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the real Lorraine Warren dead at 92

When we look at Lorraine Warren what do we think? Some might think pfft! old woman.......who cares! But others that have followed the conjuring saga yes books and movies real and cinema would think that what you see here is a woman who basically spent her life in "hell" and lived to tell about it. nursing her husband having mini strokes due to being scared and finally having a fatal heart attack in August 23 2006 Were both spiritual investigators. Some would say they would investigate matters that other paranormal investigators would pass up. I say this as a blogger and a believer, I hope you now are at peace with your husband ed, these demons shall curse you no longer

motown at 60

 

it was an absolute delight, a bonus treat to wrap up a fun and lively evening. For the TV production team, Stevie Wonder’s unscripted, 45-minute performance was bound to be a headache.

Commanding the stage at his keyboards to close out the taping of the Grammys’ Motown tribute concert in February, Wonder gleefully went well beyond his allotted time, improvising on the fly as he rolled through song after song after song.

Editors stuck with the task of trimming a marathon event into a two-hour broadcast may have grumbled, but Wonder’s happy-go-lucky performance was a fitting finale to a festive, colorful evening in L.A., where much of the Motown Records family convened to mark the label’s 60th birthday.

Two months after the taping, Detroit’s richest musical legacy will be front and center in prime time, as “Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration” airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS.

“How can you not want to pay tribute to one of the greatest record labels in the world?” says Ken Ehrlich, the longtime Grammy-show producer who has also spearheaded the Recording Academy’s televised tributes to the Beatles, Bee Gees and others.

With Smokey Robinson and comedian Cedric the Entertainer as hosts, the program features performances by seasoned Motown heavyweights (Wonder, Robinson, Diana Ross) and contemporary acts (John Legend, Fantasia, Meghan Trainor) revisiting the enduring hits that helped transform popular music in the 1960s and beyond.

The young guests show well alongside the old-school stars, including Ciara with an assertive stamp on Rick James’ “Superfreak" and sister duo Chloe x Halle evoking a classic Motown spirit with their tastefully synchronized choreography on "Please Mr. Postman."

Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr., 89, is a star of the ceremonies in his own right, holding court in the front row and eventually stepping onstage to reflect on the “legacy of love” generated by a label that set out “to make music for all people.”

Heavily promoted on CBS in recent days, the show is the second Detroit-related Grammy tribute to air this year, following last month’s “Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul.”

And it’s the latest in a storied tradition of Motown anniversary commemorations — a custom that started with the historic “Motown 25” special. Suzanne de Passe, the longtime Gordy associate who produced that 1983 show, was enlisted by Ehrlich as a Motown consultant for the new program.

Tellingly, a recap of the ’83 special during Sunday’s show avoids footage of Michael Jackson’s iconic moonwalk, as controversy about the late pop star continues to swirl in the wake of “Leaving Neverland,” a documentary alleging child sexual abuse. Indeed, Jackson and his brothers have little presence on the 60th-anniversary show.

Held at the Microsoft Theater on Feb. 12, the “Motown 60” taping came two days after a Motown tribute live on the Grammy Awards — a Jennifer Lopez segment that was slammed by many viewers and critics, who questioned why a Latina artist was chosen to represent one of the most cherished black cultural legacies in American history.

Lopez’s medley of classic Hitsville tunes — which was emphatically defended by Robinson, Gordy and other Motown figures — will air again as part of the “Motown 60” show. (Her performance was initially intended to be a Jackson 5 tribute, but that plan was scrapped as the “Leaving Neverland” controversy simmered, according to people close to the production.)

The two-hour program weaves history and archival footage amid the live performances, digging into Motown lore to serve up stories about the making of the Miracles’ “Shop Around,” the Supremes’ battle for a hit song, and the racist resistance faced by the early Motortown Revue tours in the South.

Included are clips from the forthcoming documentary “Hitsville: The Making of Motown,” a Gordy-backed project that will debut on Showtime later this year. A planned April 19 premiere, announced during the Grammy taping and confirmed by others at the time, was delayed.

Robinson makes for an affable co-host alongside Cedric the Entertainer, who performs in several pre-filmed sketches — including as a Detroit disc-jockey character — and leads an interactive challenge dubbed “The First Four Bars.” Part karaoke, part name-that-tune, the segment plays off Gordy’s insistence that a hit song must grab listeners instantly, and selected audience members — at least some of them seemingly authentic — rise to the occasion when the house band cues up various song intros. (Some of the night’s clunkier renditions were left on the cutting-room floor.)

During the rehearsals and taping in February, Robinson seemed to be having the time of his life. A friendly star who never seems to tire of Motown’s yesteryears, he was very much in his element as he spent the day immersed in the label’s legacy. And preaching the universality of Motown was very much on his mind: Late into the previous night, he'd sat up in bed, typing out a long, impassioned statement defending Lopez’s Grammy performance.

It was the week of his 79th birthday, and Robinson’s silky tenor was as sublime as ever, including an a cappella collaboration with Pentatonix on “Shop Around.” At rehearsals that day, staffers across the theater stopped, looked up from their laptops and production notes, and watched intently as the lovely guitar line from “The Tracks of My Tears” set up another Robinson performance.

The “Motown 60” performances were guided by a crack house band helmed by veteran L.A. music director Rickey Minor, who skillfully managed the dexterous bass lines of Funk Brother James Jamerson and — in the case of Thelma Houston’s showstopping “Don’t Leave Me This Way” — the late Henry E. Davis.

In some ways, the night often felt like a Detroit homecoming in the heart of L.A., as much of the label family — including a contingent from the Motown Museum — converged on the bustling theater.

Still, some key folks were absent, including the Four Tops’ Duke Fakir and the Temptations’ Otis Williams. Ehrlich said “it was a conscious decision” to leave out groups that didn't feature all-original members.

And Martha Reeves — who flew in for several days of rehearsals and performed “Nowhere to Run” in a medley devoted to Motown’s women — is axed from the edited version of the show airing Sunday, based on a screening of the program provided to the Free Press.

But the spirit was fun and upbeat inside the Microsoft Theater that night. Wonder exemplified the mood when he chose to do things his own way, saying to heck with the restraints of a tightly structured TV taping and turning his segment into a lengthy musical party.

What had been plotted as a 12-minute segment was stretched by Wonder into a protracted concert-within-the-concert that had the house band working hard. 

At 45 minutes, his performance was far too long for the televised version. So viewers Sunday will get smatterings of Stevie throughout the program — about 13 minutes’ worth — including an opening “Sir Duke” and in-memoriam segment set to his performance of “Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer,” paying tribute to the sadly growing list of departed Motown heroes.

Wonder wasn’t the only star that night to go off script. John Legend, at the piano to celebrate Marvin Gaye, asked for a do-over because "I messed up a little bit" while performing "Mercy Mercy Me" and "What's Going On." Producers obliged.

Diana Ross, singing a selection of material from her 1970s films, turned her performance into a serenade of old flame Gordy. Ross was elegant, earthy and affectionate as she made her way down to the Motown boss's seat for a closeup rendition of Billie Holiday's "My Man" — Gordy's face plastered with a smile before they ended with a hug.

But that hadn't been the plan: As it had been worked out in rehearsals that afternoon, Ross was to have led Gordy up to the stage to finish the song there and set up his speech. Ehrlich and his team frantically pow-wowed with Ross after the miscue, ready to redo the segment, but ultimately opted to leave the moment of charming spontaneity intact.

For Gordy's part, he seemed proud and gracious as he soaked in the night's proceedings. Speaking late in the show, he paid tribute to the folks who had helped his "wonderful fairy tale come true" — including “those brave, unsung heroes of the Motown family in those early days who had the courage to follow me down roads that didn’t even exist.”

Looking across the venue, an auditorium packed with adoring fans and six decades' worth of Motown colleagues, Gordy wrapped up: "All I want to say tonight is: I love you."

"I love you!" came the holler back from the crowd.

Performances of the star studded night

“Sir Duke,” “Higher Ground,” “Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” – Stevie Wonder
“Shop Around” – Smokey Robinson and Pentatonix
The Women of Motown Medley – “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “Please Mr. Postman,” “My Guy,” “Don’t Leave Me This Way” – Meghan Trainor, Tori Kelly, Chloe x Halle, Fantasia, Thelma Houston
Marvin Gay Medley – “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),” “What’s Going On” – John Legend
Rick James Medley – “Super Freak,” “Give it to Me Baby” – Ciara
“The Tracks of My Tears,” “Ooh Baby Baby,” “The Tears of a Clown,” “Just to See Her” – Smokey Robinson
61st GRAMMYs Motown Tribute Performance – Jennifer Lopez
“I Like It,” “I’ll Be There,” “All Night Long (All Night)” Medley – Ne-Yo
“Do You Know Where You’re Going To,” “Good Morning Heartache,” “My Man” Medley – Diana Ross
  Little Big Town,Martha Reeves, Valerie Simpson, Mickey Stevenson

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the curse of La LLrona

Patricia Alvarez: It's your fault! I tried to stop her!
Anna Tate-Garcia: Who did you try to stop?
Patricia Alvarez: La Llorona!
 if you hear a faint voice crying “Mis niños! Donde están mis niños!” Don't even think about taking your time to find out what occurred, your best bet...and I do mean your very best bet is to pick up the ones you hold very dear to your heart and run like hell!they say the legend went something allong the lines of this: begins with Maria, a beautiful, but vain woman who marries a rich man. So far so good right? Just wait, Maria and her husband have two children, but after a few happy years, their marriage hits a rough patch.
He begins to spend less and less time at home, ignoring her but lavishing attention on her children.
One day when Maria was walking with her children she sees her husband with another lady.
Furious with what she has seen she throws their children into the river watching as they disappear. It's only then that she suddenly realizes what's she's done and is filled with regret. And to this very day when it reaches the dead of night children are told not to go near the river's edge....even if a male walking alone that has done unfaithful deeds need be warned whilst they end up dead. The movie stuck to the legend therefore deserving a 10 out of 10

Avengers 4: Endgame

Phase 3 of the MCU is at and end and the conclusion to questions that were on everybody's mind from 2018's Infinity War will all be answered. All of the fans of the avengers movies will still be talking about this into years to come. Truly a great send out to begin phase 4. 10 out of 10!  

penguins

Disneynature's all-new feature film "Penguins" is a coming-of-age story about an Adélie penguin named Steve who joins millions of fellow males in the icy Antarctic spring on a quest to build a suitable nest, find a life partner and start a family. None of it comes easily for him, especially considering he's targeted by everything from killer whales to leopard seals, who unapologetically threaten his happily ever after. From the filmmaking team behind "Bears" and "Chimpanzee," Disneynature's "Penguins" opens in theaters nationwide in time for Earth Day 2019.

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missing link

Sir Lionel Frost: How do you speak English so well?
The Elder: How do you speak English so well?
Sir Lionel Frost: Well...
The Elder: How do you know I'm not speaking Yeti?

Almas, The Skunk Ape , hairy man, yowie all are the names of a certain creature that we have yet to learn about and for one to figure out why he roams the back woods of forests This animated film trys to fill in some of the blanks but then veers off into a movie about acceptance which isn't all bad..... I mean it is a cartoon movieso it gets my rating of 9 out of 10

HELLBOY reboot

Hellboy: [Police Officer shoots] Heeeeey! I'm on your side!
Police Officer: Sorry!
Believe it or not, he came from the very depths of hell...... but yes, he IS on our side.
Perlman decided to bow out of this one so instead David Harbour of the cult show Stranger Things is filling his shoes this was a good film and I'll give credit where credit is due.......it did have all the aspects that you would come to expect from the Mike Mignola comic. But it got an R rating because of a lot of cussing( you're telling me a guy from the depths of hell and this guy is not expected to have a foul mouth,right) and tons of guts galore! 9 out of 10. Get ready for one HELL of a show!

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SHAZAM!

Shazam: You're the only person I know that knows anything about this Caped Crusader stuff.
Freddy Freeman: Can I?
Shazam: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Freddy Freeman: [touches the lightning bolt on Shazam's costume]
Shazam: It's crazy, right?
Freddy Freeman: What're your superpowers?
Shazam: Superpowers? Dude, I don't even know how to pee in this thing!

Everybody has that one superhero locked deep within themselves. The thing we all have to know is when is the best time to pull it out and always remember a family is the best thing to protect, be it a circle of friends like a "Family" like friends...... or your own family. 9 out of 10