Podcasts about Charlie Chaplin

Schiffstouren auf knallblauem Wasser und eine Bahn, die immer pünktlich ist: Rund um den Genfersee macht das Reisen richtig viel Freude, stellte Tinka auf ihrer großen Schweiz-Reise fest. Ihrer Co-Hostin Silvia Tyburski erzählt sie in dieser Folge von mondänen Hotels, Picknicks im Weinberg und einem Schwimmbad mit großem Unterhaltungsfaktor. Außerdem erfahrt ihr, wo Charlie Chaplin lebte und wie der Song "Smoke on the Water" von Deep Purple entstand.

Archwiliodd y gyfres ‘Zen Gardener' breifatrwydd man gardd fel lleoliad perfformio, gweithgarwch artistig, darlunio a dychymyg. Dyma waith celf ar ffurf cyfres o fideos sy'n cynnwys tua 80 o ffilmiau sydd wedi'u harddangos yn rhyngwladol ac sydd wedi'u harchifo mewn nifer o gasgliadau cyhoeddus. Yn ddiarwybod, mae'r ardd yn lleoliad cysylltiedigrwydd, yn ficrocosm o fyd mwy, lle caiff ffiniau, mamwlad, ymylon diwylliannol a gwleidyddiaeth eu harchwilio. Yn flaenllaw yn y ffilmiau hyn y mae ffigwr milwrol sy'n gwisgo dillad cuddliw nad ydyn nhw'n ei ffitio. Mae'r lifrai'n cuddio awdurdod symbolaidd ac yn colli pŵer machismo. Mae Finnemore yn ymddiddori mewn syniadau o guddliwiau diwylliannol a sut mae “ymgymysgu” yn dechneg ar gyfer goroesi. Mae'n fwgwd allanol i symud o gwmpas heb ddenu sylw. Mae'r motiff militaraidd hwn hefyd yn estyniad cyfoes o fyth paganaidd/Celtaidd y Dyn Gwyrdd – ffigwr defodol a wnaed o ganghennau coed, deiliach, planhigion, blodau. Mae cymeriad y garddwr gerila yn ffilm Finnemore yn cyfuno natur a diwylliant. Mae e'n amalgam o wahanol archdeipiau. Ffigwr golau a chysgod: addfwyn, comig, sinistr, bardd, ffŵl cysegredig a diogyn, siaman, troedfilwr, gwrthryfelwr, milwr gerila a goroeswr. Yr ysbrydoliaeth ar gyfer y ffigwr ymladdgar hwn yw cymeriad Charlie Chaplin yn The Great Dictator. Rôl ddeuol Adenoid Hynkel (ffigwr tebyg i Hitler) a barbwr Iddewig comig dienw (dyn cyffredin). Yn y ffilm hon, mae Chaplin yr actor, yr ysgrifennwr a'r cyfarwyddwr yn defnyddio comedi, trasiedi a dwyster i wynebu peryglon ffasgiaeth y 1940au a rhybuddio'r byd amdanyn nhw. Mae cymeriadau cyfochrog Chaplin yn rhannu'r un lifrai ond maen nhw'n ei ddefnyddio at ddibenion gwahanol iawn. Dyma gymeriadau sydd ar ddwy ochr yr un geiniog. Mae Chaplin yn defnyddio chwerthin a digrifwch mewn modd chwyldroadol, gan gymodi cymeriadau croes. Mae comedi a thrasiedi bellach yn gydgyfnewidiol. Hiwmor yw deallusrwydd, gan hwyluso dealltwriaeth a gwaredigaeth. Mae Peter Finnemore yn artist sy'n ceisio amlygu pethau, gan groesawu amrywiaeth eang ac iaith arfer celf ffotograffig wrth weithio drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau, gan gynnwys celf ffotograffig, fideo, gweithgareddau perfformio, gosodweithiau, ysgrifennu ac arfer curadu. Mae'n ymchwilio i'r cyfnewid deinamig rhwng bywgraffiad a phresenoldeb, cof cenedlaethau, diwylliant, hanes a gwreiddiau, a ddechreuodd drwy archwilio cysyniad cartref, cof a stori mewn cyd-destun diwylliannol Cymreig. Graddiodd Peter Finnemore ym 1987 mewn Ffotograffiaeth Celfyddyd Gain yn Ysgol Gelf Glasgow yn yr Alban. Ym 1994, derbyniodd MFA mewn Ffotograffiaeth ym Mhrifysgol Michigan yn Unol Daleithiau America.

The ‘Zen Gardener' series explored the intimacy of a garden space as a site of performance, artistic activity, of drawing and imagination. A body of video art comprising of around 80 films which have been exhibited internationally and are archived within a number of public collections. Flying under the radar… the garden becomes a site of interconnectedness, a microcosm of a larger world, where issues of borders, homeland and cultural margins and politics are explored. Predominant within these films is a military figure dressed in ill-fitting army camouflage clothing. The uniform is a mask of symbolic authority and is deflated of the power of machismo. Finnemore is interested in ideas of cultural camouflage and how "blending in" becomes a survival technique. An outward mask to move around unnoticed. This militaristic motif also becomes a contemporary extension of the pagan/Celtic myth of the Green Man- a ritual figure made out of tree branches, foliage, plants, flowers. Finnemore's guerrilla gardener film character fuses both nature and culture. He is an amalgam of different archetypes. A light and shadow figure; benign, comic, sinister, a poet, holy fool and bum, a shaman, foot soldier, rebel, guerrilla, and survivalist. The inspiration for this combative figure is Charlie Chaplin's, character in The Great Dictator. A dual role of - Adenoid Hynkel (a Hitler like figure) and an unnamed comic Jewish barber (an everyman). In this movie, Chaplin as actor, writer and director utilises comedy, tragedy and pathos to confront and warn the world of oncoming dangers of fascism in 1940's. Chaplin's mirror protagonists share the same uniform but use it to very different ends. They are characters on two sides of the same coin. Chaplin's use of laughter and humour becomes a subversive force, which reconciles opposites. Comedy and tragedy become interchangeable. Humour is intelligence, it allows insight and redemption. Peter Finnemore is an artist who seeks to ‘make visible', he embraces the broad range and language of photographic art practice, working across a range of platforms; including photographic art, video, performed activities, installation, writing and curatorial practice. Investigating the dynamic interchange between, biography & presence, generational memory, culture, history and origins which began as an exploration into the notion of home, memory and story within a Welsh cultural context. Peter Finnemore graduated in 1987 in Fine Art Photography at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. In 1994 he received an MFA in Photography at the University of Michigan, U.S.A.

In 1977, a calm, otherworldly voice broke into the British evening news across five transmitters at once, identified itself as an alien envoy, and warned humanity to abandon nuclear weapons before time ran out. Was it a hoax, or first contact?EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AlienVoicesOnTVAndRadioREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrxcfak4FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: While scientists at SETI are continually monitoring for extraterrestrial contact from the cosmos, ordinary people are already hearing from them – via radio and television. (Aliens Voices Over Radio and Television) *** 
The death of a Hollywood movie producer is still unsolved – and his spirit on the lot is still at unrest. (The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince) *** A family moves into a new home, and it's not long before they begin hearing strange sounds coming from the home bar in their living room. (Something In That Part of the House) *** In years past, baby boys were dressed in pink. So why the change to the color blue for boys? The answer is a dark one. (Baby Blues) *** In just 30 seconds, 30 rounds were fired when the tension between a crew of thieving cowboys and vigilante lawmen came to an explosive head in the frontier town of Tombstone, Arizona. (The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Klaatu's speech from “The Day The Earth Stood Still” (1951)00:02:45.959 = Show Open00:04:39.005 = Alien Voices Over Radio And Television00:16:13.874 = The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios00:33:04.222 = Something in That Part of the House ***00:39:31.873 = Baby Blues00:45:22.653 = The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ***00:54:32.710 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” by Mark Oliver: http://ow.ly/RmAm30oaHWt“The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince” by Troy Taylor: http://ow.ly/WVUu30oaHvS“Something In That Part of the House” by Haven: http://ow.ly/qMeU30oaHxn“Baby Blues” by Conny Waters: http://ow.ly/zcGj30oaI32“Alien Voices Over Radio and Television” posted at the Conspiracy Journal: https://tinyurl.com/y2ht47pt“Klaatu's Speech From ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still'”: (link no longer available)(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: November, 2021Weird Darkness moves across five unsettling true tales — alleged alien voices breaking into broadcast signals, the unexplained death of a Hollywood pioneer, a possessed home bar in Mexico, the superstitious roots of dressing infant boys in blue, and the bloody thirty seconds behind the O.K. Corral.It opens with the alleged extraterrestrial transmissions that have arrived through ordinary radios and televisions rather than from deep space. On November 26, 1977, at 5:12 PM, a deep, water-logged voice overrode five Southern Television transmitters across southern England, speaking over news reader Ivor Mills for five and a half minutes; the voice named itself Gramaha — also transcribed as Vrillon, Gillon, or Glon — a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, and warned humanity to abandon nuclear energy before the dawning New Age of Aquarius. The Independent Broadcasting Authority never logged the interruption and could not explain how its instant switch-off monitoring was bypassed. Years earlier, in July 1961, an eighteen-year-old ham radio operator named Robert P. Renaud had picked up a soft feminine voice high in the 25-meter band claiming to broadcast from a planet called Korendor, eventually trading images on his television's vidicon tube with a contact named Lin-Erri, an episode investigator Allen Griese found oddly free of showmanship or profit. A decade after Renaud, in January 1971, British UFO researcher Rex Dutta took a call on a radio talk show from a voice that registered no echo, no feedback, and no movement on the station's VU meter.From there the episode crosses to November 1924 and the death of Thomas Ince, the producer who founded Culver Studios in 1918 and earned the title Father of the Western. Ince died days after celebrating his birthday aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht, the Oneida, on a weekend cruise to San Diego that also carried actress Marion Davies and, by rumor, Charlie Chaplin. The official account blamed acute indigestion, but Hollywood whispered that Hearst, jealous over Davies, fired a diamond-studded revolver in the dark and put a bullet meant for Chaplin into Ince's head instead. The body was cremated, no inquest was held, San Diego district attorney Chester Kemply closed the case after a single session, and gossip columnist Louella Parsons soon received a lifetime Hearst contract. Decades later, workers at Culver Studios reported a man in a bowler-type hat watching them from the catwalks during 1988 renovations, frowning, declaring that he disliked what they were doing to his studio, and walking through a wall.Next comes a listener's account of a house in Mexico, bought by the family about twenty years earlier, where a heavy tavern-style wooden bar in the living room became the source of growling, clinking glassware, and slamming cabinet doors that sounded like two animals fighting inside an empty cupboard. The housekeeper, Letty, threw the cabinet open to find nothing disturbed. Weeks later the mother and Letty dug up jars in the front yard containing rag dolls pierced with pins, buried directly on the other side of the wall behind the bar. A framed mirror reading BAR shattered at three in the morning during a housewarming party, a barred window slid open on its own after being latched, and a photograph of a single bar stool showed a clear horned, devil-like face the family begged to have deleted. Letty, it turned out, was a bruja — a witch.Color superstition drives the next story: infant boys, dressed in blue today, were once dressed in pink, and a June 1918 article in the trade journal Earnshaw's Infants' Department called pink the stronger, more decided color suited to boys and blue the daintier choice for girls. The return to blue revived a far older practice, since the ancient Egyptians and Greeks regarded blue as divine and used it to repel evil spirits, dressing pharaohs in it and, as author Douglas B. Smith recounts, painting nurseries to keep satanic spirits from slipping into young children's bodies. Boys received that protection because they were valued above girls, who were thought too unimportant for evil spirits to trouble. The same fear survives in the Evil Eye and in protective amulets like the Hamsa and the Turkish Nazar, hung in homes and cars and worked into jewelry across the Balkans and the Middle East.The episode closes behind the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881, where thirty rounds were fired in roughly thirty seconds. Tombstone, Arizona had been founded in 1877 by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who struck a silver vein worth more than thirty-seven million dollars after being warned that all he would find out there was his own tombstone. Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, and James Earp, joined by the gun-slinging ex-dentist Doc Holliday, clashed with the Cochise County Cowboys, a feud that hardened after Curly Bill Brocius accidentally killed city marshal Fred White in 1880 and Virgil took the post. The gunfight left Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, and nineteen-year-old Billy Clanton dead while Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne fled, and Judge Wells Spicer afterward released the Earps as having committed an unwise but not criminal act. The reckoning continued past the verdict, with Virgil shotgunned in the back, Morgan assassinated over a game of pool in a plot tied to Ike Clanton, and Wyatt Earp drifting west until his death in California in 1929 at the age of eighty.

Cette année, le musée "Chaplinʹs World" célèbre ses dix ans dʹexistence. Dans ce contexte, ce dimanche 7 juin, 1000 personnes sont attendues à Corsier-sur-Vevey pour former un logo humain, une tentative de record du monde de Charlot. Cette performance est un hommage à Charlie Chaplin. Layla Shlonsky a demandé à Guillaume Reymond, alias NotSoNoisy, un artiste vidéaste veveysan qui organise cet évènement pourquoi un record monde avec la figure de Charlie Chaplin ?

Neste episódio, conversamos com a incrível bailarina e coreógrafa Rita Spider sobre a verdadeira força do movimento. A Rita partilha a sua filosofia única de que o ritmo não é apenas música, mas sim uma ferramenta que liberta instantaneamente mais potência, estética e impacto em qualquer performance.Exploramos também a importância vital de procurar referências fora da dança — no cinema, na pintura, na literatura — inspirando-se em génios como Michael Jackson e Charlie Chaplin para enriquecer a linguagem do corpo. Uma conversa profunda sobre respiração, ritmo, criatividade e a fusão de todas as artes.instagram da Rita Spider - ritaspider---

In 1922, pretty Clara Philips somehow became an adored overnight celebrity, after she brutally murdered young widow Alberta Meadows, with whomher husband was having an affair.Support this Podcast!⁠⁠===EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  05/30/2026.===HISTORICAL REFERENCES:The Claw Hammer Murder of Alberta Meadows:Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page.  However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email:  ⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.comNARRATOR: ⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast. Police Blotter and Court News: May 24, 1963.⁠GUEST NARRATOR: ⁠⁠Kathleen Li , Voice performer and Audiobook narrator. ===MISCELLANEOUS:Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.Exit Aphorism - quote widely attributed to⁠⁠⁠⁠ actor Charlie Chaplin.Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.===MUSIC:At RestThe Curtain RisesI Knew A Guy.LICENSED FROM: Kelvin Ruijters t/as FrequencyAlso:Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.===All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.===HEY!  CONTACT US!E-Mail:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FNP Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren's Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Kit-Caren/100085459732466⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky:⁠⁠⁠⁠@forgottennews.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠===

Another mind bending conversation with the flipside courtesy of Jennifer Shaffer and Luana Anders.  Conversation begins with Luana talking about telepathic conversation - how people in dreams don't see lips moving but get information telepathically.   The discussion revolves around the new film #Disclosure by #StevenSpielberg - and how scientists still believe that communication has to be audible, instead of telepathic (which is how mediums converse with people offstage.) Luana gives "silent movies" as an example and shows Jennifer Charlie Chaplin.  I invite him to come forward and discuss the topic, and ask her how she visualizes him (first as the Little Tramp, then how he looked at age 18 in London.) Then he reveals that he's already incarnated, at least a portion of his conscious energy is back and he says it's with a granddaughter that I had lunch with. Mind bending.  A discussion of Spielberg's new film #DISCLOSURE and Luana reporting that Steven has been visited by beings from other planets or dimensions that he's not yet aware of. Also how the idea of communicating telepathically is how aliens will communicate with us, rather than using math or physics. There's a conversation about Jennifer's recent "Wine and Spirits" she did with members of her daughter's sorority from college, and the value of learning information from people offstage at such a young age.  Jennifer's scientist uncle William makes an appearance and talks about some other mind bending stuff.  There are a couple of spots left for a group session with Jennifer at UncorkedWineShops.com - and of course people can book a session with me at RichardMartini.com The book CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FLIPSIDE KIND includes conversations with people (aliens) offstage. Fun to contemplate!

What would you do with a copy of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged? One questioneer needs any answer other than 'read it'. AMT418's questioneers also wonder how they film club scenes in Jersey Shore, what the Hitler Moustache was called pre-Hitler, what's in prop cigarettes, what to do about your neighbour's golf noise, and where all the decanters and pub toilet condom machines went. For more information about this episode, go to answermethispodcast.com/episode418 Got questions for us to answer, or feedback about an episode old or new? Send them in writing or as voice notes to answermethispodcast@googlemail.com, or you can call 0208 123 5877 to leave us a message. AMT419 will be out 25 June 2026 and the next Answer Us Back will land on on 11 June. Become a patron at patreon.com/answermethis to get an ad-free version of each episode and a batch of Bonus Bits each month, plus our video livestreams Petty Problems. If you sign up at one of the higher Patreon tiers, you get access to an RSS feed with ALL the AMT stuff EVER, including our entire back catalogue, our six themed albums, the retro AMTs, and every Bit of Crapp from the AMT App. AND you're keeping this show going! This episode is sponsored by:  • Saily, flexible eSIM data roaming plans for when you're abroad. Download SAILY in your app store and use our code amt15 at checkout to get an exclusive 15% off your first purchase. For further details go to saily.com/amt15 • The London Review of Books, the twice-monthly literary mag full of essays, reviews and more by excellent writers. Get a 6 month print and digital subscription for just £12 at LRB.me/answer • Squarespace, the all in one platform for creating and running your online empire. Go to squarespace.com/answer, have a play around during the two-week free trial, and when you're ready to launch, get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code ANSWER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: the Labor Heritage Power Hour explores how working people preserve their stories through People's 250, labor art, labor songs, and labor archives. In labor history, 30,000 Rochester workers joined a 1946 general strike. Quote of the day: Charlie Chaplin. @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Produced by Chris Garlock, Patrick Dixon and Harold Phillips.

Scelta pratica, di riconoscibilità o forse il commento acido di una cognata, fatto sta che Adolf Hitler a un certo punto assume uno degli stili più riconoscibili e orrendi possibili. Prima di lui lo stesso tipo di baffi era associato a figure comiche e moderne, come Charlie Chaplin, ma l'uso sistematico che ne fa il dittatore finisce per “sequestrare” per sempre quel taglio di peli facciali. È la storia di come un semplice centimetro di peli sul labbro possa passare da scelta pratica a simbolo politico, fino a diventare un tabù estetico quasi assoluto dopo il 1945. #baffiaspazzolino#hitlermustache#toothbrushmoustache Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on part one of another brand new encore episode of the Rarified Heir Podcast, we are talking to Suzanne Lloyd, the granddaughter who was raised like a daughter of iconic silent film star & business mogul Harold Lloyd. Suzanne is the steward of the Harold Lloyd estate and runs the archive of her grandfather's groundbreaking early Hollywood silent films which the creative genius and shrewd businessman almost single handedly owned throughout his career. Ah a preservationist in the mold of Edie Adams, host Josh Mills' mother who did the very same thing for the career of television's original genius, her first husband, Ernie Kovacs. Be still our hearts. Suzanne was incredibly gracious with her time when we talked to her and it was evident early on that she had so much to say about her years growing up, her grandfather's career, her parent's lives, the preservation of Lloyd's films as well as his opulent and ridiculously large house and grounds in Beverly Hills, we knew this conversation was a two parter. Suzanne was an eager guest who wanted to talk about her grandfather's work which ranks right up there with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Perhaps to the causal film fan, Harold Lloyd's name isn't as well-known some 90 years after the apex of his career simply because he owned his own films, not a film studio. So showings on television and screenings at film festivals were more sporadic through the years. But no doubt, with Suzanne's help, more fans than ever are able to see Harold Lloyd's comedy in 2026. This episode is a film lover's dream as we talk about early Hollywood icons like Mary Pickford, Daryl Zanuck, Hal Roach and many more – including her grandmother, Harold's wife, Mildred Davis. Davis gave up her own career once she married her comedic genius husband. Why? You'll hear about that shortly. Suzanne's ability to talk about the legacy of Harold Lloyd is only matched by her recall of facts, dates, productions, screenings, studios and more that it's almost uncanny how anyone could have total recall like that. So buckle up, this is only part one. Part two has stories about the famed Christmas tree that lived year round in the living room, the estate they lived on and the Paul McCartney party she attended after the estate was donated to the city. This episode spans decades. Take a listen.

'Beeldspraak' is de podcast van Poëziecentrum. In deze maandelijkse reeks praat een kenner/liefhebber met een dichter over zijn/haar/hun nieuwe dichtbundel. In deze aflevering praat Matthijs de Ridder met Kreek Daey Ouwens over haar nieuwe bundel 'Daun' (Poëziecentrum, 2026). Kreek Daey Ouwens bracht haar kindertijd door in de Zuid-Limburgse mijnstreek, waar de bodem ligt van haar schrijverschap. Ze debuteerde in 1991 met 'Stokkevingers'. De bundel 'De achterkant' (2009) stond op de shortlijst van de VSB Poëzieprijs. In 2013 ontving Ouwens de Leo Herberghs Poëzieprijs. De bundel 'Guillaume' (2020) werd genomineerd voor de Grote Poëzieprijs en stond op de shortlist van de Herman de Coninckprijs in 2023. Met die bundel was zij ook laureate van de vierjaarlijkse KANTL-poëzieprijs in Gent. Matthijs de Ridder is schrijver, curator en aanjager van het kunstproject Dynamiek! In 2009 promoveerde hij aan de UA met het proefschrift 'Staatsgevaarlik! De activistische tegentraditie in de Vlaamse letteren, 1912-1933'. Hij is onder meer de auteur van 'Rebelse Ritmes' (2012), 'De eeuw van Charlie Chaplin' (2017), de biografie 'Paul van Ostaijen. De dichter die de wereld wilde veranderen'(2023) en 'Boem Paukeslag' (2021), een verkenning van Van Ostaijens werk Bezette Stad.

Episode 135 - Pack your bags, we are headed to the nation of Tamainia circa 1940. It is week 2 of Top Dog month, a month focusing on films related to authoritarian rule and struggles within government. This week we are watching Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940) which features Chaplin playing dual roles as a Jewish barber/ WW1 vet, as well as the dictator Adenoid Hynkel, which is a satirical version of a certain dictator from history. This is a unique film in history so tune in to hear a much tamer conversation than last week's.Also tune in next week when we watch and discuss The Death of Stalin (2017)email us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com

This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens launches a new semi-regular series, Produced and Abandoned, spotlighting films that were completed but largely discarded by their distributors. First up: the bizarre and nearly forgotten 1980 horror-comedy Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, a very loose retelling of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring Oliver Reed in a dual role, and written and directed by Charles B. Griffith, the legendary screenwriter behind The Little Shop of Horrors. Produced by Cannon Films, the movie was rushed from concept to completion in just a few months, only to practically vanish from theaters. Edward explores the film's wild production history, from Griffith's original comedy concept and failed attempt to cast Dick Van Dyke to Oliver Reed's last-minute involvement and the movie's mysterious disappearance after only a handful of theatrical screenings. Plus: the connections to cult favorites like Condorman and The Apple, the strange international afterlife of the film on VHS, and why forgotten studio castoffs like Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype still deserve rediscovery decades later. ----more---- Transcript From Los Angeles, California, the entertainment capital of the world. It's The 80s Movie Podcast. I'm your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Today, on this 137th episode of the show, I'm going to be starting a new semi-regular series called Produced and Abandoned, that brings movies that were made and barely exhibited back to the spotlight, if even only for a moment. One of the many advantages of having a non-linear podcast like this one is that I, as the host and the researcher and the writer, can zag unexpectedly at a moment's notice when I feel compelled to. And that happened to me this week. For a film historian like myself who focuses on movies from a specific discipline like, say, from the 1980s, the internet is a veritable cornucopia of people who share in some way many of your same passions, and you will find them doing a lot of the legwork unintentionally for you, or pointing you in a direction you didn't know you needed to go. In 2026, I. Edward Havens, still have an active Facebook account, which I mainly use to keep in touch with my friends and family who are scattered throughout the globe. I have curated my feed so that the non-relative crazy uncles and aunts of the world, with their tinfoil hats and indecipherable conspiracy theories about the strangest subjects, do not reach me. So it's not as toxic a space as many people know it to be. Some time last week, thanks to filmmaker Adam Rifkin, I learned about a private Facebook group called Old Movie Newspaper and Print Ads from Around the World. Nearly a century of digital newspaper clippings, mostly from the United States and mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. If, for example, if you wanted to know how many theaters the god awful 1988 Joe Piscopo horror/action/comedy film Dead Heat opened at in Detroit in May of 1988, I can tell you that now. It was twenty one theaters, by the way. Including four drive ins. And while perusing this private Facebook group of insane movie nerds, my kind of people, I saw an ad for an Oliver Reed movie I had never heard of before, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hype. Well, the episode that I had been working on, that I've been tinkering with for damn more than two years now, was moved to the backburner once again, for the time being. I had to learn more about this movie, and I had to learn about it right then and there, because that's who I am. At one thirty in the morning, with a toddler ready to wake up in five and a half hours. I was exhausted, but at least I was going to get the ball rolling. And what I discovered is just how amazingly quick this film went from concept to writing, to production to completion. In an interview published in the 1997 book "BackStory 3: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1960s," the film's writer and director, Charles B. Griffith, described how the film came together. The title, originally "Doctor Feelgood and Mr. Hype," was one of several joke titles and ideas that Griffith had come up with for an expected meeting with Francis Ford Coppola about getting a movie made in the late 1970s. Griffith's own pitch for the film was that a hippie invents a new drug that turns its users into advertising executives. It was more meant to be an opening icebreaker joke than a real movie. After filming the movie Up From the Depths in the Philippines in 1978, Griffith would find himself talking to Cannon Films co-president Menahem Golan, who wanted Griffith to write a screenplay for The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood. While that film would get made, it would get made without Griffith ever signing on to it. But the two men would continue to talk regularly, as Griffith had been a roommate of Golan's when the Israeli filmmaker first arrived in America. And during one of those talks around New Year's Day of 1980s, Golan asked Griffith, who had just finished a two decade long, two dozen screenplay working relationship with Roger Corman, what he wanted to do next, Griffith would blurt out, for whatever reason, the title and pitch for "Doctor Feelgood and Mr. Hype," and Golan loved the idea. He was ready to put $750,000 into the production, provided Griffith had the film ready in four months... Ready to screen at the Cannes Film Market in four months, that is. Now, Griffith hadn't written a script for "Doctor Feelgood" at this point. All he had was that very basic one line concept, because it was never meant to be an actual film. Breaking down his timeline, Griffith figured he had three weeks to write and prep the film, a month to shoot, and two weeks to edit the footage. Of the $750,000 budget. Griffith would get twenty five thousand dollars to write and another twenty five thousand dollars to direct. As mentioned a moment ago, Griffith was a veteran of working with Roger Corman, so getting a shooting script ready in three weeks shouldn't have been a problem. Griffith, after all, had famously written the screenplay for The Little Shop of Horrors in just two days, and Griffith would completely change the direction of the story as well as the title. Cannon's own press release for the film would sum up the new story thusly... Horror spoof. Very loosely based on the R. L. Stevenson story, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lovable yet unattractive, chiropodist doctor Henry Heckle takes an overdose of a slimming drug, believing it will kill him. The drug transforms him and he becomes handsome and slim. He seduces several women, all of whom recoil from him when they see the ugliness in his eyes. The drug begins to wear off, and he takes a second dose, and he begins to terrorize the local community. Finally, he realizes that his love, Coral, loves him for himself, preferring the physically ugly but the spiritually beautiful. At first, Griffith tried to get the legendary Dick Van Dyke to play the titular characters, but Mr. Van Dyke was booked for all of 1980, appearing in the title role in a Broadway revival and U.S. tour of The Music Man. So he would turn to his second choice, who was, naturally as one would expect as a second choice to be for the wiry, immensely talented singer, dancer and actor Dick Van Dyke, the incredibly talented but somewhat pudgy, hirsute and not exactly known as a singer and dancer, Oliver Reed. By 1980, Mr. Reed had lost a lot of his star luster that made him an unusual heartthrob throughout the late 60s and early 70s. Not that he wasn't working on a regular basis. In fact, when Reed agreed to take the lead roles here, Griffith would have exactly one week to work with the legendary actor, who had a tiny hole in his schedule before he needed arrive in Paris to begin production on Disney's Condorman. That wouldn't be a problem for Griffith, who was used to dealing with massive production changes at the last minute. Reed's casting was announced to the press in late February, after Griffith had already cast Catherine Mary Stewart, who had recently finished her first film role in Menahem Golan's The Apple, as Coral, the beautiful young woman who falls for Heckyl, as well as Corman regulars Mel Welles and Dick Miller, and Jackie Coogan, the child star of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid Who found a renewed fame as Uncle Fester on the beloved 1960s television sitcom The Addams Family. The film would also be the first film for diminutive actor Tony Cox, best known as Marcus from the Bad Santa movies. Filming was scheduled to begin on March 3rd in Los Angeles. The schedule front loaded to get everything they needed from Reid before they lost him. But just before filming began, Griffith would lose his leading lady. I can't find out why Catherine Mary Stewart left the film before production began, but Griffith would find her replacement in Sonny Johnson. Johnson certainly had more film experience than Stewart, having appeared on an episode of Charlie's Angels, and featured in Bill Murray's Where the Buffalo Roam and in Animal House... although her scenes in the latter film would end up on the proverbial cutting room floor. Johnson would go on to co-star alongside Jennifer Beals in 1983's Flashdance, before sadly passing away in June of 1984 at the age of thirty of a ruptured aneurysm. She would join the cast the day before production began. Despite the legendary tales of Reed and his love of debauchery and excessive drinking, there are no contemporary reports of him being anything but an absolute gentleman on and off the set during his time with the production. The only issue Griffith had with the actor was that Reed had a fantastic take on heckle with a brilliant New York accent and sophistication. But, for Hyde, he would be slow and ponderous. You know, like the stereotypes of Oliver Reed. Busy with production, Griffith never noticed that in the Hollywood press, Cannon Films had, in promoting the 17 films they'd be selling at the Cannes Film Festival's market in early May, been telling the press that the budget for Dr. Heckyl was not $750,000, but $3,000,000. A not unusual mood for producers trying to get bigger sales from foreign markets. But sure enough, Griffith would have a 99 minute movie fully edited by Skip Schoolnik, whose next editing job would be on Halloween 2, and a musical score by Richard Band, ready for its first Cannes Film Market screening on May 11th. The film would screen a total of 8 times in 11 days, although there aren't any reports of how many countries cannon might have sold the film to during those two weeks. From all contemporary appearances, Cannon was preparing to open the film in the United States on October 10th, a date seemingly picked because Oliver Reed would be done with Condorman and not due on the set of his next film, Tobe Hooper's Venom, until the end of October. And as would be the norm in 1980, Cannon would prepare a sneak preview of the film to gauge audience reaction. On Friday, July 18th,1980, Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype would have a sneak preview at the Nickelodeon Theater in Boston, and according to the person who posted the image in the Movie Ads Facebook group, that would be the only paying public screening of the film, that it would be shelved forever from theatrical screening ,and banished to an otherwise ignoble premiere on VHS some years later. And while that is mostly true, it's not exactly one hundred percent true. I was able to find at least two actual theatrical release play dates, both opening on that same July 18th as the Boston sneak preview, at the Golden Mile Twin and the Imperial 6 in Toronto, two evening shows a day at the Golden Mile and five daily shows at the Imperial 6. The only contemporary hint as to how the film played in Toronto was that both screens dropped the film after a single week. Cannon would continue to promote and show the movie at various film festivals and markets around the globe, including at the Montreal Film Festival in late August 1980, where Menachem Golan's crazy disco sci-fi musical The Apple was screening in competition. And in an August 26th, 1980 article about Cannon Films in The Hollywood Reporter, it would be stated that Dr. Heckyl was one of eight movies Cannon was still planning to release theatrically before the end of the year. Except that never ended up happening. Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype does not appear to have ever played in any cinema outside of, maybe, one screening at a film festival in Barcelona on June 8th, 1981, but I can't find anything about this screening outside of a listing on the IMDb's Release info page. The film would start showing up on VHS tapes around the world, with titles like Experiência Fatal in Brazil, Boyfriend and Wild in Greece, Dr. Hekiru to Mr. Haipu in Japan. And my personal favorite, I'm Ugly, But I Want to Conquer in Hungary. In May of 2026, one can find the movie available for free with ads on the Tubi platform, as well as a pirated copy on the most popular English language video sharing platform. I might sit down one day and watch it, but as I said on the previous episode, I have a lot of plans for this podcast. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again, hopefully, real soon. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, https://the80smoviepodcast.com/, for extra materials about Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype. The 80s Movie Podcast has been researched, written, narrated, and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.

Some music careers are carefully planned. Louise Aubrie's really isn't and that's exactly what makes it so interesting.In this episode, Graham sits down with London-born, New York and LA-based singer-songwriter Louise Aubrie for a conversation that moves as freely as her music does. From growing up in a household where Sinatra sat comfortably next to the New York Dolls, to finding her way into a studio in Portugal through a chance encounter with Morrissey's long-time guitarist and musical director, Boz Boorer. Louise's story is one of happy accidents, open doors and the kind of connections that only seem to happen when you're genuinely following something you love.They talk about what it means to write from life — the experience of living between London, New York and Los Angeles, the strange creative freedom of writing through other people's stories, and why Louise dedicated a song on her new record to a silent film actress who directed Charlie Chaplin and was somehow almost entirely forgotten by history.There's also talk of her new single, Midnight Calls, recorded at the legendary EastWest Studios in Hollywood; an album on the way later in the summer; and a shared moment when Graham and Louise quietly manifest a film soundtrack into existence.If you haven't heard Louise Aubrie before, this is a very good place to start.Midnight Calls is out now. Album coming later this summer — available on all streaming platforms, and on vinyl and CD.

Episode 134 - Pack your bags, we are headed to England during the reign of King Henry the 8th. Why? Because it's Top Dog month, and for the next 5 weeks we will be exploring authoritarian rulers and struggles within government. And boy does this week start off with a bang. The discussion gets "fiery" for the film Firebrand (2023). Firebrand is a historical fiction film set during the reign of King Henry VII and his marriage to Catherine. There is some heated debate about how historical this fiction is and the issues within the historical fiction genre in general. If that type of debate sounds appealing to you then you must tune in for this one.And tune in next week as we watch and discuss Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (1940).And email us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com

Adam and Josh discuss how The Devil Wears Prada 2 softens Miranda Priestly’s edges and why, despite mealy‑mouthed social commentary, the legacy sequel mostly works as comfort viewing. Along the way, they make the case that Meryl Streep is still the movie’s true luxury item. Plus: is it time for a Fitspotting spinoff? Links -Andy’s Best Dress -Chanel's Haute Couture Spring 2020 CollectionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, we discuss the work of legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, whose careers straddled both the silent and sound eras.They were active between the 1920s and the 1950s, making more than a hundred films together and their unmistakeable big man-little man dynamic would go on to influence many a comedy double-act, from Abbott and Costello to Morecambe and Wise.This year marks the centenary of Laurel and Hardy's first appearance in a film together and to mark the occasion Neil Brand has been touring a show celebrating Stan and Ollie's extraordinary artistry. Neil is a writer, broadcaster, composer and peerless silent cinema pianist. His show arrives in Scotland this month and he joined host Dr Pasquale Iannone to discuss the Boys.In their conversation, Neil and Pasquale place them in the context of other giants of American screen comedy such as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. They also explore Neil's previous work on Stan and Ollie, such as his brilliant radio play starring British acting royalty Tom Courtenay. Neil tells Pasquale about the structure of his centenary show, what audiences can expect as well as the joys and challenges of improvising silent film scores.Neil will be appearing at The Gaiety Theatre in Ayr, The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, Airdrie's Town Hall, Eden Court in Inverness and the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy. For more information, go to the website: laurelandhardypresentedbyneilbrand.co.uk.

First up in Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon, Adam and Josh discuss Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 satire The Great Dictator. They explore how comedy becomes a weapon against fascism, the film’s surprising prescience and moral clarity, and the risks Chaplin took by calling out authoritarian power before much of the world was willing to do so. Links: -Filmspotting Marathons https://www.filmspotting.net/marathons Feedback: -Email us at feedback@filmspotting.net⁠⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠Ask Us Anything⁠⁠⁠⁠ and we might answer your question in bonus content. Support: -Join the Filmspotting Family for bonus episodes and archive access.https://filmspottingfamily.com -Filmspotting Shop for T-shirts and more.https://www.filmspotting.net/shop⁠⁠⁠ Follow: -Watch Filmspotting on YouTube: https://youtube.com/filmspotting -Adam/Filmspotting: Letterboxd | Instagram | Facebook | Bluesky -Josh/LarsenOnFilm: Letterboxd | Instagram | Facebook | BlueskySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE 138 -  “NORMAN LLOYD: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” - 5/4/2026  Few figures in Hollywood history have had careers as long—or as varied—as NORMAN LLOYD.  Spanning nearly a century, his work bridges the worlds of theater, radio, and film, with collaborations that include legends like CHARLIE CHAPLIN, ALFRED HITCHCOCK and ORSON WELLES. Whether appearing on stage, on screen or shaping stories behind the scenes, Lloyd's presence has always carried a quiet intensity and sharp intelligence. Join us as we take a closer look at the life and legacy of Norman Lloyd, our Star of the Month — a man who didn't just witness Hollywood history—he helped create it.   SHOW NOTES:  Stages: Norman Lloyd by Norman Lloyd and Francine Parker, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1990; Stages: Of Life in Theatre, Film and Television by Norman Lloyd, Limelight, August 1, 2004; Norman Lloyd Career Retrospective, Legacy Collection, Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, May 4, 2004;  Noir City, Post-Screening Q&A with Norman Lloyd, Palm Springs, May 15, 2011; Shattered Applause: The Lives of Eva Le Gallienne by Robert A Schanke, Dec 9, 1992, Southern Illinois University Press; Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre, PBS, June 26, 1989; Norman Lloyd, Associate of Welles, Hitchcock and Others, Dies at 106 by Eric Nagourney, May 11, 2011; The End of an Era: Norman Lloyd, 1914-2021 by Peter Sobczynski, May 12, 2021; Norman Lloyd, Star of ‘Saboteur' and ‘St. Elsewhere,' Dies at 106, by Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, MAY 11, 2021; TCM Remembers Norman Lloyd, TCM.com, May 13, 2021; Wikipedia.com; IBDB.com TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; Movies Mentioned: Saboteur (1942) Starring Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane; Spellbound (1945) Starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck; The Southerner (1945) Starring Zachary Scott and Betty Field; A Walk in the Sun (1945) Starring Dana Andrews and Richard Conte; The Green Years (1946) Starring Charles Coburn and Tom Drake; A Letter for Evie (1946) Starring Marsha Hunt and John Carroll; The Beginning or the End (1947) Starring Brian Donlevy and Robert Walker; The Red Pony (1949) Starring Myrna Loy and Robert Mitchum; Scene of the Crime (1949) Starring Van Johnson and Arlene Dahl; The Flame and the Arrow (1950) Starring Burt Lancaster and Virginia Mayo; Buccaneer's Girl (1950) Starring Yvonne De Carlo and Philip Friend; The Light Touch (1951) Starring Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli; He Ran All the Way (1951) Starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters; Limelight (1952) Starring Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom; Audrey Rose (1977) Starring Marsha Mason and Anthony Hopkins; Dead Poets Society (1989) Starring Robin Williams and Robert Sean Leonard; The Age of Innocence (1993) Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer; In Her Shoes (2005) Starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette; Trainwreck (2015) Starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie Chaplin's life was fundamentally shaped by his early years in the Lambeth Workhouse, where receiving a single orange for Christmas became a haunting symbol of his poverty. His father died young of alcoholism, and his mother, Hannah Hill, struggled with profound mental instability and syphilis, leaving Chaplin and his brother Sydney to rely on the "tender mercies" of Victorian institutions. Despite his mother's illness, Chaplin idolized her and viewed his entire successful adulthood as an escape from the humiliations of his youth. His brother Sydney eventually introduced him to the theater through Fred Carno, marking the end of their poverty as Chaplin's comedic genius began to emerge. Guest: Scott Eyman. (1/8)1900 LA

Charlie Chaplin es uno de los nombres más reconocibles de la historia del arte. Pero detrás del sombrero hongo y el bastón de bambú existió una vida marcada por la pobreza extrema en Londres, la soledad de la infancia y décadas de persecución política que lo llevaron al exilio.  En este Jueves de Biografías de Interesante Historia exploramos la vida completa de Charles Spencer Chaplin: desde sus años de miseria en los barrios obreros de Londres hasta la cima de Hollywood, desde la creación del inmortal Vagabundo hasta su expulsión de los Estados Unidos durante la caza de brujas del macartismo.  Un episodio sobre el genio creativo, el precio de la libertad artística y el legado de un hombre que hizo reír al mundo entero mientras cargaba en silencio su propio dolor. No te lo pierdas.

Ep. 136: I suoi cugini dormivano in una camera ricavata sotto la galleria di un cinema parrocchiale, ascoltando le proiezioni che passavano sopra le loro teste: è in quel buio, tra il terrore delle prime immagini e la scoperta di Charlie Chaplin, che ha iniziato a decifrare il linguaggio di un'ossessione che non lo avrebbe più lasciato.In questa intervista con Malcom Pagani, Alberto Barbera racconta le radici in provincia, vicino a Biella, e la sua epifania con il cinema, che arriva in un pomeriggio di neve alla vigilia di Natale, uscendo dalla sala dopo aver guardato due volte di fila Agente 007 - Thunderball. Poi la Torino degli anni Settanta, divisa tra la facoltà di architettura occupata, sfuggendo alle cariche della polizia, e le giornate passate sui tram per scovare i classici di Alfred Hitchcock in terza visione, fino all'esordio come critico pagato in nero alla Gazzetta del Popolo. Barbera spiega che quello del direttore di un festival del cinema è un mestiere che «nessuno ti insegna»: guardare quattromila film all'anno è un incubo in cui «sbagliare è facilissimo» e bisogna imparare l'arte diplomatica di dire no.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Special Subject for this month is The Archers in Black and White: A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), and The Small Back Room (1949). We discuss Powell and Pressburger's interest in the claims and sins of tradition and modernity, their handling of intense romantic relationships, and their search for transcendence in nature and the past. Then, in Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto, we briefly discuss the films we saw at the 2026 Toronto Silent Film Festival, including the 1926 Beau Geste with Ronald Colman, Chaplin's The Kid (1921), Garbo and Gilbert in (Edmund Goulding's) Love (1927), Eisenstein's nightmarish Strike (1925), and Lewis' Milestone's romantic comedy The Garden of Eden (1928).  Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s:    A CANTERBURY TALE (1944) [dirs.. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger] 0h 26m 31s:    I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (1945) [dirs.. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger] 0h 42m 28s:    THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949) [dirs.. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger] 0h 58m 31s:    Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – 2026 Toronto Silent Film Festival – Herbert Brenon's Beau Geste (1926), Charlie Chaplin's The Kid (1921), Edmund Goulding's Love (1927), Sergei Eisenstein's Strike! (1925) and Lewis Milestone's The Garden of Eden (1928); also: Laurel and Hardy in Brats (1930), Baby Peggy in Peg o' the Mounted (1924) and the Lumière Brothers' Aroseur et arosée (1896) +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: "Sunday" by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – "Making America Strange Again" * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

Can you determine which of these titles is a Martin Lawrence movie and which is a Charlie Chaplin movie?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we learn about an amusement park tragedy and a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like nightmare.

National Eggs Benedict day. Entertainment from 2006. Lincoln freed all the slaves in Washington DC, LSD invented, Texas City explosion. Todays birthdays - Wilber Wright, Charlie Chaplin, Pope Benedict 16, Bobby Vinton, Dusty Springfield, Gerry Rafferty, Ellen Barkin, Dave Pirner, Martin Lawrence, Selina, Akon. Madam Tussaurd died.Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran        https://diannacorcoran.com/Eggs Benedict song - FNAF Sister Location RapBad Day - Daniel PowterWhat hurts the most - Rascal FlattsBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent     http://50cent.com/Blue velvet - Bobby VintonI only want to be with you - Dusty SpringfieldStuck in the middle with you - Steelers WheelRunaway train - Soul AsylumBidi Bidi Boom Boom - SelenaDon't matter - AkonExit - Wish is was Friday - Brittny Nicole    https://iambrittanynichole.com/ History & Factoids about today Playlist on SpotifyHistory & Factoids about today webpagecooolmedia.comcountryundergroundradio.com

We're starting the new season of Death is Everything with a bang, or at least a long, protracted toot! Pass time (and certainly not anything else) with Marianne, Chris, Angel and sometimes Joey as they divulge crucial DIE Crew lore and commiserate over the horrors of modern living. Then enjoy a cut up of curious life-and-death stories. No cheese involved, but there are cute cat statues, a dose of legendary grave robbing, vampiric burials, and history's coolest mine-hunting rat. Where will our rambling tangents and rumbling tummies take us today? Listen in to find out, Land of the Living!Links of note:Gotokuji Temple, birthplace of the Japanese maneki-nekohttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gotokuji-templehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-nekoCharlie Chaplin's body stolenhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-2/grave-robbers-steal-charlie-chaplins-bodyPolish Vampire Burialshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/anti-vampire-graves-polandCambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rathttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rx7xzd10xoThanks for listening, Land of the Living! Subscribe, and follow us on Instagram @die.podcast  for updates! Check out deathiseverything.com for merchandise, our mailing list, and more!#deathiseverything #DeathIsEverythingPodcast  #DIEwithMarianne #DIEwithMarianneandChris #DIEwithMCA #deathinpsiration #deathpodcast #LApodcast #takingchances #landoftheliving #VarietyHour #GotokujiTemple #maneki-neko #CharlieChaplin #graverobbing #VampiricBurial #Poland #Cambodia #MagawaTheRat #HeroRats #RatsOffToYa #FartJokes

In this episode of the Tales From Hollywoodland Podcast, we sit down with author Diane Kiesel to discuss her book When Charlie Met Joan, an in-depth exploration of the controversial and widely publicized relationship between Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin and actress Joan Berry. Set during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this story dives into one […] The post Charlie Chaplin & Joan Berry Scandal: The Truth Behind When Charlie Met Joan | Diane Kiesel Interview appeared first on The ESO Network.

In this episode of the Tales From Hollywoodland Podcast, we sit down with author Diane Kiesel to discuss her book When Charlie Met Joan, an in-depth exploration of the controversial and widely publicized relationship between Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin and actress Joan Berry. Set during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this story dives into one of the most sensational scandals of its time. The relationship between Chaplin and Berry quickly became the subject of intense media scrutiny, legal battles, and public controversy, including a highly publicized paternity lawsuit that captivated the nation. The case raised questions about celebrity power, morality, and the role of the press in shaping public opinion during Hollywood's studio era. Through meticulous research, Diane Kiesel sheds light on the real story behind the headlines, separating fact from myth while exploring how the scandal impacted Chaplin's career and legacy. This episode examines the broader cultural context of the time, including Hollywood censorship, public image, and the pressures faced by stars in the spotlight. If you're interested in classic Hollywood scandals, Charlie Chaplin history, Old Hollywood controversies, celebrity trials, and film history, this episode offers a compelling and thought-provoking look at one of the most talked-about episodes in Hollywood history. Subscribe to the Tales From Hollywoodland Podcast for more interviews with authors, historians, and insiders uncovering the stories behind Hollywood's biggest legends. We want to hear from you! Feedback is always welcome. Please write to us at talesfromhollywoodland@gmail.com, and why not subscribe and rate the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Pandora, Amazon Music, Audible, and wherever fine podcasts are found.  #CharlieChaplin #JoanBerry #HollywoodScandal #OldHollywood #ClassicHollywood #FilmHistory #DianeKiesel #WhenCharlieMetJoan #HollywoodHistory #TalesFromHollywoodland

Today on Beating Cancer Daily, Saranne shares her deeply personal journey of battling Stage IV cancer for over 30 years, with a special nod to the power of laughter in her healing process. She recounts how she launched the Comedy Cures Foundation from her chemo chair during her first treatment in April 1999, kicking it off with a chemo comedy party. This episode is particularly inspired by Charlie Chaplin's quote, "A day without laughter is a day wasted," highlighting the importance of humor even in the most challenging of times.2025 to 2026 People's Choice Podcast Awards Best Health Series Finalist Ranked the Top 5 Best Cancer Podcasts by CancerCare News in 2024, 2025 & 2026, and #1 Rated Cancer Survivor Podcast by FeedSpot in 2024 to 2025.Beating Cancer Daily is listened to in 144 countries across 7 continents and features over 420+ original daily episodes hosted by Stage IV survivor Saranne Rothberg. To learn more about Host Saranne Rothberg and The ComedyCures Foundation:https://www.comedycures.org/ To write to Saranne or a guest:https://www.comedycures.org/contact-8 To record a message to Saranne or a guest:https://www.speakpipe.com/BCD_Comments_SuggestionsTo sign up for the free Health Builder Series live on Zoom with Saranne and Jacqui, go to The ComedyCures Foundation's homepage:https://www.comedycures.org/Please support the creation of more original episodes of Beating Cancer Daily and other free ComedyCures Foundation programs with a tax-deductible contribution:http://bit.ly/ComedyCuresDonate THANK YOU! Please tell a friend whom we may help, and please support us with a beautiful review. Have a blessed day! Saranne

Leonardo Colombati"Non vi sarà più notte"Mondadori Editorewww.mondadori.itSan Pietroburgo, 1900. Vasilij “Baz” Kozlov, diciotto anni, è in partenza per Parigi, pronto a sfidare col suo reggimento Inghilterra, Francia e Germania in una partita di tennis: da quasi un secolo, infatti, a risolvere le dispute internazionali non sono più le guerre ma i tornei sportivi. Alla stazione di Berlino però entra in scena Cécile, promessa sposa di un ufficiale francese con cui il nostro eroe dovrà incrociare la racchetta… Quella partita piegherà la curva del suo destino, portandolo in America, dove diventerà marito e padre (non proprio in quest'ordine) e incontrerà gangster, spie, ballerine, politicanti, attori di vaudeville, venditori di pozioni magiche, astrofisici, divi del cinema muto, escapisti e galeotti; una folla di coloratissimi personaggi che abitano un mondo leggermente diverso dal nostro, perché l'armistizio ha favorito gli scambi tra i Paesi accelerando il progresso, e così il primo Novecento somiglia più a un romanzo di Jules Verne che a quello dei libri di Storia. Ma la pace sarà davvero perpetua? Storia di formazione e poi di guerra, racconto di mare ma anche on the road e diario di prigione, spy story e avventura post-apocalittica: Leonardo Colombati ci dà in pasto dosi massicce di Amore e Morte in un romanzo-mondo travolgente, dove convivono personaggi d'invenzione e figure reali come Isadora Duncan e Charlie Chaplin, Harry Houdini e il kaiser Guglielmo, tutti al servizio di Baz Kozlov, il superstite, che tenta fino alla fine di opporre al corso degli eventi la sua ottusa fiducia nella bontà dell'animo umano, con la speranza di ritrovare, al termine della sua odissea, l'unica persona che può davvero salvarlo.Leonardo Colombati (Roma, 1970) ha pubblicato i romanzi Perceber (Sironi, 2005 – Fandango, 2010), Rio (Rizzoli, 2007), Il re (Mondadori, 2009), 1960 (Mondadori, 2014), Estate (Mondadori, 2018) e Sinceramente non tuo (Mondadori, 2022) e raccolto i suoi saggi letterari in Scrivere per dire sì al mondo (Mondadori, 2021). Ha curato i volumi Bruce Springsteen. Come un killer sotto il sole (Sironi, 2007 – Mondadori, 2021) e La canzone italiana 1861-2011. Storia e testi (Mondadori-Ricordi, 2011). Ha collaborato con diverse testate, tra cui il “Corriere della Sera”, “Il Messaggero”, “Grazia”, “IL” e “Vanity Fair”. È condirettore della rivista letteraria “Nuovi Argomenti” e vicepresidente del Premio letterario Viareggio-Répaci. Nel 2015, con Emanuele Trevi ha fondato l'Accademia Molly Bloom, scuola di scrittura creativa di cui è rettore.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

What if art wasn't an elective — but the foundation?On this special episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, I sit down with Lis Austin of Besant Hill School to explore a model of education where creativity isn't an add-on, but the organizing principle. From studio art and ceramics to film, theater, and music, Besant Hill's program is rooted in a holistic philosophy that traces back to the school's founding — and feels more relevant than ever.We also preview the upcoming Spring Arts Festival (April 17–18), a vibrant, community-wide celebration featuring student films, live performances (including Dear Evan Hansen), exhibitions, and an art auction supporting arts education. We also talked about Ojai's special connection to the theater arts, through luminaries such as Michael Chekhov, Iris Tree, Ford Rainey, Charlie Chaplin and Woody Chambliss. We did not talk about Scottish salmon ghillies, the Samurai Civil War of the 1180s or the final episode of The Pitt's season two.If you've ever wondered what school could look like when imagination leads, this is a conversation worth hearing. For more information about the Spring Arts Festival, check out https://www.besanthill.org/2021-spring-arts-celebration/

The just-in-time Iranian ‘ceasefire’ looks more like a Mexican standoff – or worse, Artemis II is not what you think, and El Presidente is issuing Donald Bucks. All this and more, on today’s RWR. Links Videos / Clips [x] = Played [x] Lucifer Has a NASA Moon Mission named Artemis. Here’s What They’re Hiding. [x] THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN | Official Promo WATCH: Will the Two-Week Iran Ceasefire Deal Hold? Mehdi Asks the Experts If Americans Knew YouTube channel – videos Headlines [x] = Mentioned / Discussed Iran Ceasefire Mexican Standoff [x] Iran sets strict terms for ships crossing Hormuz after ceasefire | The Street [x] TACO Trade Is Back As Oil Falls, Stocks Rally on US-Iran Ceasefire | Business Insider [x] TACO Trade Has Replaced Trump Trade. Inside the Stock Market’s New Meme. | Business Insider [x] Iran eyes ‘true friend' China as security guarantor. Chinese analysts are not so sure | South China Morning Post [x] The shipping superpower that says it won't negotiate Hormuz passage as a matter of principle | The Independent [x] Iran threatens to ‘destroy’ ships that pass through Strait of Hormuz — despite cease-fire pact | NYPOST US and Iran both declare victory as ceasefire is agreed | Reuters [x] Israel backs Trump’s two-week pause on Iran strikes, says Lebanon excluded | Reuters Iran war live: Israel continues to attack Lebanon and Tehran strikes Kuwait after US-Iran ceasefire agreed | Reuters AI / Data Centers Elon Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as part of lawsuit | CNBC Anthropic Says Its Latest AI Model Is Too Powerful to Be Released | Business Insider Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters | 404 Media AI Helped Spark a Quantum Breakthrough. The World ‘Is Not Prepared’ | TIME Artemis II [x] NASA’s Moon Mission Is A Total Failure, And A Complete Embarrassment | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT El Presidente [x] Donald Trump reveals plans to run for president in another country | Tyla [x] Fact Check: Trump said he’ll run for president of Venezuela | Yahoo! News [x] Trump said he’ll run for president of Venezuela | Snopes.com | Snopes Donald Bucks [x] Donald Trump becomes first sitting president to break 165-year dollar bill tradition | Tyla [x] What Trump’s signature may look like on US currency | The Hill [x] Treasury Announces President Donald J. Trump's Signature to Appear on Future U.S. Paper Currency | U.S. Department of the Treasury [x] Treasury will put Trump’s signature on dollar bills | USA TODAY [Turns out; maybe not, eh...?] Robert Kiyosaki: Donald Trump Just ‘Fired the Marxist Fed’ To Make America the Crypto Capital | Yahoo! Finance Miscellany [x] Trump’s Ex-Pal Drops Bomb About Ivanka & Jared Kushner’s Relationship | Nicki Swift [x] Wireless Festival canceled after Kanye West travel ban | USA TODAY Inside a rare collection of 10,000 concerts, from Nirvana to Björk | AP News A new Texas public schools reading list draws overflow crowd to meeting | AP News The Rest [x] = Mentioned / Discussed “A whole civilization” (Apr 7, 2026) C-SPAN Word for Word A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran! – @realDonaldTrump (Apr 07, 2026, 6:06 AM) Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East. We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated. On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP – @realDonaldTrump (Apr 07, 2026, 4:32 PM) Trump: “A Whole Civilization will Die Tonight” [x] Dorothy Thompson – Wikipedia [x] Paulo Freire – Wikiquote [x] Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands: Sakwa, Richard: 9781784535278: Amazon.com: Books “NATO exists to manage the threats created by its existence” On This Day Events April 2026 Calendar of Public Holidays | Office Holidays Holidays and Observances in the United States in 2026 What day is it today? Important events every day ad-free | United States OTD On This Day – What Happened on April 8 Today in History: April 8, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's home run record | AP News What Happened on April 8 – On This Day What Happened on April 8 | HISTORY April 8 – Wikipedia What Happened On April 8 In History? 08 | April | 2020 | Executed Today Holidays Pesach VII in Israel Historical Events 2020 – 76-day lockdown lifted in Wuhan, China where the COVID-19 ‘pandemic’ allegedly began. 2014 – Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported. 2013 – Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, dies: Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, dies in London at age 87 from a stroke on April 8, 2013. Serving from 1979 to 1990, Thatcher was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. 2010 – President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty in Prague. 2009 – Somali pirates allegedly hijack Maersk Alabama ship: The MV Maersk Alabama is hijacked off the coast of Somalia. The high-profile incident drew worldwide attention to the problem of piracy, commonly believed to be a thing of the past, in the waters off the Horn of Africa. 2005 – Over 4 million people pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II: Karol Józef Wojtyła from Poland was an immensely popular Pope. He was succeeded by German Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger. 2005 – Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty: Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty to a series of bombings, including the fatal bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, in order to avoid the death penalty. He later cited his anti-abortion and anti-homosexual views as motivation for the bombings. Eric Robert Rudolph was born September 19, 1966, in Merritt Island, Florida. 1999 – Step Aboard the Titanic – Las Vegas Style: Even by Las Vegas standards it was controversial, a $1.2 billion recreation of the doomed Titanic, along with the iceberg that caused its destruction. 1994 – Grunge icon, Kurt Cobain found dead: Rock star, Kurt Cobain is found dead in his Seattle, Washington home three days after alleged suicide, with fresh injection marks in both arms and a fatal wound to the head from the 20-gauge shotgun found between his knees. 1992 – Tennis great Arthur Ashe announced at a New York news conference that he had AIDS, having contracted HIV from a blood transfusion in 1983. 1990 – Eighteen-year-old Ryan White, national symbol of the AIDS crisis, dies: 18-year-old Ryan White dies of pneumonia, due to having contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. He had been given six months to live in December of 1984 but defied expectations and lived for five more years, during which time his story helped educate the public and dispel widespread misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. 1990 – “Twin Peaks” premieres on ABC: David Lynch's surreal television drama “Twin Peaks” premieres on ABC, launching the question “Who killed Laura Palmer?” into the cultural zeitgeist. 1989 – Pitcher Jim Abbott, born without right hand, makes MLB debut: California Angels rookie pitcher Jim Abbott, who was born without a right hand, makes his Major League Baseball debut in a 7-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners. His debut generates a buzz throughout the sports world. “Maybe I was unnerved by all the attention,” Abbott tells reporters afterward. 1987 – U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz condemns Soviet spying: Just days before he is to travel to Moscow for talks on arms control and other issues, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz states that he is “damned upset” about possible Soviet spy activity in the American embassy in the Soviet Union. Soviet officials indignantly replied that the espionage charges were “dirty fabrications.” 1983 – Magician David Copperfield pulls off one of his most audacious illusions: making the Statue of Liberty “disappear” in front of a live audience on Liberty island. 1977 – The Clash release their debut album of the same name: The British combo around lead vocalist Joe Strummer is considered one of the most influential early punk rock bands. 1975 – Frank Robinson makes debut as first Black manager in MLB: Against the New York Yankees in Cleveland, the Indians' Frank Robinson becomes the first African American to manage a game in Major League Baseball. Robinson, who also bats second, homers in his first at-bat in Cleveland's 5-3 win. 1974 – Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's home run record that had stood since 1935. 1962 – Cuba announced that 1,200 Cuban exiles tried for their roles in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion were convicted of treason and sentenced to 30 years in prison. 1959 – The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank. 1959 – One of the first modern programming languages is created: The Common Business-Oriented Language or COBOL was primarily designed by a woman, Grace Hopper. Also known as Amazing Grace, she is regarded as one of the pioneers in the field. 1953 – Jomo Kenyatta jailed for Mau Mau uprising in Kenya: Jomo Kenyatta, leader of the Kenyan independence movement, is convicted by Kenya's British rulers of leading the extremist Mau Mau in their violence against white settlers and the colonial government, and sentenced to 7 years hard labor. An advocate of nonviolence and conservatism, he pleaded innocent in the highly politicized trial. He is considered to be Kenya’s founding father and became the country’s first President in 1964. 1952 – U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. 1946 – The last meeting of the League of Nations, the precursor of the United Nations, is held. 1944 – Russians attack Germans in drive to expel them from Crimea: Russian forces led by Marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin attack the German army in an attempt to win back Crimea, in the southern Ukraine, occupied by the Axis power. The attack would result in the breaking of German defensive lines in just four days, eventually sending the Germans retreating. 1935 – Congress establishes WPA as part of “New Deal”: Congress votes to approve the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a central part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Stuart Chase's New Deal. In November 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, Governor Roosevelt of New York was elected the 32nd president of the United States. 1918 – World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district. 1913 – The 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, providing for election of U.S. senators by state residents as opposed to state legislatures. 1913 – China’s National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history 1911 – An explosion at the Banner Coal Mine in Littleton, Alabama, claimed the lives of 128 men, most of them convicts leased out from prisons. 1908 – Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School. 1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law. 1904 – Britain and France sign Entente Cordiale: The treaty, which was initially designed to regulate the countries’ colonial interests in Africa, later evolved into the Triple Entente to fight Germany in World War I. With war in Europe a decade away, Britain and France sign an agreement, later known as the Entente Cordiale, resolving long-standing colonial disputes in North Africa and establishing a diplomatic understanding between the two countries, formally entitled a Declaration between the United Kingdom and France Respecting Egypt and Morocco. 1895 – In Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. 1886 – William Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill in the British House of Commons 1866 – Austro-Prussian War: Italy and Prussia sign a secret alliance against the Austrian Empire. 1864 – The U.S. Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it in January 1865; the amendment was ratified and adopted in December 1865.) 1832 – Black Hawk War: Around 300 United States 6th Infantry troops leave St. Louis, Missouri to fight the Sauk Native Americans. 1820 – The Venus de Milo statue, likely dating to the 2nd century B.C., was discovered by a farmer on the Greek Aegean island of Milos. 1766 – First fire escape is patented: a wicker basket on a pulley and chain 1271 – In Syria, sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers. Births 1972 – Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer and accountant (died 2009) 1968 – Patricia Arquette, American actress and director (58) 1966 – Robin Wright, American actress, director, producer (60) 1960 – John Schneider, American actor and country singer (66) 1955 – Ron Johnson, American businessman and politician (71) 1947 – Tom DeLay, American politician and convict (79) 1947 – Robert Kiyosaki, American investor (79) 1938 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 2018) 1937 – Seymour Hersh, American journalist and author (89) 1918 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald R. Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (died 2011) 1912 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian-born figure skater who won gold medals at three Olympics in the 1920s and ’30s. Went Hollywood in hits like 1937’s “Thin Ice.” (died 1969) 1892 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of United Artists (died 1979) 1869 – Harvey Cushing, American surgeon and academic (died 1939) 1859 – Edmund Husserl, Austrian mathematician, philosopher (died 1938) 1460 – Juan Ponce de León, explorer and conquistador, first arrived in the Caribbean with Columbus’ 2nd voyage in 1493, founded the first European settlement in Puerto Rico, Camparra in 1508. In 1513 with a royal contract he was the first known European to discover Florida, which he named. A popular myth asserts that another part of his exploration was a search for the ‘fountain of youth’. (died 1521) Deaths 2025 – Nelsy Cruz, Dominican politician, governor of Monte Cristi Province from 2020 until her death. A member of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), she died after a nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo. (born 1982) 2024 – Peter Higgs, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. In 1964, Higgs was the single author of one of the three milestone papers published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) that proposed that spontaneous symmetry breaking in electroweak theory could explain the origin of mass of elementary particles in general and of the W and Z bosons in particular. This Higgs mechanism predicted the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson, the detection of which became one of the great goals of physics. In 2012, CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider. (born 1929) 2013 – Margaret Thatcher, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1925) 2012 – Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (born 1928) 1996 – Ben Johnson, American actor, stuntman, legendary Hollywood equestrian (born 1918) 1981 – Omar Bradley, American general (born 1893) 1973 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, sculptor (born 1881) 1950 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian dancer, choreographer (born 1890) 1587 – John Foxe, English writer (born 1516) 1492 – Lorenzo de’ Medici, Italian ruler (born 1449)

Here's your local news for Monday, April 6, 2026:We learn how a multi-city initiative is helping reduce climate emissions and renters' energy bills in one go,Check in on efforts to create an intergenerational space for children and seniors in Walworth County,Find out why more Wisconsin prisons and jails are offering opioid addiction medication,Examine Wisconsin's voting policy and trends ahead of tomorrow's election,Look back on the Red Scare-era exile of Charlie Chaplin,Review some new content available for streaming,And much more.

durée : 00:29:24 - Les Pieds sur terre - par : Sonia Kronlund, Alain Lewkowicz - L'une vit avec le sosie de Charlie Chaplin l'autre avec le sosie de Johnny Depp. À quoi ressemble la vie d'une femme de sosie ? L'amour de leur vie, c'est leur idole. - réalisation : Emmanuel Geoffroy

durée : 00:29:24 - Les Pieds sur terre - par : Sonia Kronlund, Alain Lewkowicz - L'une vit avec le sosie de Charlie Chaplin l'autre avec le sosie de Johnny Depp. À quoi ressemble la vie d'une femme de sosie ? L'amour de leur vie, c'est leur idole. - réalisation : Emmanuel Geoffroy

In this episode, Jason tells us about his journey from his working-class background to becoming a celebrated Belfast historian, and surprising stories like the Belfast city cemetery's underground wall and Charlie Chaplin's Belfast connection. We also talked about the challenges and rewards of being a public historian and content creator, and his upcoming books on Belfast's streets and the Irish revolutionary period from a Belfast perspective.You can watch this episode on Youtube.com/@britishhistoryChapters:00:00 - The curious enthusiasm for Protestants and Catholics protesting together in Belfast's history00:19 - Charlie Chaplin's brief Belfast stay and the city's commemorative statues01:04 - Introduction to Jason Burke and his work in sharing Belfast's vibrant history02:13 - Jason's background: from inner East Belfast streets to historical research and storytelling04:51 - The influence of WWI street names and Belfast's community housing for ex-servicemen06:44 - How university sparked Jason's research passion and his focus on Belfast's WWI contribution08:01 - The role of community engagement in local history projects and memorial landscapes09:28 - The impact of social media and digital storytelling in today's public history12:02 - Navigating the challenges of finding or creating opportunities as a historian14:24 - Audience interest in specific periods, like WWI and stories of cooperation across Belfast communities15:46 - The significance of stories that buck societal trends, like the Battle of Messines and 1930s protests18:33 - Personal anecdotes about individuals caught in history, from soldiers to activists22:08 - The story of Belfast's sectarian cemeteries and the underground walls that separate the communities even in death28:05 - Lesser-known Belfast landmarks: Charlie Chaplin's statue and historic architecture stories30:52 - The challenges of historic building preservation amidst Belfast's tumultuous past42:38 - How Jason chooses his podcast topics and the importance of balanced, fact-based storytelling45:58 - Handling controversial topics with sensitivity and respect for multiple perspectives48:20 - The importance of integrity and storytelling in ensuring history endures beyond digital life50:27 - Future projects: exploring Belfast's revolutionary period and the partition's impact on the city63:20 - Jason's upcoming books: street-by-street history of Belfast and Belfast's role in Irish independence67:20 - Building a career as a self-made public historian and the value of persistence68:35 - Connect with Jason Burke: website, social media handles, and how to follow his workJason's website: https://www.jasonburkehistory.com/ I'd really appreciate your help in making this show the best it can be. I know time is precious but if you do have 10 minutes you can spare to fill out this anonymous listener survey, I'd be really grateful - http://bit.ly/britishhistorypodcast-surveyPhilippa founded award-winning Historic Tour Operator British History Tours in 2014. Find out about these luxury, fully-escorted, immersive historical experiences at BritishHistoryTours.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie Chaplin had an extraordinary life: from the workhouses of Victorian London to the glamorous films sets of Hollywood's Golden Age.He revolutionised the art form, but he wasn't without his scandals. So much so that he was monitored by the FBI and eventually exiled from America.Joining Kate today is Charlie Chaplin expert Dr. Lisa Stein Haven, Professor of English at Ohio University Zanesville, to help us find out more about the man and his controversies.This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ma è vero che nel sud si guida in modo meno frenetico? E' partito il tour di Rosalia. John Mayer ha acquistato gli studi di Charlie Chaplin. Ospite in studio Sayf.

Anthony Mason talks with film director Sofia Coppola and designer Marc Jacobs about their friendship, and her new documentary about him. Tracy Smith catches up with singer-songwriter John Mayer, who, along with film director and producer Joseph McGinty Nichol, known as McG, recently bought and renovated a legendary Hollywood movie studio built by Charlie Chaplin. Seth Doane sits down with Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy about his new film, “Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After all these years we FINALLY sit down and discuss a Charlie Chaplin film! We can’t hide our joy after watching THE KID. Promo: Good Movie, Bad Movie (https://sites.libsyn.com/469407/GoodMovieBadMovie) Please click, follow, rate and review! https://linktr.ee/TSPandOE_Podcasts (Links from Ken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Interlude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Chic%22_Sale )

On Friday's show: We get the latest on the status of the upcoming Artemis II mission.Plus, we talk about the political implications of County Judge Lina Hidalgo's incident at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.Also this hour: We break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.Then, spring is on the way, and your allergies might be as well. We discuss how to deal with those challenging seasonal sneezes with the help of Dr. Dat Tran of Innovative Allergy.And movie legend Charlie Chaplin's 1940 satire of Adolf Hitler, The Great Dictator, will be screened on March 16 as a part of the Houston Jewish Film Festival. We look back at the film and consider what it's message has to tell us today.Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45FJFryZNxQ

I love this week's BEHIND THE LENS, and my interview with writer/director PAUL BOYD talking about his new film SCARED TO DEATH. In this exclusive conversation, Paul dives deep into the making of his horror-comedy SCARED TO DEATH, a self-described "love letter to horror movies" that blends satire, absurdity, and genuine genre reverence. We explore the film's genesis and how the film uses a haunted-house movie-within-a-movie setup to examine belief, fear, masks people wear, and the absurdities of Hollywood itself. Paul details the personal inspirations behind the story (including buying a supposedly haunted house once owned by Charlie Chaplin), the joyful collaboration with his cast and crew, and the deliberate balance of scares, humor, and emotional undercurrents. As you'll hear, we break down the visual grammar and Paul's work with cinematographer Steven Poster, whose work all of you are well familiar with – DONNIE DARKO, SOUTHLAND TALES, LIFE STINKS, ROCKY V, NEXT OF KIN, REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE, and more, and how they developed a color palette, lenses used, dutching, angles, POV, etc. And how about Paul's work with editor Ed Shiers who just happens to also be a drummer with an incredible sense of rhythm, something that comes in handy with editing? Plus, Misha Segal's score AND Kurt Diemer's end credit song "Scared to Death", which is fantastic. And you'll hear Paul talk about the location house in Altadena where the film was shot. The first home ever built in Altadena, and one of the only homes to survive the Altadena fires last year, and you'll find out how it lucked out. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

From an impoverished neighbourhood in South London, Charlie Chaplin became one of the most significant figures in the development of cinema. More recently, TV writers like Sophie Willan and Michaela Coel have transformed the way working class lives are depicted on TV, from the concerned paternalism of the 1960s to a more celebratory view from the inside in the 2020s. In this week's edition of Radio 4's arts and ideas discussion programme, Matthew Sweet charts these changes, and considers what they mean for our understanding of class categories in wider society. With TV historian Laura Minor, art historian Jacqueline Riding, novelist Adelle Stripe, and historian Samuel Johnson-Schlee. Plus, an interview with Ian La Frenais, co-creator of such comedy classics as The Likely Lads and Porridge. The paperback of Adelle Stripe's memoir Base Notes, and Jacqueline Riding's book Hard Street: Working Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin's London, are both published in February. Producer: Luke Mulhall

Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times In 1936 Charlie Chaplin (arguably the most iconic figure of Silent Films) would produce his final (mostly) silent masterpiece, Modern Times. This week Mr. Chavez & I continue our look at Cinema that challenges the status quo, with a film that examines the de-humanizing drive of capitalism to push profit over people and the subsequent endurance of the individual to survive all of it . Modern Times is a beautifully realized film that was born out of the imagination of a filmmaker whose own background ensures the honesty of the narrative. Modern Times is both funny and heartbreaking, honest and thought-provoking. Chaplin's final masterpiece (in this reviewer's opinion) is as relevant today as it has ever been. It's time we take a look at a brutal statement delivered to us in a manner that slowly works its way into our psyche and forces us to see that today's struggles are anything but new. Take a listen and let us know what you think. As always we can be reached at gondoramos@yahoo.com. Many, Many Thanks.  For those of you who would like to donate to this undying labor of love, you can do so with a contribution at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/watchrickramos - Anything and Everything is appreciated, You Cheap Bastards.

One of Gilbert and Frank's favorite interviews was this 2014 sitdown with a legend of local broadcasting, the one and only Joe Franklin. In this episode, the boys dropped in on Joe's infamously cluttered (an understatement!) Manhattan office to nosh on (very old) chicken salad, dodge falling stacks of collectibles and ask the “King of Nostalgia” about his memories of Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and John Lennon, to name but a few. PLUS: The Ramones! Remembering the Toastmaster General! Joe interviews Boris Karloff (and Bela Lugosi?)! And the greatest entertainer of all time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Brooklyn Beckham block his parents on Instagram? Will a chatroom of parasocial fans catch the rats in Casey Wilson's La Quinta vacation house? Will EsDeeKid reveal himself to be... Timmy Chalamet? These are some great questions. On today's episode we also have a slew of great #nepobabies: Charlie Chaplin's Avatar granddaughter, Madonna's artist son... Plus! Ice Spice wears her panties to the Spongebob premiere, Melissa Joan Hart gets tricked by AI, Mr. Bean can't go to Italy :( :( :( Olivia Rod and her bf broke up :( and which A-List TV star is dating an AI chatbot? Call 619.WHO.THEM to leave questions, comments & concerns, and we may play your call on a future episode. Support us and get a ton of bonus content over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/WhoWeekly⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"We all know aliens, if they exist, are little green men." The kook meter is a-rockin' as we're about to learn a LOT more about aliens on planet earth. Plus, Amin's Weekend Observations include the Top 5 Names People Mess Up, a shoutout to Steven from Cameo, and the new-age Charlie Chaplin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices