Ooh! Ooh! We Netlfixed a Hallmark movie recently (shut up. they can't all be jewels) with Scott Glenn and Saffron Burrows, and there was a very pleasant looking matronly woman in it. It took a moment for me to recognize her. It was Fiona Shaw, who plays Aunt Petunia in the movies. Nice to see her in something else.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Beverly - Aug 18, 2004 4:23:43 pm PDT #5614 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 8:45:13 pm PDT #5615 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It was Fiona Shaw, who plays Aunt Petunia in the movies. Nice to see her in something else.
Heh. She's a well known Shakespearean actress in Britain, with a long stage career. It's weird for me seeing her as Aunt Petunia, when I know she's famous for Medea.
Anne W. - Aug 19, 2004 3:11:29 am PDT #5616 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
It's weird for me seeing her as Aunt Petunia, when I know she's famous for Medea.
Well, that would reinforce the idea that Aunt Petunia is one of the last people who should be entrusted with the welfare of a child.
Jim - Aug 19, 2004 3:41:05 am PDT #5617 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
She's also Mrs Nugent in The butcher Boy , among many other things. I cordially dislike her, though I couldn't articulate why. There's a smug assumption of artistic superiority about her that rubs me the wrong way.
Jessica - Aug 19, 2004 8:42:56 am PDT #5618 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have a 5-hour plane ride tonight. Just in case I run out of books and the Dramamine doesn't knock me out like it's supposed to, any airplane reading recs? (Anything long and space opera-y that I'll be able to find in an airport bookstore would be good. I'm not much of a romance/mystery fan at all.)
[Oh well, thanks anyway]
sumi - Aug 23, 2004 4:03:13 am PDT #5619 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I'm in the middle of reading The Grand Tour which is the sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot AIFG!!!
Also, here is why you don't want to get on the wrong side of a writer (from Wizard News.com):
RUMOR: J.K.'S SECRET REVEALED: GILDEROY IS HER FIRST HUSBAND JORGE ARANTES
J.K. Rowling has revealed that vain Gilderoy Lockhart is the only Potter character based on a real person. Although she does not name him, on her website she gives several clues that the real Lockhart is her first husband, Portuguese journalist Arantes.
Calli - Aug 23, 2004 5:55:40 am PDT #5620 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I read Caroline Stevermer's A Scholar of Magics over the weekend, and I loved it. I have a dim memory of first hearing it recommended over here, so to whoever may have suggested it, Thanks! Now I get to go find everything else she's written. Yay!
sumi - Aug 23, 2004 5:58:04 am PDT #5621 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Calli -- that would include Sorcery and Cecelia and The Grand Tour which she wrote with Patricia C. Wrede.
Calli - Aug 23, 2004 6:02:27 am PDT #5622 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm especially looking forward to The Grand Tour .
Thanks, sumi!
Atropa - Aug 23, 2004 6:12:41 pm PDT #5623 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm in the middle of reading The Grand Tour which is the sequel to Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot AIFG!!!
Gah! It's out?! Must have now now now!