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xtruss · 11 months

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10 National Parks To Avoid The Summer Crowds

From rugged hiking trails to pristine beaches, upgrade your summer at these under-the-radar wilderness areas.

— By Elizabeth Kwak-Hefferan | June 2, 2023

Two spelunkers explore Lechuguilla Cave—currently reserved for scientific research—in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, home to some of the deepest, largest, and most ornate caverns in the U.S. Photograph By Robbie Shone, National Geographic Image Collection

The most popular national parks in the U.S. such as Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon attracted record crowds last summer. For some, it might be worth fighting traffic or walking packed trails to see the towering granite monoliths in Yosemite or fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains. But, there are 63 national parks across the country, many with far fewer visitors—and just as many hikes with epic views, wildlife-spotting opportunities, and kid-friendly excursions.

Here are 10 of the country’s least trafficked parks, plus what to see and do in them.

Best Water Excursions: Channel Islands National Park, California

Hikers and kayakers find ample ways to explore this constellation of five wild islands off the coast of Santa Barbara. Beginner-friendly paddling trips, like the one from Scorpion Anchorage on Santa Cruz Island, let visitors take in abundant sea caves, kelp forests, and wildlife such as gray whales, dolphins, and sea lions. Strong currents and shifting weather make going with a guide a smart move.

Remote islands like Santa Rosa have hiking trails through rugged mountains with glimpses of wildlife, including tiny, endemic island foxes, at dawn and dusk. Spend the night at Santa Cruz Island’s only lodging option, Scorpion Canyon Campground, a half-mile hike from the beach.

Composed of five tectonically formed islands and surrounded by an extensive marine sanctuary, Channel Islands National Park offers dramatic sea views, epic wildlife watching, and scenic hikes. Photograph By Robert Schwemmer/Alamy Stock Photo

Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota

More than a third of this Northwoods network of boreal forests and rocky islands is covered by water—four huge lakes plus 26 smaller ones. New environmental protections make now an ideal time to experience these waterways via a tour boat, canoe, or kayak. Easy-access shoreline campsites line the park’s major lakes, but the wildest, quietest destinations sit deep in the interior of the Kabetogama Peninsula. Reserve a backcountry campsite along the Chain of Lakes or on the central peninsula’s waters, where your only companions for a spectacular aurora borealis show will be the loons and moose.

Best Wildlife Viewing: Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska

This coast-meets-mountains reserve takes wildlife watching to the next level. Use the park’s only maintained long trail to the outlook over Harding Icefield for breathtaking panoramic views of this expansive, icy landscape. Along the way, keep an eye out for grizzlies, black bears, wolverines, lynx, wolves, and mountain goats. From a kayak or tour boat, look out for orcas, humpback whales, and dolphins among the waves and Steller sea lions and harbor seals on the beaches

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

Brazilian free-tailed bats are a star attraction at this Chihuahuan Desert park. Each year, these flying critters make their way back from their winter grounds in Mexico to roost in the park’s intricate network of limestone caves. August and September bring the best bat watching when the year’s babies take to the skies with their parents. Around sunset, the bats spiral out of the cavern’s Natural Entrance by the hundreds of thousands to eat insects.

Top: The glacial landscapes and coastal waters of Alaska’s Kenai Fjords National Park provide ideal conditions for viewing wildlife, like these Steller sea lions pictured. Photograph By Cagan Sekercioglu. Bottom: Thousands of bats spew out of a cave in Carlsbad Caverns in search of food. Photograph By Michael Nichols — National Geographic Image Collection

Best Hiking Trails: North Cascades National Park, Washington

Known as the “American Alps,” this park holds more than 400 miles of trails that take hikers and horseback riders to wildflower meadows, old-growth forests, glacier viewpoints, and remote lakes. One standout is the Desolation Peak Trail, which leads to a mountaintop lookout cabin where Jack Kerouac spent a summer. North Cascades remains well off the radar: Just over 30,000 people visited last year, a mere 2 percent of the traffic of its southern neighbor, Mount Rainier. The terrain is so remote and wild, the park is considering restoring grizzly bear populations here.

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Explore the sunset-colored canyons that ancestral Pueblo people called home in Mesa Verde. Here, skillfully designed cliff dwellings, some with up to 150 rooms and large enough to house one hundred people, remain tucked into protected stone alcoves, just as they’ve been for 800 years. In summer, rangers lead hiking tours inside some of them, including Cliff Palace, the largest such village in North America, and Balcony House, which involves climbing up cliffside ladders and crawling through rock tunnels. After dark, look up. Mesa Verde’s skies are well-protected from light pollution, earning it International Dark Sky Park status in 2021.

Tourists visit the ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park., Colorado.Photograph By Phil Schermeister, National Geographic Image Collection

Best Cultural Experiences: Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Accessible only by boat or seaplane, this park offers pristine beaches, exceptional snorkeling, and the chance to explore the historic Fort Jefferson. Located on Garden Key, the second largest of the park’s seven islands (70 miles from Key West), the military stronghold was the largest masonry fort in the Western Hemisphere during the mid-1800s. During the Civil War, it became one of the nation’s largest prisons.

Visitors who brave the two-plus-hour trip by boat or 40-minute ride by plane to get here can tour the grounds where Union prisoners (like the doctor who set John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg) were imprisoned during the Civil War. After strolling the grounds, explore Dry Tortugas’s other major attraction: superb snorkeling among coral reefs where you might see octopi, nurse sharks, reef squid, and barracudas.

Haleakalā National Park, Maui, Hawaii

More than 30 miles of trails wind over ancient lava flows and through endemic silversword patches before plunging into the summit crater of Haleakalā. Native Hawaiians consider the summit a sacred site, where they held religious ceremonies, studied the stars, and quarried basalt for centuries. On the other side of the park, visitors can still see their village ruins and fishing shrines at tropical Kipahula, an 800-year-old coastal settlement that’s now better known for its crashing waterfalls and the idyllic Seven Sacred Pools of ‘Ohe’o Gulch.

The famed Haleakalā Crater is a vast depression—but it's actually not a volcanic crater. It was formed as erosion ate away a ridgeline, joining two valleys in Haleakalā National Park. Photograph By Pete Ryan, National Geographic Image Collection

Top: To avoid crowds, visit Haleakalā summit after 3 p.m.; its sunsets can be as spectacular as its famous sunrises. Bottom: Erected in 1958, the Haleakalā Observatory is Hawaii’s first astronomical research planetarium. — Photographs By Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic Image Collection

Best For Family: Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana

Kids will find more than just a day at the beach in this welcome pocket of nature amidst the nearby bustle of Chicago, a 45-minute drive away. An impressively diverse number of ecosystems in this compact park let families explore wetlands, oak savannas, pine forests, prairies, and 15 miles of sandy shoreline in a day.

There are also opportunities for kayaking the coast of Lake Michigan or canoeing the Little Calumet River (the park was upgraded from national lakeshore status in 2019). The in-progress Indigenous Cultural Trail features murals and interpretive signs that teach about the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, two of the area’s original peoples.

Top: Mammoth Cave—Kentucky’s only national park—contains more than 400 miles of caves, making it the longest cave system in the world. Photograph By Phil Schermeister, National Geographic Image Collection Bottom: Park visitors stand up paddle board along the Grand Calumet River on the outskirts of Lake Michigan in Indiana Dunes National Park. Photograph By Keith Ladzinski, National Geographic Image Collection

Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Escape the summer heat by exploring a labyrinth of underground caverns that maintain a refreshing temperature of 54°F year-round. To see the caves, you’ll have to take a ranger-guided tour. These vary in difficulty, with options for families with young kids to enjoy the stunning stalagmites, stalactites, and tunnels. Or for the older kids, try the longer, more challenging tours by lantern light.

During the guided tours, park rangers point out remnants of early inhabitants’ mining activity dating back to 1200 B.C. and tell the stories of enslaved Black cave guides from the 1830s and the “Cave Wars” between rival tourism developers in the early 1900s.

#National Parks #Summer Crowd #Wildlife #Cultural #Family #National Geographic

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causewhywouldnti · 11 months

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My thoughts as I’m watching 24 seasons of law & order svu:

Season 5

Loved how Elliot was portrayed in 5x06. Yes, he made a mistake. But he recognized it and then tried to fix it. Prefer that to characters who are either just perfect or never learn.

Mariska getting to act with her dad in 5x09 was pretty cool. The partnership of Benson and Stabler was great that whole episode. Especially showed how well he knew her. For example, when she couldn‘t arrest Hilary, so he took over. Miniscule moment, but you can see it in their body language.

The interrogation in 5x13 shows a lot of dynamics. Especially, Benson and Stablers silent understanding of each other. You can see the exact moment that they change tactics. They do it at the same time, and he just gives her a small nod and she steps back. And then Fin comes in for the kill. Beautifully executed by the actors.

Andy Abbot reading himself his Miranda rights in 5x20 is exactly what I do in my head, when someone tells me something, I tell other people on a daily basis.

Could be my lack of sleep talking, but the fake argument between Stabler and Benson in 5x23 is just really funny to me.

Familiar faces: Mare Winningham (Susan, Grey‘s), Susanna Thompson (Hollis, NCIS), Marisol Nichols (24), Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town/Whiskey Cavalier!), Andre Royo (Fringe), Daphne Zuniga (OTH), Milo Ventimiglia (Jess, Gilmore Girls), Serena Williams, Gary Cole (NCIS), Barry Bostwick (Spin City), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Jane Seymour, Arielle Kebbel (9-1-1), Blair Brown (Fringe), Cress Williams (Tucker, Grey‘s), Marcia Jean Kurtz (In Her Shoes), Michael Beach (The100), Marlee Matlin (Switched at Birth) and Chris Potter (The Good Witch)

Favorite Episodes: 5x04, 5x06, 5x09, 5x17 and 5x24

Favorite lines: “I was just trying to help her up.” “With your penis?”- Benson 5x03

“Lady, I’ve got four kids, if I ever talked to one of them like that, I’d arrest myself.” - Stabler 5x03

About whether he thinks Benson killed a man: „I know you didn‘t. You’d have shot the bastard.“ - Stabler 5x09

"Well, the outfit's a crime, but it's not a match." - Cragen 5x25

#for prosperity #law and order special victims unit #svu #season 5

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andyridgeley · 2 months

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tagged by @andrew3garfield to post 5 songs & 6 albums i’ve been loving lately, thank youuuuuu!!! tagging whoever wants to go for it!

#personal thingys #adkjflkjALKJDFLKADJF ENJOY <3

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kwebtv · 2 months

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From the Golden Age of Television

Series Premiere

The Lone Wolf - The Long Beach Story - Syndicated - April 9, 1954

Action Adventure

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Bernard Girard

Produced by Jack Gross and Phil Krasne

Directed by Bernard Girard

Stars

Louis Hayward as Michael Lanyard

Barbara Billingsley as Jean Arnold

Burt Mustin as George Braken

Robert Nichols as Sam Harris (as Bob Nichols)

Thomas E. Jackson as Lt. Diggers (as Tom Jackson)

Stephen Bekassy as Henri Felix

Isabel Dwan as Frankie Ludwig

#The Long Beach Story #TV #The Lone Wolf #Action #Adventure #1950's #1954 #Syndicated #Louis Hayward #Barbara Billingsley #Burt Mustin #Robert Nichols #Thomas E Jackson #Series Premiere

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pdj-france · 10 months

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Une femme américaine accusée d'avoir tué son colocataire a tenté d'éliminer l'ADN potentiellement incriminant en s'aspergeant de la populaire boisson gazeuse Mountain Dew, d'après la police.D'après des documents judiciaires, un policier a été signalé le 1er juillet en raison d'un incendie dans une propriété de Daytona Beach et au sein de la maison a trouvé Michael Cerasoli, 79 ans, avec de multiples coups de couteau au torse et des blessures à la tête.Dans la chambre de Cerasoli, les détectives ont trouvé un couteau couvert de sang près de son corps, d'après l'affidavit, et un téléphone portable appartenant à une femme, Nichole Maks, âgée de 35 ans.Ont rapporté la police, Nichole Maks a versé la boisson gazeuse sur tout son corps et ses cheveux pour essayer de se débarrasser des preuves ADN. (Renard 35 Orlando)Le propriétaire de Cerasoli a affirmé à la police que Maks avait vécu avec Cerasoli à la maison.Le lendemain matin, des agents ont retrouvé Maks dans la banlieue de Daytona Beach, Holly Hill.En prenant contact avec elle, la police prétend que Maks a laissé tomber un couteau et un marteau et a été retrouvée avec du sang sur la jambe.Les détectives ont affirmé que Maks avait changé son histoire a de multiples reprises alors qu'ils l'interrogeaient sur le décès de Cerasoli. Au début, elle a prétendu être sans abri mais, d'après la police, elle a finalement admis qu'elle vivait avec Cerasoli.Elle a dit aux policiers qu'elle n'était jamais montée dans la chambre de Cerasoli, sauf pour "nourrir ses araignées".Quand la police a dit à Maks qu'ils allaient prendre son ADN pour des tests, ils ont dit qu'elle avait demandé à boire et que les agents lui avaient donné un Diet Mountain Dew.Dans la chambre de l'homme, les détectives ont trouvé un couteau couvert de sang près de son corps. (Renard 35 Orlando)Maks a ensuite versé le soda sur tout son corps et ses cheveux "pour tenter d'interférer avec les preuves possibles sur (son corps)", indique l'affidavit.D'après le document, les tests ADN ont montré que l'ADN de Cerasoli se trouvait sur la lame d'un couteau trouvé près de son corps et que l'ADN de Maks se trouvait sur le manche du couteau.Maks est accusé de meurtre avec préméditation au premier degré et s'est vu refuser la libération sous caution.

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cassnderson · 1 year

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Movies I’ve Watched & Thoroughly Enjoyed

- The Unbelievable Truth (1989) - Dir. Hal Hartley•

- Near Dark (1987) - Dir. Kathryn Bigelow•

- High Plains Drifter (1973) - Dir. Clint Eastwood•

- Crimes of Passion (1984) - Dir. Ken Russel

- The Devils (1971) - Dir. Ken Russel

- True Romance (1993) - Dir. Tony Scott•

- Less Than Zero (1987) - Dir. Marek Kanievska

- Phantom of The Paradise (1974) - Dir. Brian De Palma•

- But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) - Dir. Jamie Babbit

- Sleeper (1973) - Dir. Woody Allen

- Magic in the Moonlight (2014) - Dir. Woody Allen

- Josie and The Pussycats (2001) - Dir. Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, & Marc Webb

- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) - Dir. Blake Edwards•

- Reality Bites (1994) - Dir. Ben Stiller

- Scream (1996) - Dir. Wes Craven

- Tank Girl (1995) - Dir. Rachel Talalay•

- Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) - Dir. Steven Soderbergh

- The Before Trilogy (1995) (2004) (2013) - Dir. Richard Linklater

- Lady Bird (2017) - Dir. Greta Gerwig

- Jennifer's Body (2009) - Dir. Karyn Kusama

- Muriel's Wedding (1994) - Dir. P.J. Hogan•

- Blue Velvet (1986) - Dir. David Lynch

- Mulholland Drive (2001) - Dir. David Lynch

- Urban Cowboy (1980) - Dir. James Bridges

- Grey Gardens (2009) - Dir. Michael Sucsy

- Opera (1987) - Dir. Dario Argento - The Palm Beach Story (1942) - Dir. Preston Sturges•

- Weird Science (1985) - Dir. John Hughes•

- Election (1999) - Dir. Alexander Payne

- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Dir. Mike Nichols•

- Bottle Rocket (1996) - Dir. Wes Anderson

- Raising Arizona (1987) - Dir. Coen Brothers

- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - Dir. Coen Brothers•

- The Love Witch (2016) - Dir. Anna Biller

- Dream Lover (1993) - Dir. Nicholas Kazan

- Something Wild (1986) - Dir. Jonathan Demme

- Only You (1994) - Dir. Norman Jewison

- Moonstruck (1987) - Dir. Norman Jewison•

- Death Becomes Her (1992) - Dir. Robert Zemeckis

- So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) - Dir. Thomas Schlamme•

- Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Dir. Baz Luhrmann•

- The Craft (1996) - Dir. Andrew Fleming

- Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - Dir. Federico Fellini

- Society (1989) - Dir. Brian Yuzna

- Murder by Death (1976) - Dir. Robert Moore•

- Better Off Dead… (1985) - Dir. Savage Steve Holland

- 12 Monkeys (1995) - Dir. Terry Gilliam•

- Death Proof (2007) - Dir. Quinton Tarantino

- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) - Dir. Frank Capra•

- Chef (2014) - Dir. Jon Favreau

- Possession (1981) - Dir. Andrzej Zulawski

- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) - Dir. David Mirkin

- Amélie (2001) - Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

- Night Shift (1982) - Dir. Ron Howard•

- Paris, Texas (1984) - Dir. Wim Wenders

- Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) - Dir. John Patrick Shanley•

- The Princess Bride (1987) - Dir. Rob Reiner•

- SLC Punk! (1998) - Dir. James Merendino

- Practical Magic (1998) - Dir. Griffin Dunne

- Foul Play (1978) - Dir. Colin Higgins

- The Crush (1993) - Dir. Alan Shapiro

- Ghost World (2001) - Dir. Terry Zwigoff

- Crash (1996) - Dir. David Cronenberg

- The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) - Dir. Robert Fuest

- Can't Buy Me Love (1987) - Dir. Steve Rash

- Cry-Baby (1990) - Dir. John Waters

- Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Dir. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris

#mine #cassnderson

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lenbryant · 1 year

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In which I give myself the NYTimes "By The Book" quiz (that absolutely no one requested):

What books are on your night stand? Terrence McNally "Selected Works," Mark Harris's bio of "Mike Nichols," James Lapine's "Putting It Together," Shakespeare's "As You Like It," and Jonathan Hickman's "Fantastic Four: The Complete Collection."

What's the last great book you read? Andrew Holleran's "Dancer From The Dance."

Are there any classic novels that you only recently read for the first time? Homer's "The Odyssey" in 2018.

Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Probably a situation like the time I read "A Moveable Feast" on the beach in Hawaii. In the sand, by the sea, with my love, on vacation, covered with sunscreen, and under a big umbrella.

What's your favorite book no one else has heard of? Most things I read have already been heard of by lots of people, unless it's an unpublished manuscript from a friend. I guess the most unheard of favorite though has been "Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith" by Andrew Wilson.

Which writers working today do you admire the most? Obviously Tony Kushner, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Stephen King (sometimes), Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Andrew Holleran, Alice Oseman, Michael R. Jackson, Will Arbery, Edmund White, Keith Bunin, Kazuo Ishiguro, etc.

Have you ever written a fan letter to an author? Yes, I wrote a raving fan letter to the author of the excellent biography "Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams" and also to the author of "Will In The World." Both authors wrote back to me. Sadly Lyle Leverich passed away before he could finish the second volume of his Williams biographies, but that task was taken over by John Lahr, who produced one of my favorite books about the theater: "Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh." I've not written to Mr. Lahr though.

What do you read when you're working on a book? And what kind of reading do you avoid while writing? Since I don't write book-books, this probably doesn't apply. Although, I am reminded of Tony Kushner's warning to playwrights to avoid reading Shakespeare when you're working on a play because you'll find yourself very discouraging by comparison.

What's the last book you read that made you laugh? The one that made me laugh the most was John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces." When I got to the climax of that book I literally threw the thing down and laughed so hard I was crying. It's not a book for everyone though, because the protagonist is completely unlikeable.

The last book you read that made you cry? "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

The last book you read that made you furious? "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Have you ever changed your opinion of a book based on information about the author, or anything else? Well, after I bought the well-reviewed biography of Philip Roth last year all those stories about the despicable behavior of the biographer came out. By the time the book arrived, I'd decided I didn't want to read it. It's still on the shelf, in case I change my mind, but as of now I'm not interested in what they have to say.

What's the most interesting thing you learned from a book recently? The fact, from Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus," that the woman taken in adultery story in the Bible, which gave us the line "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone," wasn't in the earliest versions of the manuscript and was added to the text by later scribes. Also, most interesting of all time is: everything in the pages of "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. That book changed my life.

Do you distinguish between "commercial" and "literary" ficiton? Where's that line for you? No.

How do you organize your books? Barely. I have a shelf for plays, a shelf for biographies, a shelf for comics. Then everything else goes just where it happens to fit, including in stacks of books on the floor.

What book might people be surprised to find on your shelves? "The Five Little Peppers And How They Grew."

What's the best book you've ever received as a gift? "Less" by Andrew Sean Greer (from my writer friend Kathleen)

What kind of reader were you as a child? Which childhood books and authors stick with you most? As a child I read whatever was assigned at school. I still don't know why we had to read "Silas Marner." But mostly my reading diet consisted of comic books and the World Book Encyclopedia. Those little paperback books we'd receive occasionally at school were fun. I once got a novelization of "Planet of the Apes" from that program that I found very entertaining. So, Stan Lee is probably my biggest influence. (And I got to meet him once at my office.)

You're organizing a literary dinner party. Which three writers, dead or alive, do you invite? Tennessee Williams, Tony Kushner, and James Baldwin.

Disappointing, overrated, just not good: What book did you feel as if you were supposed to like, and didn't? Do you remember hte last book you put down without finishing? My Facebook friends helped me decide this one: Stephen King's "Fairy Tale." It's so dull I had to put it down without finishing it. Very disappointed. (I may still pick it up again someday, just because I hate leaving things unfinished out there.)

Whom would you want to write your life story? No one, because it would be terribly boring and I wouldn't want to bore any readers.

What do you plan to read next? That biography of Mike Nichols that I keep putting off and putting off.

The End (for anyone who made it this far)

#books #reading #book love #literary quiz #2023 #fiction #non-fiction #literature #history #plays #drama #playwrights

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tctmp · 1 year

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Documentary Comedy Horror

#wrinkles the clown

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gebo4482 · 5 years

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Wrinkles The Clown - Official Trailer

#wrinkles the clown #wrinkles the clown (2019)#michael beach nichols #horror movies #thriller movies #trailer

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roseshavethoughts · 3 years

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Film | Wrinkles The Clown - Quick Review

#SundayCinemaClub Film | Wrinkles The Clown - Quick Review ★★☆☆☆

Wrinkles the Clown (2019) Plot – In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children. Director – Michael Beach Nichols Starring – Christopher Barcia, Trevor J. Blank, Andrew Caldwell Genre – Documentary | Horror | Comedy Released – 2019 Wrinkles the Clown transports us into the strange world of a man who dresses up as a masked clown and scares naughty…

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#Andrew Caldwell #Christopher Barcia #cinema #Comedy #Documentaries #film #film review #Horror #Michael Beach Nichols #movie review #Trevor J. Blank #Wrinkles The Clown

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cadwalladery · 6 years

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# 9 - Welcome to Leith (Michael Beach Nichols & Christopher K. Walker, 2015)

#welcome to leith #michael beach nichols #christopher k. walker #documentary #film #films in 2018 #movie #cadwalladery

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genevieveetguy · 5 years

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Wrinkles the Clown, Michael Beach Nichols (2019)

#Michael Beach Nichols #Christopher K. Walker #T. Griffin #2019

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the-picked-last-club · 6 years

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NEIL SIMON: THE FILMS (1985-1998)

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brn1029 · 2 years

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It was on this date…in music history….

June 3rd

1953 - Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley graduated from J.C. Hulmes High School in Memphis; his graduation photo shows him to have a split curl in the middle of his forehead, later to become his trademark. He was the first member of his family to graduate high school.

1964 - Ringo Starr

During a photo session Ringo Starr was taken ill suffering from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, days before a world tour was about to start. After a last-minute phone call from George Martin, session drummer Jimmy Nichol rushed over to EMI Studios, where he and The Beatles ran through six songs from their tour repertoire in a quick rehearsal. Nichol replaced Ringo and became a Beatle for eleven days.

1967 - Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin went to No.1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Otis Redding hit 'Respect'. A No.10 hit on the UK chart. Aretha scored her first UK No.1 20 years later with a duet with George Michael 'I Knew You Were Waiting'.

1967 - The Doors

The Doors 'Light My Fire' was released in the US, where it went on to be No.1 on the singles chart two months later. When The Doors were booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show they were asked to change the line "girl, we couldn't get much higher", as the sponsors were uncomfortable with the possible reference to drug-taking. The band agreed to do so, and did a rehearsal using the amended lyrics; however, during the live performance, lead singer Jim Morrison sang the original lyric, after which they were informed they would never appear on the Ed Sullivan show again.

1968 - Andy Warhol

Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol and art critic and curator Mario Amaya at Warhol's studio in New York City. Solanas had been to see Warhol after asking for the return of a script which had apparently, been misplaced. Warhol was seriously wounded in the attack and barely survived.

1970 - Deep Purple

Deep Purple released their fourth studio album 'Deep Purple In Rock'. This was the first album to feature the classic Mk II lineup of - Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice.

1970 - Ray Davies

The Kinks Ray Davies was forced to make a 6,000 mile round trip from New York to London to record one word in a song. Davies had to change the word 'Coca- Cola' to 'Cherry Cola' on the bands forthcoming single 'Lola' due to an advertising ban at BBC Radio.

1983 - Jim Gordon

US session drummer Jim Gordon, murdered his mother by pounding her head with a hammer. A diagnosed schizophrenic, it was not until his trial in 1984 that he was properly diagnosed. Due to the fact that his attorney was unable to use the insanity defense, Gordon was sentenced to sixteen years-to-life in prison in 1984. A Grammy Award winner for co-writing Layla with Eric Clapton, Gordon worked with The Beach Boys, John Lennon, George Harrison Frank Zappa and many other artists.

1995 - Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman' Taken from the film 'Don Juan De Marco' it became Adams third US solo No.1, a No.4 hit in the UK.

2000 - Kenny Chesney

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw were arrested in Buffalo, New York after Chesney ran away with a Mounted Reserve deputy's horse, and McGraw attacked deputies that tried to corral him. Chesney asked to sit on the horse outside Ralph Wilson Stadium and the daughter of the deputy gave him permission to do so. Then Chesney mounted the horse and rode away. He was told to stop, but ignored the orders from the other deputies, the deputies were then attacked by McGraw and members of his entourage. Chesney was charged with disorderly conduct and released on bail. McGraw was charged with second-degree assault, obstructing governmental administration, menacing and resisting arrest. He was released on $2,500 bail….(this is a country song just waiting to be written….)

2002 - Ozzy Osbourne

Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Ozzy Osbourne, The Corrs, Will Young, Atomic Kitten and S Club 7 all appeared at The Queen's Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, London.

2003 - Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow suffered a broken nose after he accidentally walked into a wall at his home in Palm Springs, California and knocked himself unconscious. Although he passed out for four hours, he didn't endure any lasting effects as doctors determined that surgery was not necessary.

2006 - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers were at No.1 on the UK and US album charts with Stadium Arcadium the bands ninth studio album.

2011 - Andrew Gold

American singer, songwriter Andrew Gold died in his sleep aged 59 from a heart attack. Had the 1977 US No.7 single 'Lonely Boy', 1978 UK No.5 single 'Never Let Her Slip Away' and as a member of Wax the 1987 UK No.12 single 'Bridge To Your Heart'.

2016 - Dave Swarbrick

English folk musician and singer-songwriter Dave Swarbrick died aged 75. His work for the group Fairport Convention from 1969 has been credited with leading them to produce their seminal album Liege & Lief (1969) which initiated the electric folk movement.

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