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Updated stream list

I've been getting a lot of questions/requests regarding possible streams and thought it might be helpful to catalog everything we've watched so far! I'll keep it pinned and updated moving forward.

Longtime crowd favorites (streamed at least three times) are marked with a single asterisk.

Why isn’t [specific actor/video] on this list?

The video is currently marked not for trade.

We haven’t gotten to it yet.

The footage does not exist or is too incomplete.

It isn't on a platform I can stream it from.

There's something particularly off-putting about the video or actor.

How can I get a copy of a video listed here?

There's a list of publicly available bootlegs here, and there are many other adaptations on the Phantom Retrospective channel. Otherwise, contact @glassprism (or another trader) for a possible trade, or check her website for info on which master(s) to contact.

For general stream info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ.

On to the list!

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

1988 Broadway: Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steve Barton

1989 Broadway: Cris Groenendaal, Rebecca Luker, Steve Barton

1989 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Steve Barton

1990 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Mary D’Arcy, Reece Holland

1991 Los Angeles: Michael Crawford, Dale Kristien, Michael Piontek

1993 U.S. Tour: Franc D’Ambrosio, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan

1993 Vienna: Alexander Goebel, Luzia Nistler, Alfred Pfeifer*

1994 Sapporo: Eiji Akutagawa, Hisako Hanaoka, Masayuki Sano*

1994 Toronto: Peter Karrie, Teresa DeZarn, David Rogers

1995 Broadway: Davis Gaines, Tracy Shayne, Ciaran Sheehan

1995 London: Ethan Freeman, Jill Washington, Simon Bowman*

1998 Broadway: Thomas James O’Leary, Tracy Shayne, Gary Mauer

1998 Los Angeles: Davis Gaines, Marie Danvers, Lawrence Anderson*

1998 San Francisco: Franc D’Ambrosio, Lisa Vroman, Christopher Carl*

1998 Toronto: Peter Karrie, Elizabeth DeGrazia, David Rodgers*

1998 Broadway: Thoms James O’Leary, Tracy Shayne, Gary Mauer

1999 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Adrienne McEwan, Gary Mauer

1999 Toronto: Paul Stanley, Melissa Dye, Laird Mackintosh

1999/2000 Mexico City: Saulo Vasconcelos, Irasema Terrazas, Jose Joel*

2000 Antwerp: Hans Peter Janssens, Inneke van Klinken, Michael Shawn Lewis

2000 London: Scott Davies, Meredith Braun, Matt Cammelle

2000 London: Scott Davies, Charlotte Page, Matt Cammelle

2001 Hamburg: Ian Jon Bourg, Colby Thomas, Kyle Gonyea

2001 Hamburg: Ian Jon Bourg, Olivia Safe, Kyle Gonyea

2001 Hamburg: Michael Nicholson, Olivia Safe, Christopher Morandi

2002 London: John Owen-Jones, Celia Graham, Robert Finlayson

2003 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Adrienne McEwan, Jim Weitzer

2003 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Julie Hanson, Jim Weitzer

2003 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia

2003 U.S. Tour: Brad Little, Lisa Vroman, Tim Martin Gleason

2004 Madrid: Luis Armando, Teresa Barrientos, Armando Pita

2004 Stuttgart: Thomas Schulze, Maike Switzer, Carsten Axel Lepper

2005 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Julie Hanson, John Cudia

2005 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sandra Joseph, Tim Martin Gleason

2005 Broadway: James Romick, Marie Danvers, John Cudia

2005 Essen: Thomas Borchert, Sandra Danyella, Nikolaj Brucker

2005 London: John Owen-Jones, Rachel Barrell, Oliver Thornton

2005 U.S. Tour: Gary Mauer, Marie Danvers, Michael Shawn Lewis

2006 Essen: Ethan Freeman, Anne Gorner, Nikolaj Brucker

2006 Essen: Uwe Kröger, Beatrix Reiter, Lucius Wolter*

2006 London: Earl Carpenter, Rachel Barrell, David Shannon*

2006 São Paulo: Saulo Vasconcelos, Kiara Sasso, Nando Prado

2006 U.S. Tour: Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard, Jim Weitzer*

2006 U.S. Tour: John Cudia, Jennifer Hope Wills, Adam Monley

2007 Broadway: Gary Mauer, Jennifer Hope Wills, Jason Mills

2007 World Tour: Simon Pryce, Julie Goodwin, John Bowles

2008 Broadway: Howard McGillin, Elizabeth Loyacano, Jeremy Stolle

2008 Las Vegas: Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone*

2008 World Tour: Simon Pryce, Ana Marina, Alexander Lewis

2009 Australia: Anthony Warlow, Ana Marina, Alexander Lewis

2010 London: David Shannon, Gina Beck, Simon Bailey*

2010 London: David Shannon, Gina Beck, Will Barratt

2010 U.S. Tour: Tim Martin Gleason, Trista Moldovan, Sean MacLaughlin

2012 Broadway: Greg Mills, Marni Raab, Kyle Barisich*

2012 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Trista Moldovan, Kyle Barisich

2012 London: Marcus Lovett, Anna O’Byrne, Simon Thomas

2013 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Samantha Hill, Greg Mills*

2013 Broadway: Peter Joback, Samantha Hill, Jeremy Stolle

2013 Broadway: Peter Joback, Elizabeth Welch, Kyle Barisich

2013 London: Marcus Lovett, Sofia Escobar, Simon Thomas

2014 Broadway: Greg Mills, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Sara Jean Ford, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Hugh Panaro, Elizabeth Welch, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Jeremy Hays*

2014 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Sara Jean Ford, Jeremy Hays

2014 Broadway: Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays*

2014 Broadway: Paul Schaefer, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays

2014 Hamburg: David Arnsperger, Lauri Brons, Nicky Wuchinger

2014 Hamburg: Mathias Edenborn, Daniela Braun, Nicky Wuchinger

2014 Moscow: Dmitry Ermak, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaytsev

2014 Moscow: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova, Evgeny Zaytsev

2014 U.S. Tour: Cooper Grodin, Grace Morgan, Ben Jacoby

2014 U.S. Tour: Cooper Grodin, Julia Udine, Ben Jacoby

2014 World Tour: Brad Little, Kristi Holden, Anthony Downing

2015 London: Geronimo Rauch, Harriet Jones, Richard Munday

2015 Moscow: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova, Ivan Rak

2015 Prague: Marian Vojtko, Michaela Gemrotova, Tomas Vanek

2015 Prague: Marian Vojtko, Monika Sommerova, Tomas Vanek

2016 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Julia Udine, Jeremy Hays

2016 Moscow: Andrey Schkoldychenko, Elena Bahtiyarova, Evgeny Zaytsev (act 2 only)

2016 Oberhausen: Brent Barrett, Elizabeth Welch, Max Niemeyer

2016? Prague: Marian Vojtko, Michaela Gemrotova, Tomas Vanek

2016 Stockholm: Peter Jöback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm

2016 U.S. Tour: Derrick Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Jordan Craig

2018 Broadway (Sept.): Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

2018 Broadway (Oct.): Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

2018? Prague: Radim Schwab, Monika Sommerova, Tomas Vanek

2019 Copenhagen: Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund*

2019 London: David Thaxton, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor*

2019 London: Josh Piterman, Kelly Mathieson, Alistair So*

2019 São Paulo: Fred Silveira, Giulia Nadruz, Henrique Moretzsohn

2019 São Paulo - Fred Silveira, Lina Mendes, Henrique Moretzsohn

2019 São Paulo: Thiago Arancam, Daruã Góes, Fred Silveira

2019 São Paulo: Thiago Arancam, Giulia Nadruz, Fred Silveira

2019 World Tour: Jonathan Roxmouth, Meghan Picerno, Matt Leisy*

2021 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Meghan Picerno, John Riddle

2021 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2021 London: Killian Donnelly, Holly-Anne Hull, Rhys Whitfield

2022 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Paul A. Schaefer

2022 Broadway: Ben Crawford, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2022 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2022 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Elizabeth Welch, Bronson Norris Murphy

2022 Broadway: Jeremy Stolle, Emilie Kouatchou, Jordan Donica

2022 London: James Hume, Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker

2022 London: Killian Donnelly, Anouk van Laake, Rhys Whitfield

2022 Sydney: Josh Robson, Georgina Hopson, Callum Frances

2023 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Ted Keegan, Julia Udine, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Laird Mackintosh, Julia Udine, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Greg Mills, Emilie Kouatchou, John Riddle

2023 Broadway: Greg Mills, Julia Udine, Paul A. Schaefer

2023 London: Earl Carpenter, Paige Blankson, Ralph Watts

2023 London: Earl Carpenter, Eve Shanu-Wilson, Connor Carson

2023 London: Killian Donnelly, Lucy St. Louis, Matt Blaker

2023 London: James Gant, Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker

2023 London: James Gant, Paige Blankson, Matt Blaker

2023 Shanghai: Ayanga (various clips)

2023 Shanghai: He Liangchen, Yang Chenxiuyi, Li Chenxi

2023 Thessaloniki: Tim Howar, Harriet Jones, Nadim Naaman

Love Never Dies

2010 London: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Dean Chisnall

2011 London: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Dean Chisnall

2013 Vienna concert: Drew Sarich, Milica Jovanovic, Julian Looman

2018 U.S. Tour: Bronson Norris Murphy, Meghan Picerno, Sean Thompson*

2023 London concert: Norm Lewis, Celinde Schoenmaker, Matthew Seadon-Young

Other adaptations

1925 The Phantom of the Opera (film, Lon Chaney)

1937 Song at Midnight**

1943 Phantom of the Opera (film, Claude Rains)**

1962 Hammer Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (film, Herbert Lom)**

1974 Phantom of the Paradise

1983 The Phantom of the Opera (TV movie, Max Schell)**

1987 The Phantom of the Opera (animated film)

1989 Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge

1989 The Phantom of the Opera (film, Robert Englund)**

1990 The Phantom of the Opera (TV miniseries, Charles Dance)

1993 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show, Richard White)**

1991 The Phantom of the Opera (stage show, David Staller)

1992 Tom Alonso’s The Phantom of the Opera (stage show)**

1993 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (Wichita, Richard White)

1994 Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio (TV special)**

1995 Pantin’ at the Opera (Wishbone episode)

1995 Phantom of the Opera on Ice*

2000 The Tale of the Last Dance (Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode)

2004 The Phantom of the Opera (film, Gerard Butler)

2011 Spiritual Twist’s The Phantom of the Opera (stage show)

2013 The Phantom of the Opera (Ken Hill stage show, Tokyo)**

2019 Spiritual Twist’s The Phantom of the Opera (stage show)

2018 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show, Takarazuka Revue)

2018 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show, Seoul)

2020 Sasson’s Das Phantom der Oper (stage show, Germany, with Uwe Kröger)**

2021 Yeston/Kopit’s Phantom (stage show proshot, Seoul)

Miscellaneous

1994 Australian Phantom cast Easter charity concert ("Phantales")

2017 Broadway: Prince of Broadway (in honor of Hal Prince)

2017 The Phantom of the Empire (Turning Tydes Theatre Company)

Stolleboot (fan edit starring Jeremy Stolle as the Phantom, Raoul, Piangi, and Passarino)*

*Longtime crowd favorite (streamed at least three times)

**We’ve watched it, but it was technically streamed by another host I used to alternate with.

#saturday streams

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glimeres · 6 months

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2014, Brazil-São Paulo - Photos from the Brazilian Production of The Drowsy Chaperone ( A Madrinha Embriagada ), directed by Miguel Falabella Ivan Parente (Man in Chair), Sara Sarres (Janet van de Graaff), Stella Miranda (The Drowsy Chaperone), Frederico Reuter (Robert), Cleto Baccic (Aldolpho), Fernando Rocha (George), Ivana Domenyco (Mrs. Tottendale), Edgar Bustamante (Underling), Saulo Vasconcelos (Feldzieg), Kiara Sasso (Kitty), Adriana Campparelli (Trix), Rafael Machado (Gangster 1), Daniel Monteiro (Gangster 2) + Ensemble Photography by "Atelier de Cultura"

#a madrinha embriagada #the drowsy chaperone #lisa lambert #greg morrison #bob martin #don mckellar #miguel falabella #musical #brasil #brazil #posted

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abcnewspr · 8 months

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA,’ SEPT. 18-23

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “Good Morning America” during the week of Sept. 18-23. “Good Morning America” is a two-hour, live program anchored by Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan, and Ginger Zee is the chief meteorologist. The morning news program airs MONDAY-FRIDAY (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT) on ABC.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Sept. 18 — TV personality and author Julie Chen Moonves (“But First, God”); TV personality Ryan Seacrest; comedian and author Leslie Jones (“Leslie F*cking Jones”); chef and cookbook author Gina Homolka (“Skinnytaste Simple”)

Tuesday, Sept. 19 — Organizers and authors Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin (“The Home Edit Stay Organized”); Good Housekeeping magazine nutrition director and registered dietitian Stefani Sassos

Wednesday, Sep. 20 — Hispanic Heritage Month Latina Health series with journalist María Elena Salinas; former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Ultimate Home Makeover with Home Depot brand communications and public relations manager Catherine Mootz; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Thursday, Sept. 21 — Latina Health series continues with journalist María Elena Salinas; actor Alfonso Ribeiro; chefs Alexandra Hill and Rodrigo Fernandini; Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Friday, Sept. 22— TV personality, chef and cookbook author Aarti Sequeira (“Unwind”); “GMA” Book Club September pick author Angie Kim (“Happiness Falls”)

Saturday, Sept. 23 — Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

ABC Media Relations Brooks Lancaster [email protected]

Daniela Urso [email protected]

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DeSantis Against Disney

By Anika Ponni, Rutgers University–New Brunswick Class of 2026

March 2, 2023

On February 27, 2023, Disney suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Florida Governor—Robert DeSantis. On Monday, DeSantis signed into law a measure that will effectively award him complete control over Walt Disney World’s self-governing district—Reedy Creek Special Improvement District. DeSantis’s all-but hostile takeover of Disney has been viewed by many as Disney’s punishment for opposing the Republican Governor’s political agenda [1].

For some background, Disney has enjoyed unbridled freedom for over half a century. This autonomy has enabled the highly esteemed corporation to create meaningful and quality experiences for its visitors and tourists. For example, Reedy Creek Special Improvement District allowed Disney to “make its own planning and zoning decisions. The company also had its own taxing and bonding authority” [2]. That was—until this past Monday when DeSantis ended Disney’s governance through his new law.

DeSantis’s new law will officially rename the Reedy Creek Special Improvement District to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. The most sweeping measure included in the bill is DeSantis’s ability to appoint a five-member board to oversee the government services the Disney district provides [3].

The Republican Governor’s choices for the five-member board include: “Bridget Ziegler, a member of the Sarasota County School Board and a supporter of Moms for Liberty; Seminole County attorney Michael Sasso; attorney Martin Garcia of Tampa as chairman; Ron Peri, CEO of The Gathering USA, a ministry that focuses on faith and culture; and Clearwater attorney Brian Aungst” [4].

DeSantis’s purpose for the board is made apparent by his first choice—Bridget Ziegler. As previously mentioned, she is the co-founder and former co-director of Moms for Liberty, a conservative Florida-based activist group “that has helped turn school board meetings into political battlegrounds. Ziegler is also the wife of Christian Ziegler, vice chairman of the Florida Republican Party.”

This recently established five-member board is yet another way DeSantis hopes to further his political agenda. State Republicans have been at war with Disney since last year after the corporation publicly denounced DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” law—which prohibits “certain classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity.” After this extreme measure was passed, Disney vowed “to help get the law repealed or struck down by the courts” and said that the company was “dedicated to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the country” [1].

Critics view DeSantis’s new law as retaliation for Disney’s hard stance against his “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

State Representative Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, issued a scathing statement slamming DeSantis: “Disney still maintains the same tax breaks — but their First Amendment rights have been suppressed, and it sends a message to any private individual or company that if you don’t purport to what the governor wants, then you’ll be punished…”

“This was always about DeSantis and his sick agenda to target already marginalized people, and silent dissent” [5].

Conservatives like Former Vice President Mike Pence said DeSantis’s war with Disney Pence was “beyond the scope of what I as a conservative, limited government Republican would be prepared to do.”

And New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu declared that “penalizing businesses for political speech set ‘the worst precedent in the world’” [1].

On Monday, DeSantis celebrated his meager victory by remarking on how “The corporate kingdom finally comes to an end.” The Republican Governor’s triumph over Disney could not come at a better time; DeSantis is widely considered to be gearing up for the presidential election in 2024 [6].

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Anika Ponni is currently a student at Rutgers University - New Brunswick, pursuing a finance degree in the Honors Program. She hopes to attend law school upon graduation. ______________________________________________________________

[1] Contorno, Steve, and Kit Maher. “DeSantis Signs Bill That Gives Him More Control of Disney’s Special District | CNN Politics.” CNN, 27 Feb. 2023, www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/politics/desantis-disney-reedy-creek/index.html.

[2] Wile, Rob. “DeSantis Cements Takeover of Disney’s Special Florida District and Reveals Clash with Company Executives in His New Book.” NBC News, 27 Feb. 2023, www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/desantis-signs-disney-reedy-creek-takeover-law-book-reveals-clash-rcna72478. Accessed 2 Mar. 2023.

[3] Izaguirre, Anthony. “DeSantis Takes over Disney District, Punishing Company.” AP NEWS, 27 Feb. 2023, apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-politics-florida-state-government-36ec16b56ac6e72b9efcce26defdd0d8. Accessed 2 Mar. 2023.

[4] Swisher, Skylar. “DeSantis Signs Law Stripping Disney World of Reedy Creek Control.” Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023, www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-disney-reedy-creek-law-signed-20230227-mbhn25a2fnfnflmooos4tzd2eq-story.html. Accessed 2 Mar. 2023.

[5] Woodward, Alex. “DeSantis Takes over Disney World’s Governing Structure after “Don’t Say Gay” Feud.” The Independent, 28 Feb. 2023, www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-disney-reed-creek-b2290629.html. Accessed 2 Mar. 2023.

[6] Chmielewski, Dawn, and Helen Coster. “Florida Governor DeSantis Ends “Corporate Kingdom” of Walt Disney World.” Reuters, 28 Feb. 2023, www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-gov-desantis-signs-bill-asserting-state-oversight-land-around-walt-2023-02-27/.

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Ciro Dapagio

From the Web To Cinemas, MobKing is a Name to Reckon With

by Brad Balfour

With a name like Mike White one might assume he's a pretty bland character — one who might blend into the background. But like so many things that seem to be background-able, there's much more to the story.

Rather than being a simple everyman, White's a "rehabilitated" gangster who has distinguished himself as a man of honor — a standup guy.

But once he's released from a lengthy prison sentence, he finds himself a target. Miami's most notorious criminal organization wants him dead and silenced.

This has been the premise of both MobKing — the web series — and the recently wrapped film which is based on it. One of the key reasons the online MobKing project has garnered millions of loyal followers from around the world, has been because of the authenticity that its creator Ciro Dapagio brought to the table.

A fascinating personality in and of itself, the Miami native did his own time in prison as well. A former participant of Florida's organized crime network, he too served a considerable amount of time in prison for RICO violations. After being released, he pivoted, shaping a film and television career from his life experiences.

As Dapagio explained, "Spending a considerable amount of time in prison can go a very long way in changing your perspective on your life's course and how you should live your life. There's nothing cool about a life of crime. I wanted to do something in this life that my kids can be proud of. I want to create a better second half of my life than the first half."

With that in mind, he joined forces with award-winning director Jorge "Jokes" Yanes, who first worked on The MobKing web series and then co-wrote and directed the film. Growing up a first-generation Cuban American in the dirty south of Miami, Yanes was given the moniker "Jokes" from his graffiti artist tag. Eventually, he put down the can and started moviemaking. He had his breakthrough success as the creative director of The Roof, a prime-time Latin Urban music show on Telemundo's MUN2 where he became the first to program Reggaeton on US television.

In the early 2000s, Yanes made videos for artists such as T-Pain, Plies, Mike Jones, and Slim Thug. He directed one of YouTube's first viral videos, "GroundHog Day" by Mayday Ft. CeeLo Green. In 2009, Jokes won an Emmy for editing Gabriel: Amor Immortal, the first American style-miniseries done for Spanish TV. After his success in the music and television scene, Jokes turned to narrative film debuting with the feature Eenie Meenie Miney Moe (2013) which premiered at the Miami Film Festival and received worldwide distribution. In 2013, Jokes started working with the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation to create philanthropic films on such subjects as addiction. Since then, he has directed and produced countless works for clients such as HBO, Complex, Universal Music, Atlantic Records, and Rolling Loud.

MobKing also stars a mix of established names such as James Russo who was in Donnie Brasco. Russo transformed into the role of Dominick "Dom" Sasso, the Capo di Tutti Capi of South Florida's Sasso crime family — a respected yet ruthless leader, necessary when it comes to protecting his family interests.

Also in the film is the heavily tattooed veteran character actor Robert LaSardo — seen in many series such as Burn Notice and in films such as Clint Eastwood's The Mule. Then there's Paul Borghese, a familiar face in mob movies such as Martin Scorcese's The Irishman. Rounding out the cast is noted up-and-comers such as Stelio Savante (Acre Beyond the Rye), Antoni Corone (We Own the Night), Elisabetta Fantone (Big Eyes), Bruce Soscia (Gravesend) and fresh faces such as Oksana Lada, Artie Pasquale, and Anthony Caliendo.

In order to make his idea a reality, Dapagio joined forces with Krystal Harvey of Tiger Shark, Inc. who serves as a producer and represents Anthony Caliendo of MAINMAN Productions, Inc. as well as Ciro Dapagio Films, LLC. Caliendo is an Executive Producer as well. With Caliendo, he has formed Button Man Films, LLC for future film and TV endeavors.

In order to elaborate on his evolution from ex-con to executive producer and creator, Dapagio spoke about turning his life around after several years in prison for RICO violations as a former member of organized crime in Florida.

What did you learn through the success of the web series MobKing?

What surprised me the most was how well the web series was received by viewers. Their amazing response is what generated millions of views and created such an incredible fanbase for the MobKing brand. We had no expectations, so its success is truly remarkable.

What unique challenges did you face in turning the MobKing web series into the feature film — MobKing.

Oddly enough I didn't see any challenges. In my opinion, the process was remarkably easy. It flowed naturally, from the storytelling to the production of it.

Describe the character Mike White who you play In both the web series and the film.

Mike is a hard-nosed family man. He's not afraid to push buttons to go after what he wants and needs to do in order to protect his family. He has to dig deep and find the inner power to maneuver through all of the conflicting elements in his life and come out on top.

The authenticity that you bring to these projects has stirred quite a buzz. This is in no small part because you're transparent about your past as a former participant in Florida organized crime where you spent a serious amount of time in prison for RICO violations.

I'm transparent about it because I feel it's important for young people to realize that crime is a dead end. There's no such thing as easy money or a fast buck because its repercussions are ten-fold. You end up broke, locked up and away from your family. And that's if you even manage to survive the racket in the first place. So, in the film, I get the beats right about organized crime which is hard to do in movies. In my opinion, the reason so many mob movies fail is their lack of authenticity. They all seem to be stuck in the "Soprano-esque" cliché mode of "I'd better get my money." In MobKing, I put a completely different, original spin on a classic mob tale, based on things that I may or may not have seen in my lifetime.

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#Ciro Dapagio #2022 #Actor Interviews #MobKing #Brad Balfour

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teenagedirtstache · 3 years

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#cpd dusseldorf #iris brosch #robert rabensteiner #gran sasso #2002 #2000s

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uwlmvac · 7 years

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This vintage MVAC t-shirt from 1985 highlights a systematic archaeological survey conducted in the Coon Creek drainage in Vernon, La Crosse, and Monroe Counties. Headed by Robert Sasso, the project surveyed almost 2,400 acres and documented 41 private artifact collections. Before the survey, only 28 sites were recorded in the drainage; this ambitious survey added 328 more. Archaeological surveys in MVAC’s early years contributed greatly to our knowledge of the region’s past. Bob Sasso completed his doctoral dissertation based on this research at Northwestern University in 1989, and is now an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

#archaeology #archeology #Coon Valley Survey 1985 #Coon Valley #Coon Creek #Bob Sasso #Robert Sasso

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enjolraslover · 5 years

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Tumblr people I need your help. I’m looking for the second half of season 4 of Less Than Perfect episodes 6-13. It looks like it’s been taken down off Youtube. I need to see how it ends. Thank you lovely people.

#less than perfect #zachary levi #sara rue #andrea parker #patrick warburton #sherri shepherd #eric roberts #andy dick #will sasso

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diceriadelluntore · 2 years

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Storia Di Musica #203 - Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965

L’ultimo mese delle storie musicali 2021 è dedicato a dischi fondamentali. Chi ha la pazienza di leggermi sa che ogni anno a Dicembre scelgo un disco di Bob Dylan. Che per dischi fondamentali nella storia sta come i pilastri per una casa. Quello che ho scelto per questa domenica di santo Stefano è paragonabile ad un uragano che cambia per sempre la musica e che si chiama Highway 61 Revisited, che esce per la Columbia il 30 Agosto del 1965. Il titolo già dice tutto: la Highway 61 era ai tempi di Dylan la strada nazionale più lunga d’America, che per oltre 2000 km seguiva il corso del Mississippi, passava per Duluth, dove Dylan è nato, ed arriva a New Orleans. Come il nastro d’asfalto, Dylan raccoglie la musica del Delta, il blues, la tradizione del folk, inserisce il plug della chitarra nell’amplificatore, in modo molto più deciso e convinto che nell’altro capo che scrisse nel 1965, Bringing It All Back Home (che apre la sua leggendaria triade elettrica, che termina con l’altro capolavoro che è Blonde On Blonde del 1966) e scrive 9 canzoni una più sensazionale dell’altra, che anche a distanza di ormai 55 anni suonano nuove, incredibilmente profonde, per non parlare dei testi. Fu registrato in appena 6 giorni, in sessioni dove Dylan, che stava scrivendo una sorta di romanzo, che uscirà nel 1971 con il titolo Tarantula, in una sorta di flusso di coscienza: con il fidato produttore discografico Tom Wilson misero insieme una band formata da Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Paul Griffin, Charlie McCoy, Harvey Brooks, Bobby Gregg, Sam Lay, che in una settimana agli Studio A della Columbia a New York furono protagonisti della magia. Che parte subito con l’intro di organo di Kooper che apre Like A Rolling Stone, il primo singolo ad abbattere il limite dei 3 minuti di durata (addirittura doppiandolo in lunghezza, 6 minuti di Mito), che diviene la canzone del rock, e che partendo da Muddy Waters e dal suo pensier che “una pietra che rotola non può riempirsi d muschio” parla della generazione in fermento che viveva con Dylan, una canzone che è una dichiarazione di intenti, condensate in alcuni dei passaggi testuali che costruiranno l’epopea del rock: nessuno mai saprà a quale Miss Malinconia Dylan dice “Che effetto fa\che effetto fa\senza un posto dove stare\che nessuno ti conosce\come un sasso che rotola via?” per chiudere con “Va’ da lui adesso\che ti chiama, non puoi mica rifiutare\Se non hai niente, non hai niente da perdere\sei invisibile ormai, non hai segreti da nascondere”. Tombstone Blues è un blues pieno di figure storiche (Bette Starr, famosa bandita americana, la figura biblica di Dalila, Jack lo Squartatore, San Giovanni Battista messi tutti insieme). Ogni canzone diventerà una sorta di canone dylaniano, come le meravigliose It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, famosa per il suo sguardo quasi malinconico sul mondo, o il blues di From A Buick 6, ispirata alla canzone Milk Cow Blues di Sleepy John Estes. Dylan suona il piano in Ballad Of Thin Man, uno dei suoi pezzi più grandiosi, una incredibile canzone di protesta, con le ossessive domande poste a Mr. Jones (definito da un grande critico, Robert Sheldon, uno dei più grandi anchetipi dylaniani), anche questo personaggio metafora di qualcos’altro, forse la società, forse la stampa musicale, forse un simbolo del conservatorismo, chi lo sa “Perché sta succedendo qualcosa qui\ma tu non sai che cosa sia\vero signor Jones?”. Queen Jane Aproximately, dal suono gioioso e composito, parla della facilità di cadere in disgrazia (in una famosa intervista del 1965 Dylan descrisse come un uomo Queen Jane). Highway 61 Revisited è, in linea con la tradizione dei racconti ebraico-cristiani, con il suo ritmo circense e zingaresco, una galleria di 5 situazioni, da Abramo che sacrifica Isacco sulla Highway 61, a Georgia Sam, omaggio a Blind Willie McTell, uno dei miti di Dylan, alle prese con il dipartimento di Sanità, a Mack the Finger che ha “un migliaio di telefoni che non funzionano”, ad una “quinta figlia” che cerca un “terzo padre” e che finirà per conoscere la “settima sorella” sulla Highway 61, fino ad un truffatore che cerca di creare la prossima guerra mondiale. Concludono due brani deliziosi: la dolce Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, forse ispirata ai padri della beat generation, e la magica, ipnotica, meravigliosa Desolation Row (unica canzone acustica), una infinita carrellata da 11 minuti dell’umanità, dei dolori, della vita, ispirata a Fellini, che parte da Einstein, passa per Ofelia ed Amleto, da Ezra Pound ed arriva a Duluth, Minnesota. Nel 2010, Daniel Kramer nel commentare la sua foto di Dylan che fa da copertina di questo album leggendario, raccontò che fu fatta alla fine di una sessione fotografica nell’appartamento che Dylan divideva a New York con il suo manager Albert Grossman a Gramercy Park. Dylan scese in strada e chiese in prestito ai negozianti del quartiere dei vestiti, che durante le foto avevano ancora i targhettini attaccati. Indossò una maglietta della Triumph, la marca di motocicletta che lui amava tanto, e tenendo i suoi Ray Ban nell’altra mano, fu immortalato nel famoso scatto, con Grossman in piedi sullo sfondo. Kramer, grandissimo fotografo e poi anche documentarista e regista, disse: “Ha uno sguardo ostile o di malumore ostile. Sta sfidando me, voi o chiunque lo stia guardando: che intenzioni hai, dico a te?”. Ed ha quasi ragione a sfidare chiunque, perchè questa è una delle pietre miliari della musica popolare contemporanea, probabilmente il disco che ha più influenzato coloro che son venuti dopo, sia direttamente che indirettamente. È il modo migliore per terminare l’anno di storie musicali, userò questi giorni per raccogliere altre storie, altri dischi, altre canzoni per continuare a fare una cosa che mi piace tanto: raccontarvi storie di musica e musicisti.

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SHOOTING WITH THE SASSO’S!

A photo essay from RHP’s photo shoot with new parents Kelly Sasso of WTAE-TV, her husband Nic, and their newborn son, Ayven! Also, these pictures aired on WTAE TV's Pittsburgh's Action News 4 when Kelly returned to the anchor desk after her maternity leave!

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Ottant’anni. Strana età per una rockstar, se non addirittura incongrua rispetto allo stereotipo che vorrebbe eroi sempre giovani, freschi, esuberanti. Ma il signor Bob Dylan non è tipo da farsi condizionare da così banali dettagli anagrafici. I suoi ottant’anni li dimostra tutti, fino in fondo, con segni profondi e cicatrici dell’anima. Ha un volto autentico, da nobile superstite, da sopravvissuto impegnato in una sua particolare forma di resistenza umana. È scontroso, arcigno, irsuto, un nugolo di capelli sgraziati su quel naso adunco che da sei decenni simboleggia il suo spigoloso rapporto con il mondo. Che poi è il suo grande fascino, la sua irresistibile forza.

Poeta laureato, profeta in giaccone da motociclista. Napoleone vestito di stracci. Inafferrabile, come un sasso rotolante. È stato analizzato, classificato, crocifisso, sezionato, ispezionato e respinto, ma mai capito abbastanza.

Entrò nella mitologia nel 1961, con chitarra, armonica e berretto di velluto a coste, metà Woody Guthrie, metà Little Richard. Era il primo folksinger punk. Introdusse la canzone di protesta nel rock. Rese le parole più importanti della melodia e del ritmo. La sua voce, nasale e rauca, che suona «come sabbia e colla», come disse David Bowie, e il suo fraseggio sensuale sono unici. Può scrivere canzoni surreali con una logica interna – come un dipinto di James Rosenquist o come una poesia di Rimbaud – e semplici ballate che piovono dritte dal cuore con la stessa semplicità. Può tirar fuori le tenebre dalla notte e dipingere di nero il giorno.

Definirlo un eroe dei nostri tempi potrebbe essere riduttivo. Più passa il tempo, più la storia della musica popolare si ingarbuglia in miriadi di confusi intrecci, e più la sua figura rifulge, cresce d’importanza.

Oggi possiamo dire che l’opera di Bob Dylan sembra centrale, una sorta di straordinaria e irripetibile sintesi di valori poetici e musicali, di processi sociologici e artistici. Il menestrello di Duluth, infatti, non è stato soltanto il pifferaio della contestazione pacifista. È stato anche questo, non c’è dubbio, ma è stato molto di più. In quegli stessi anni, la stagione della protesta giovanile, in quel decennio infuocato in cui la sua figura e alcune sue canzoni (Blowin in the wind su tutte) si saldarono in modo inestricabile con le vicende sociali e politiche del tempo, Dylan riuscì anche a essere il cantore del lato oscuro del sogno americano. Più che cantare la speranza, e l’ottimismo adolescenziale, creò una galleria di eroi perdenti, amari, maciullati dall’“american way of life”. È una vera e propria galleria di antieroi, da Emmett Till a John Brown, da George Jackson fino al pugile Hurricane.

Più in generale si può dire che Dylan è stato il primo intellettuale della storia del rock. Prima di lui non si era abituati a conferire ai musicisti popolari, se non ai folksinger più impegnati, un rilevante valore intellettuale. Prima di lui Elvis Presley e gli altri eroi degli anni Cinquanta erano dei grandi talenti, dotati di intuito, di un selvaggio e contagioso istinto. Ma non c’era ancora la coscienza e la consapevolezza del proprio ruolo. Elementi che irrompono impetuosamente, invece, con l’avvento di Dylan, l’artista che ha portato la musica rock dall’innocenza primitiva delle origini alla profonda coscienza dei decenni successivi.

Robert Allen Zimmerman, che nel 1962 ha legalmente cambiato il suo nome in Bob Dylan, ha anche un altro enorme merito. Un po’ come a Louis Armstrong viene riconosciuto il grande pregio di aver in qualche modo portato a una prima compiuta definizione il linguaggio del jazz, che certamente non ha inventato, ma che ha rafforzato, evoluto, sintetizzato. Dylan ha compiuto qualcosa di analogo, prendendo il materiale folk ereditato dalla grande stagione degli hobo e lo ha velocemente condotto a maturazione, estendendo la portata, gli orizzonti e la potenza della canzone popolare tradizionale. Al di là delle apparenze, è lui il più grande innovatore, come dimostrò a più riprese con tutti i suoi capolavori elettrici degli anni Sessanta e Settanta.

Fin dai primi album, Dylan introduce un linguaggio complesso, preso in prestito dalla letteratura, dal cinema, dalla lingua quotidiana, da visioni sempre più surreali e audaci. Con lui la canzone diventa un prodotto artistico maturo, del tutto autonomo, capace anche di creare per la prima volta nella storia un alto livello di massa. Realtà che qualcuno comprese anche all’epoca, come John Lennon che nel 1965 dichiarò che a mostrare la strada era proprio Bob Dylan. Altri, come i membri dell’Accademia Reale Svedese, che gli assegneranno il Premio Nobel per la Letteratura, ci arriveranno molto più tardi, precisamente nel 2016.

Il mistero Dylan, grazie a una irripetibile coincidenza di valori artistici ed epocali, significò anche che, per la prima volta, musiche dichiaratamente non commerciali divennero incontenibili successi di vendita. Da quel momento l’industria discografica, costretta dagli eventi, aprì le porte al nuovo, senza più temere l’originalità e l’innovazione, consentendo l’afflusso di forze e di idee completamente nuove. Da allora la musica rock è cambiata, ma da allora è costantemente cambiato anche Bob Dylan, il primo nemico del suo stesso mito, deciso sempre a metterlo in discussione, ad osteggiarlo, a concedere poco alla platea.

Questo gli ha consentito di sopravvivere al suo tempo, di raggiungere il traguardo degli ottant’anni in modo vitale, inquieto, come un artista al quale la maturità non è servita da alibi per smettere di interrogarsi e provocare domande. Segno di una coscienza che il rock di oggi farebbe bene a recuperare. Per progredire e ritornare al passo con i tempi.

Intanto si preparano i festeggiamenti: Patti Smith, che nel 2016 andò a Stoccolma a ritirare il Nobel a suo nome – e si impappinò, commossa, mentre cantava A hard’s rain a-gonna fall – celebrerà Dylan il 22 maggio allo Spring Festival del Kaatsbaan Cultural Park nello stato di New York. Festa anche a Duluth, dove Dylan nacque il 24 maggio 1941, mentre nella vicina Hibbing, dove la famiglia si trasferì dopo che il padre Abram Zimmermann, colpito dalla polio, aveva perso il lavoro, i piani per un monumento nel cortile del liceo dove Bob (“Zimmy”) si diplomò nel 1959 sono tuttora “caduti nel vento”. Al centro delle celebrazioni anche la pubblicazione di tre nuovi libri e una riedizione: “You Lose Yourself You Reappear” di Morley, mentre il biografo Clinton Heylin tornerà a esaminare gli anni formativi in “The Double Life of Bob Dylan” e “Bob Dylan: No Direction Home” del 1986 del giornalista del New York Times e amico Robert Shelton (che nel frattempo è morto) verrà aggiornata e ripubblicata.

Elusivo come sempre, Dylan è bloccato nella casa di Point Dume a Malibu da quando un anno fa il Covid gli ha impedito di andare in Giappone per una nuova tappa del “Never ending tour”, ma non di fermarsi nel suo lavoro. Durante il lockdown ha composto un nuovo album e venduto per 300 milioni di dollari il suo catalogo musicale a Universal Music. Tra un anno poi l’apertura dell’archivio segreto affidato al miliardario del petrolio George Kaiser: il Bob Dylan Center sorgerà a Tulsa, Oklahoma, dove già, in un gemellaggio simbolico, sono custodite le carte del suo idolo Woody Guthrie. E, nel frattempo, il “grande vecchio” del rock prepara il suo ritorno sul palco nel 2022.

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NIGHT OF THE ANIMATED DEAD Horror Classic Reimagined For Animation Coming To Digital On September 21th, 2021

Revisit George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic in an altogether unprecedented presentation as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Night of the Animated Dead, a new, star-studded animated recreation of the thriller coming September 21, 2021 to Digital and October 5, 2021 to Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD.

Presented by The Long Game in association with Hemisphere Entertainment, Night of the Animated Dead is an animated adaptation of the 1968 horror classic and includes never-before-seen, exclusive animated scenes not found in the original live-action film. Night of the Animated Dead will be available on Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack (USA $19.99 SRP, Canada $24.99 SRP) and DVD (USA $14.99 SRP, Canada $19.99 SRP). Pre-order will be available beginning on August 10, 2021.

In Night of the Animated Dead, siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their father’s grave in a remote cemetery in Pennsylvania when they are suddenly set upon by zombies. Barbara flees and takes refuge in an abandoned farmhouse along with stranded motorist Ben and four local survivors found hiding in the cellar. Together, the group must fight to stay alive against the oncoming horde of zombies while also confronting their own fears and prejudices.

Night of the Animated Dead features the voice talents of Josh Duhamel (Jupiter’s Legacy, Transformers) as Harry Cooper, Dulé Hill (The West Wing, Psych) as Ben, Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) as Barbara, James Roday Rodriguez (A Million Little Things, Psych) as Tom, Katee Sackhoff (The Mandalorian, Battlestar Galactica) as Judy, Will Sasso (MadTV) as Sheriff McClelland, Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) as Johnny and Nancy Travis (Last Man Standing) as Helen Cooper.

Executive Producers are Richard Potter (Diciembres), Thomas DeFeo (The Seventh Day) and Jamie Elliott (Fighting with My Family). Producers are Ralph E. Portillo, p.g.a. (Buddy Games), Robert Feldman, p.g.a. (Dr. Shroud) and Kevin Kasha (I Spit on Your Grave). Animation services were provided by Demente Animation Studio. The original Night of the Living Dead was written by George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead) and John Russo (The Majorettes, Santa Claws). Night of the Animated Dead was produced by Michael J. Luisi, p.g.a. (The Call, Oculus) and directed by Jason Axinn (To Your Last Death).

BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

• Making of the Animated Dead - Join director Jason Axinn & Producer Michael Luisi as they regale fans with the careful process of honoring the iconic classic with their vision for an animated remake, including scene breakdowns and booth recordings with the cast!

NIGHT OF THE ANIMATED DEAD - New version of the classic movie from @WBHomeEnt coming to Digital 9/21 & Blu-ray™/DVD 10/5

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