A Little Over A Decade Ago, Actor Ryan Gosling (appearing Here As Luke Glanton From The Place Beyond

A little over a decade ago, actor Ryan Gosling (appearing here as Luke Glanton from The Place Beyond the Pines, 2012) had few thoughts about one day playing a plastic blonde accessory to one of the world's most famous dolls, Barbie. Yet even then, he was faced with the Ken-ness of it all, staring into the fathoms of what it meant to forever be number two...

There is no more desperate a creature, than a human being on the verge of losing love their favorite parking spot.

To writers of lovely works of long fiction,

As a reader, I really really appreciate those of you who use the "Keep Reading" button after your summary/warnings/short lead-in paragraph, etc.

I reblog a number of works, and the "Keep Reading" insert functions as a tidy way to have those reblogs interspersed with other nonfiction type reblogs that I also enjoy.

Thanks for coming to this nonTED talk.

A fan.

The 80th Venice Film Festival begins August 30th and runs through September 9th. Not certain how the WGA and SAG strikes will affect the festival, but here is a pic from the past....

Two thumbs up for Andrew Garfield!

Andrew Garfield arrives at the Venice Film Festival 2016 | Sept. 4, 2016

Wonderful actor; have enjoyed so many of his films, most recently The Good Nurse. He's got a LOT of range. Looking forward to his next production.

New pictures of Eddie at a concert in Budapest, yesterday!

📸 Source: cramcreammott on Twitter and Budapest Summer Music Festival on Facebook.

Andrew Garfield photographed by Mark Seliger for Vanity Fair Oscar Portrait