#Tony winners

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Here are 10 things you should know about Dame Angela Lansbury, born 97 years ago today. In a career that spanned nearly 80 years, she enjoyed success on the stage, in pictures and on television.

#Angela Lansbury #old movies #murder she wrote #classic film #classic movies #classic Hollywood #classic Broadway #classic television #classic TV #Oscar nominees #Tony winners #british actresses

[olympain]

Best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play — Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt

#theatreedit #broadwayedit #tony awards #tonys 2023 #brandon uranowitz #leopoldstadt #broadway #original #*gifs #we love to see a tony award winner brandon uranowitz

[luckydiorxoxo]

KEKE PALMER

Pre-Grammy Gala

FEBRUARY 2024

#pre grammy gala #black hollywood #melanin #keke palmer #grammys #tony ward #emmy winner

[mcsquared789]

Uh, I just wanted to say that Robert Downey Jr in his Oscar speech was channeling Tony Stark energy SO unbelievably hard that it’s not even funny 🤣 Straight outta the comic books, everyone

#robert downey jr #tony stark #oscars 2024 #oscars #academy awards #academy award winner #marvel #marvel cinematic universe

[theelast-straw]

may I introduce to you: a vision we had in the bl/gl discord

#yes i photoshopped this at 5am running on denial and the pit babe high shush #anyway. dr charmander and tony are the perfect evil parents to our favorite loser winner #happy little family <3 #pit babe #pit babe the series #the sign #the sign the series

[marvelsgirl616]

“I’d like to thank my terrible childhood, and the Academy, in that order. I’d like to thank my veterinarian, I meant, wife, Susan Downey. She found me a snarling rescue pet, and loved me back to life.”

— Robert Downey Jr’s Acceptance Speech ❤️

#robert downey jr #oppenheimer #2024 oscars #oscar winner #best supporting actor #rdj #academy awards #marvel cast #mcu cast #tony stark #iron man

[artgroves]

Are the stars out tonight I don't know if it's cloudy or bright I only have eyes for you, dear

For @marveltrumpshate and the wonderful pod of people who bid on me and generously donated to some really good causes 💜

@nostalgicatsea @betheflame @captainneverever @sineala @sabrecmc @hundredthousands-art @ishipallthings @magicasen @jules-of-the-crown @massivespacewren @t0nystark1er

#Stony #Tony Stark #Steve Rogers #SteveTony #Iron Man #Captain America #Marvel Trumps Hate #MTH #For Auction Winners

[lovestony16]

Tony, I love you ❤️

#robert downey junior #robert downey jr #rdj #famous #famous actors #hollywood star #best actor #a real fighter #superhero #oscar award2024 #oscar awards #oscar winner #tony stark #iron man #the avengers #marvel #he is so beautiful #in love with a fictional character

[laundrybiscuits]

I've recently been tagged in a few WIP/"last thing you've written" type games, and…to be completely candid, I haven't been writing any kind of fic lately because I've become a little bit obsessed with analyzing the Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along.

Not for any particular purpose, I just saw it at the Hudson a little while back and have a lot of feelings about it! In my tiny scraps of spare time, I've been working on an essay about Merrily and inevitability that will probably end up rotting in my google docs*, because that's how I approach writing as a hobby.

There's just so much there, holy shit. I'm focusing particularly on "Franklin Shepard, Inc." because Radcliffe's Charley brings a frenetic, desperate vulnerability to the performance that reads so, so differently from earlier productions. Throughout the show, I was consistently blown away by the heavy lifting Radcliffe, Mendez, and Groff do in shifting the core tension from "art vs commerce" (fine but basic, and difficult to keep modern) to "how people prioritize different types of relationships in their lives."

In an effort to make this slightly less wildly off-topic for this blog: this has gotten me thinking about the way that platonic relationships are treated in narratives, particularly but not exclusively in fandom.

"Found family" is and has always been a popular trope, but I do think its current incarnation trades a lot on the underlying fantasy of relationship permanence. When we recategorize friendships as familial relationships, we're making a claim—whether or not it's justified—about the indelibility of those relationships.

That's not inherently bad (or, god forbid, problematic). I think it's very very natural, especially for those who don't necessarily have a lot of experience with the way adult friendships change over time. Why wouldn't you want something as precious and unique and amazing as a good friendship to stay with you forever?

Certain people can feel like pillars of your world, and it's fucking terrifying to think about that being yanked out from under you—or even worse, to think about your lives slowly shifting like geologic plates until suddenly you realize it's been weeks, then months, then years since you last really talked.

CHARLEY: We're not that kind of close any more, the way we used to be. And a friendship's like a garden. You have to water it and tend it and care about it. And you know what? I want it back.

It's a peculiar, particular kind of grief when it happens, because even though it's a fairly common human experience, it doesn't get socially acknowledged in the same way as e.g. a romantic breakup.

So yeah, it makes a lot of sense that found family is a popular trope in all kinds of media, not just fandom.

However...at this point, I've developed a knee-jerk wariness to the phrase "found family," because I've found it often correlates with a really flat, simplistic depiction of human relationships. In extreme cases, it simply recontextualizes a relationship within the socially acknowledged/acceptable framework of a stereotypical family unit.

This does a disservice to familial and nonfamilial relationships alike. Every family is different, so why do so many found families in media look the same?

(I was monologuing about this to my very patient girlfriend, and she pointed out that this also sets up a success/failure binary condition in relationships, where permanence is the arbiter of success in both romantic and nonromantic contexts. She is of course both beautiful and correct!)

I have friends with whom I can sometimes share a glance and know exactly what they're thinking. I even have a running joke with one friend about the sheer number of times we've said the same thing in unison over the last 15 years. I still need to be intentional about building those relationships, extending empathy when we differ, and carving out time to reconnect. Truly intimate long-term relationships of any kind involve disagreements, conflicting priorities, and negotiating and renegotiating boundaries.

Being "basically the same person" or "sharing a braincell" actually sounds super fucking lonely to me, personally, and it handily elides the difficult, essential process of keeping people in your life.

FRANK: Old friends let you go your own way. CHARLEY: Help you find your own way. MARY: Let you off when you're wrong. F: If you're wrong. C: When you're wrong. M: Right or wrong, the point is, old friends shouldn't care if you're wrong. F: Should, but not for too long. C: What's too long?

That's a more complicated and much more mature narrative to tell than "friendship will save the day!" Because it's not that common and there's not a deep bank of references to draw from, it takes a lot of effort and skill to depict well, and I don't blame creators for not wanting to let it suck up all the air in the room. However, I think it's important to acknowledge that platonic relationships can also be flanderised and flattened.

In the context of fandom, which has always traded heavily in Romance genre conventions, I would really like to see more thoughtful explorations of complicated nonromantic relationships. I'm not even talking about genfic here! I've actually been thinking about Stobin specifically because that relationship (rightly & understandably) tends to show up in any Steve-centric fic, including the vast ocean of Steddie fics, so it makes the issue slightly more visible than I've seen in other fandoms.

I'm not saying I want to see them fight, or not be friends, or not love each other fiercely and near-obsessively in the way that lonely teenagers can. I'm just saying I want them to be distinct individuals who view the world in very different ways, and choose each other anyway. They already have a complicated past; I know from personal experience that it's possible as a lesbian to be best friends with a guy who once made a little speech about how into you he was, but that little layer of history never quite goes away.

I don't want frictionless relationships in my life. I want people who will challenge me and whom I can challenge, in the context of love and trust. I want people in my life whom I have to work to understand, because my life is richer when I do. And sometimes, I want narratives that will reflect the grief of friendships that are no longer part of my life, despite the best efforts of everyone involved.

In Merrily, Charley sings, "Friendship's something you don't really lose—" but Radcliffe's thready, pleading delivery makes it all too clear: Charley already knows he's lying. The audience just needs to catch up.

*Other essays in that particular graveyard: understanding the cast of Peanuts through the lens of anomie, humor and subversive linguistic nationalism in 00s Singaporean TV, how to fix Miss Saigon. WHY am I this way.

#side note: how fucking good was Radcliffe in that role? what a glow-up from HTSIBWRT #all the casting was brilliant but (Tony winner!) Mendez and (Tony nominated) Groff were less of a dark horse #anyway I think...I might start to get a little less rigid about letting myself dump nonfandom or fandom-adjacent posts here #we'll see if I have more time to post and/or write once this busy period at work dies down #recently is a relative term btw. I have been tagged more recently than the cambrian explosion. so that counts. #I appreciate the tags and it's very nice of y'all to think of me though!

[mariocki]

RIP Glenda Jackson (9.5.1936 - 15.6.2023)

"An actor can do Hamlet right through to Lear, men of every age and every step of spiritual development. Where's the equivalent for women? I don't fancy hanging around to play Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. Life's too short."

"If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem."

#glenda jackson #rip #death ment tw #icons #british politics #women in love #the music lovers #elizabeth r #sunday bloody sunday #mary‚ queen of scots #marat/sade #the triple echo #a touch of class #the maids #hedda #the incredible sarah #elizabeth is missing #armchair theatre #z cars #a genuine icon and an acting powerhouse. a winner of two oscars‚ three emmy awards and a tony #as well as baftas‚ a golden globe‚ a cbe and a whole suitcase of honorary doctorates and degrees #all this from the most humble of beginnings‚ having grown up poor and relied on scholarships throughout her education #i think that put a fire in her that stayed with her throughout her life; never one to mince words‚ either in her acting or career or once #she turned to politics. Glenda could be fierce‚ was an avowed feminist‚ a tireless campaigner for human rights and for those living in #poverty. she spurned the celebrity status her two oscars earnt her‚ and approached acting always as a craft‚ to be respected and taken #seriously. her entry into politics was inspired by thatcher‚ only in that she found the Thatcher government's policies and actions to be #detestable and anathema to those concerned with the welfare of the needy and the under represented. she took her political work just as #seriously as she did acting‚ becoming a vocal critic of Blair and calling for his resignation over the Iraq war and the death of David Kelly #a solid socialist‚ an immensely talented actor and a genuinely good person. we see too few Glendas these days. rip #<3

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Here are 10 things you should know about June Lockhart, born on June 25, 1925. Her career, which has seen her work in the theatre, radio, pictures, television and even video games, has so far spanned an astonishing 89 years.

#June Lockhart #old movies #classic film #classic movies #classic Hollywood #Golden Age of Hollywood #classic TV #classic television #Tony Winners #classic Broadway #Lassie

[clarabow-mp3]

disney used to hire the baddest bitches on broadway and now for their big 100th anniversary movie they've got julia michaels and a guy who wrote some songs with lady gaga.

#no offense to either of them but like. these are not people who have ever written a musical and it shows! #say what you want about lin manuel miranda he absolutely DEVOURED the moana soundtrack #frozen was as good and as huge as it was because of tony winners kristen and robert anderson-lopez #the renaissance that literally saved the studio is due almost entirely to alan menken and howard ashman broadway's rising stars #what was the thought process here genuinely

[luckydiorxoxo]

Lupita Nyong'o attends The 76th Annual Tony Awards

#lupita nyong'o #tony awards #black hollywood #oscar winner

[sunnysideprincess]

Winner

Cat Tony climbing aboard Wolf Bucky and fluffing him up for a nap

#tony stark #james bucky barnes #winteriron #buckytony #wolf bucky #cat tony #shifter au #mcu #deb does art #art #polls #winner

[personinthepalace]

Tony Hale wins Emmy for The Mysterious Benedict Society!

#tony hale #nicholas benedict #mysterious benedict society #the mysterious benedict society #mbs disney #emmys 2023 #emmy awards #emmy winner #mbs video #mbs cast #trenton lee stewart was there!! #tony hale as mr benedict they say #*shows clip of him as curtain* LOL #congrats to tony hale! a very deserved win!! #children's and family emmy awards #Youtube

[tllgrrl]

Lupita Nyong’o

photographed by Christian Cody for The Hollywood Reporter - 2021

#lupita nyong'o #black and white photography #black women #actor writer producer #academy award winner #ba / mfa #marvel #star wars #ny times best selling author #tony nom #emmy nom #multi-hyphenate #multi talented #people magazine’s most beautiful woman #activist #humanitarian #glamour #black creatives #black artists