, more precisely, a joke that didn’t carry in the printed retelling; her agent was not being remotely serious in her suggestion that her client go under the knife. Leonard was “quite upset” about the interview (not surprising, considering she is still with that same agency, and has been since drama school). This is partly why she seems so anxious and un-Rebecca-like today: she says she’s been apprehensive about speaking to journalists ever since that incident. (Prior to our meeting she went for a swim in an attempt to calm herself down.)
Still, is it so outrageous to believe an agent might suggest surgery to their client? It happens in Ten Percent, after all. Leonard thinks that is probably a thing of the past. “Let’s remember Call My Agent! was written pre the last few years,” she says. “You do hear of people being told to lose weight and whatnot, but hopefully [nowadays] that’s pretty off-key for anyone to suggest.” (A couple of weeks later, Leonard requests a telephone call in order to clarify her thoughts on the matter. She has since spoken to her agent about the cosmetic surgery joke, who told her that despite the suggestion not being serious in her case, they “absolutely were encouraged to say things like that to people – so it’s relevant and not like it didn’t happen.”)
Whatever the industry’s precise pressures on women, it is hard to get away from the fact that acting is a profession that may as well be engineered to make people feel as self-conscious as possible. “Part of the job is having to stare at yourself in a mirror for two hours every morning while somebody does your makeup, or watch yourself on a big screen – that’s definitely not good,” agrees Leonard. Her new tactic is to view her performances through her phone, the small, low-quality picture making it harder to analyse the finer details. “There’s enough distance: I can grasp that they’ve told the story well and not fall into that thing of scrutinising yourself too closely.”
Leonard is no stranger to scrutinising herself; she has been doing it her entire life. In fact, it’s part of the reason she wanted to become an actor in the first place. The initial seed was sown, she thinks, by her alliterative name. “Friends’ parents would be like: ‘Lydia Leonard! That sounds like an actor!’” Then there was her obsession with Winona Ryder (“I had a lot of pictures of her on my wall”). Most crucial, however, was the layout of her childhood bedroom at her family’s Hampshire home. “This is a bit psychotic, but I had a really big mirror in the corner of my room and used to have quite a lot of conversations with myself in that – doing faces and voices. Very narcissistic and nuts.” The sort of setup that could easily foster an actorly awareness of how you are coming across.
After an initial rejection – she spent the intervening year backpacking and working in Selfridges – Leonard got a place at Bristol Old Vic theatre school, which has a reputation as a hyperselective hothouse for serious acting talent (past alumni include Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman, Jeremy Irons and Naomie Harris [EDIT: and Stephen Dillane!] ). It sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime, but Leonard is very reluctant to sing the praises of drama school. “I wouldn’t necessarily advocate it. I don’t think people need to be trained, and a lot of the best actors one works with haven’t been to drama school at all, so I don’t want to glorify it.” Acting, she thinks, is something “you can’t really teach – either you’ve got it or you don’t”.
However little it taught her, drama school did help Leonard get her foot in the door of the industry. After graduating, she slid immediately into a steady stream of theatre and TV jobs. But it wasn’t until her 30s that things got substantially “busier”. After the success of Wolf Hall, meatier television roles followed: Virginia Woolf in the BBC drama Life in Squares, for a start, but also a leading part in Victorian medical comedy Quacks and a recurring role in Gentleman Jack as another real historical figure, Mariana Lawton, the ex-lover of Suranne Jones’s titular protagonist and a major player in the show’s currently airing second series.
Leonard thinks she was always destined for success (marginally) later in life. She never felt she fitted into the role of the “ingenue, even when I was 21 – you grow into your casting”. She is also aware that a changing industry means women are no longer past their sell-by date by the time they reach their fourth decade. “When I first started out I was definitely conscious of people saying you’ve got to have had a break by the time you’re 25 or you could forget about the roles in your 30s and 40s. That’s completely turned on its head now and a lot of the best roles on television are women in their 50s.”
That is partly because 20 years ago the idea of “making it” wasn’t just about being recognised for your skills: success was inextricably linked to being seen as a sex object. “When I was young you hadn’t made it unless you were in your underwear on the front of FHM. That was never my dream but I was a teenager in the 90s, so a bit of you still [internalises] these weird things about what success as a woman is.” It was a situation that continued well into the 2000s, too: Suranne Jones has spoken about how she was pressured into posing for lads’ mags when she started working on Coronation Street.
Now, Leonard is very much cleaving to modern ideas of actorly success. And for British thesps that tends to involve a role in the fascinating and impeccably constructed Netflix epic The Crown. Last year, Leonard was cast as Cherie Blair – alongside Bertie Carvel as Tony – in the show’s fifth and sixth seasons. (There is also a substantial crossover between the cast of The Crown and Ten Percent, with Bonham Carter, Corrin, Williams and West all involved in both shows.)
Leonard had long harboured an ambition to be in The Crown. “It’s funny because over the years from the sidelines as a vaguely posh, white actress, you think: who could I be in The Crown? So-and-so? No, I’m too old. So-and-so? No, I’m too young. It never occurred to me that I could be Cherie Blair, so when I got that call I was quite surprised.” Once hair and makeup had finished with her, though, she was converted. “You’re like: oh my God, I look exactly like her!” You can certainly see why The Crown casting team are regarded as the best in the business: stylishly dressed with long glossy hair, at first glance Leonard doesn’t seem very Cherie-like at all; but once you start looking for similarities, the facial resemblance begins to verge on the uncanny.
When it comes to playing famous women, Leonard quickly realised there is no one-size-fits-all approach. She listened to tapes of Virginia Woolf, but decided against mimicking her voice. “The way they spoke then would be completely distracting for a modern drama now,” she says. “It sounds so ridiculously period.” With Anne Boleyn, she did some independent research, and would occasionally bring a fact she’d unearthed with her to the rehearsal room, feeling “quite pleased” with herself as she did so. But she ultimately realised that this detective work was a bit pointless as Hilary Mantel’s novels were the only material she needed. “You’re not doing the definitive Anne Boleyn, you’re playing Hilary Mantel’s Anne Boleyn – you’re a cog in that story.” Cherie Blair – someone whose voice and mannerisms are relatively familiar to the general public – requires something more akin to an impersonation, says Leonard. “I’ll be trying to do more of a likeness than I would with a historical character; she reads her own audiobook, so that’s helpful.”
Her Cherie won’t reach screens until November, at which point it’s likely that Leonard will have become a much more familiar face thanks to Ten Percent and its built-in audience of Call My Agent! fans. On the one hand, it seems slightly ironic that this chameleonic actor’s breakout moment will be as a character so similar to her real self – a contemporary, successful, rather posh Londoner working in the film and TV industry. And yet, after meeting her, it’s clear that the role requires the same sort of transformation as any other. For the perpetually cautious Leonard, self-assured, swaggering super-agent Rebecca is as much of a stretch as any 1960s first lady or tragic Tudor queen.
Ten Percent is available in full on Amazon Prime Video from 28 April.
#lydia leonard#ten percent#rebecca fox#the guardian#interview#lydia ruling 2022#winona ryder#camille cottin#cherie blair#ann boleyn#virginia woolf#mariana lawton
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HANGING OUT AT SMALL’S LIVE #1: 14-19 MARCH 2022
COUCH TOUR
ALAN BROADBENT with Don Falzone and Billy Mintz, MEZZROW’S, 14 MARCH 2022
ALMOST COUCH TOUR
NICOLE GLOVER with Mike King, Dean Torrey, and Kayvon Gordon, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 10 MARCH 2022
ARI HOENIG with Gadi Lehavi and Ben Tiberio, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 7 MARCH 2022
DARRYL SHERMAN/HOUSTON PERSON, MEZZROW’S, 6 MARCH 2022
HELEN SUNG AND THE (RE)CONCEPTION PROJECT (Ingrid Jensen, John Ellis, David Wong, and Terreon Gully), SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 19 SEPTEMBER 2019
I want to use my rather compulsive jazz streaming at the Small’s Live Foundation’s website as a different kind of writing prompt so that that becomes a little less compulsive. For nearly as long as I have been a jazz fan, I have dreamed about being able to go to clubs regularly. Lockdown streaming made that possible, but Small’s and Mezzrow’s were already streaming and archiving shows before then and I get to continue.
As a regular, I have some fixtures I make a point of seeing—Alan Broadbent seems to show up monthly, Nicole Glover has an every other Thursday night late night gig, I want to see Ari Hoenig every chance I can, same with Sean Mason and his own late night duos (often with Giveton Gelin). But there are limits to how I can capture Broadbent’s elegance and Billy Mintz’s exquisite subtlety or Glover’s mining of the hard and post bop legacy or Hoenig playing drums like Scott LaFaro played bass always soloing yet perfectly complementing the rest of the band. And that’s Mason’s approach to duos too.
So rather than perfunctory reviews, let me try to draw broader listening arcs. I reserve the right of course to take up a set or run in a self contained essay. But this week, besides returning to Broadbent, Glover, and Hoenig, I caught the other sets of intriguing earlier sets from Darryl Sherman with Houston Person and Helen Sung from 2019 as I “researched” John Ellis as an example of a spare, dry tenor sound, a taste I’m acquiring (Scott Robinson, who also has played with Sung; Mark Turner; Melissa Aldana sometimes; Stan Getz; and maybe it all goes back to Lester Young whom I know too little).
Let’s start with Sung as I had hoped to see her at Jazz St Louis this year. I wasn’t comfortable going but maybe she wasn’t part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center all stars who came to town in February. She’s a smart composer/bandleader who sets high standards for herself giving a Monk twofer in this set having had an Ellington one in the other set. She gives her players interesting things to do in her charts—and this time around Ingrid Jensen got more space than she had in the second one, both for proper solos and in conversation with Ellis who ranged more while still keeping that elegance. But it’s Sung’s band and she gives herself room to compose in real time from the keyboard.
It’s also Glover’s band and, though she is back to not introducing tunes, she seems to be curating the Blue Note albums from the 1960s and Strata East from the 1970s. Lots of spiky involved jazz compositions that give her things to work with as she tries on different bands—with a trumpeter last time, Mike King on piano this time (solid but not confining her), and Dean Torrey not reliable Tyrone Allen but Kayvon Gordon driving things nimbly on drums
Sung had Tyrone Gulley doing the same wonderful thing, but Ari Hoenig is my current favorite as he plays in three, no four dimensions. He never just accompanies but doesn’t overwhelm. He can go toe to toe with Jean-Michel Pilc but he makes room for Gadi Lehavi who finally begins to shine in my eyes with some quite pretty work, often through the little gems that Hoenig provides. They do the ballad for his daughter Alana most sets and it’s quite special. As he did with Moanin’ in the other set, Hoenig played lead on Sonny Rollins’s Pent Up House by adhering to the actual tune.
Billy Mintz is by comparison a model of restraint, sometimes just brushes on the snare or lightly on cymbals, but equally shading things for Broadbent who draws on an older book than Glover—more Tad Dameron (as this time around) or Parker even or Lee Morgan for Ceora as well as the Great American Song Book.
Darryl Sherman as a singer is adept at the GASB too. But I was there for Houston Person who continues to be remarkable in taking tunes and keys on the fly and finding just the right thing to add and embellish. She coaxed him into doing The Nearness of You and that was quite special. Her piano playing is quite capable and she very much has the jazz spirit. Her voice was thinner than I remembered from my first listening and I got chided for including a tune from her when I put together a show for my Toledo friend. Clearly I have no ear for singers and now have even less reason to try to develop one. It may be that show’s esthetic, but Paul Desmond doesn’t play fast, as he put in an add, and I don’t play singers.
For the longest time though, singing was a primary way that women could play jazz. Sherman is a solid pianist, but probably wouldn’t, unlike Sung, have been able to rely on that. Glover is a no nonsense soloist and is now in Artemis with Ingrid Jensen among others. Jensen too is a serious player but she seemed to have fun with Sung and Ellis. That was very nice to see.
It was a good week at the clubs.
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Hampton by Hilton to expand presence with High Wycombe hotel
Hilton has announced a partnership with Handy Cross Dev Co to open a 150-guest room Hampton by Hilton in High Wycombe.
The hotel is planned for the site to the west of the park and with “easy access” to the M40 motorway. The project is an integral part of the council’s consented plan for the hub.
Patrick Fitzgibbon, senior vice president at Hilton, said: “We are delighted to bring our global brand to High Wycombe alongside the local authority’s £150m Handy Cross Hub, mixed use development.”
Andy Townsend, director of Handy Cross Dev Co and CEO of Legacy Hotels & Resorts added: “Hampton by Hilton High Wycombe will be a landmark building enjoying significant visibility from passing traffic on the M40 motorway. This is a continuation of our partnership with Hilton and this exciting project will meet the growing demand for quality accommodation in the area.
“Hampton by Hilton is a globally-recognized hotel brand, and we are delighted that there will be a quality offer at Handy Cross Hub,” said Cllr Steve Broadbent, cabinet member for economic development and regeneration at Wycombe District Council. “Handy Cross Hub is a prime location with great potential for investors to continue to improve the ‘town offer’. Following on from this latest success we hope to capitalise on this and progress with development of another piece of the HXH jigsaw.”
Wycombe District Council sold the designated hotel site to Legacy Hotels & Resorts, in partnership with global hotel investors Frank Truman Asset Management, in November.
Source: https://www.hotelowner.co.uk/19671-hampton-by-hilton-to-expand-presence-with-high-wycombe-hotel/
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