Jack White showed up at a neighborhood potluck and nobody knew who he was: Celebrated musician Jack White has called Nashville home for a while, but this weekend was the first time that he was able to attend his suburban neighborhood’s annual potluck. We’d love to have seen everyone’s face when he explained Record Store Day to them. “You charge how much? For WHAT?” The wonderful photo above is from the Instagram of White’s neighbor Jedediah Jenkins. (Consequence of Sound)
The Confederacy was a ‘con-job’ on white people: The Beaufort County, South Carolina’s Frank Hyman wants people to know that for a significant share of white Southerners, the Confederacy — and the slave economy it defended — was a huge scam. And in an essay that ran last month in a number of newspapers across the South, he argued that the mythology surrounding the Confederacy still hoodwinks many of his white working-class Southerners to this day. (RawStory)
Brian Blessed claims “I delivered a baby in a park, bit the umbilical cord and licked the infant’s face”: The large ham BRIAN BLESSED, who it’s impossible to forget as Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon and as King Richard IV in Black Adder, made the foregoing claim and more in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Midweek. We believe it. (The Telegraph)
The Nazis made an exploding chocolate bar to kill Winston Churchill: Fortunately, England’s Prime Minister did not sink his teeth into the candy-coated bomb, and the MI5 hired an artist to illustrate it and the other German booby traps it had discovered. These drawings were lost in a drawer for 70 years, but were recently found and have been published by the BBC. (BoingBoing)
New Tiger Hatchery/Paul Flaherty LP reviewed at Tiny Mix Tapes: Tiger Hatchery ARE what’s happening in under-the-radar jazz today. On their newly released LP, recorded live in fall of 2013, they join forces with saxophonist Paul Flaherty, who’s played with Thurston Moore and Weasel Walter, among others. “Flaherty’s playing astounds in its diversity, encompassing a palette of warp speed atonal trills, yelped cries, and occasional moments of somber melodicism that evoke Albert Ayler’s typically consonant and/or reappropriated head passages. On Live in New Haven, Flaherty locks into symbiosis with Tiger Hatchery saxophonist Mike Forbes, tracing a jagged pathway of legible melodic interplay that breaks off at a moment’s notice into freefall runs of conjoined squalling.” (Tiny Mix Tapes)
Trump, Carson & the rest of the American right seem to actually think they’re Dirty Harry: Trump is a clown, we know that — a very wealthy celebrity clown who has captured the imagination of millions of people. And if there’s one thing he’s known for, it’s his macho swagger so this isn’t exactly a shock coming from him. But who could have guessed that his closest rival, the sober, quiet, respectable neurosurgeon Ben Carson would hold the same delusions of masculine grandeur? (Salon)
Hillary Clinton’s support tumbles in California as Sanders surges: Less than half of likely Democratic voters in the June 2016 presidential primary in California, 47 percent, now say they will vote for Clinton, whose candidacy has been damaged by a scandal over her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. Meanwhile self-styled socialist Sanders, so far Clinton’s most prominent challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination, has since May climbed from single-digit voter support among California voters to 35 percent, according to the poll. (Reuters)
The mystery of ‘crow funerals’ solved: Scientists say birds are trying to learn about potential dangers to their own lives. “The funeral behaviour of crows is so widely observed, and people often asked about it - but we haven’t known what was happening,” said University of Washington researcher Kaeli Swift. (Signs of the Times)
If Apple didn’t hold $181B overseas, it would owe $59B in US taxes: Microsoft and Google pull the same moves, of course. So OK, Republicans and Randroids, tell us again all about how people on food stamps are leeches? (Ars Technica)
Security footage of Morrissey’s alleged TSA groping has been released: “The Voice” claimed last summer that a security officer got a little too fresh with him at a checkpoint in San Francisco. Gawker filed an FOIA request for the CCTV footage, and their request was granted. Read about it on Gawker, or if all you’re about is the voyeuristic part, watch the video right here:
FAQs
After 15 minutes, you pretty much know where "Dangerous Minds" is headed, at least if you've seen "Stand and Deliver." The story rings trite even though it's based on the true tale of a dauntless California educator named LouAnne Johnson. The screenplay was based on her 1992 book, "My Posse Don't Do Homework."
What is the lesson of the Dangerous Minds? ›
- 5 Leadership Lessons from The Movie Dangerous Minds. Dangerous minds is one of my favourite movies, not only is it very entertaining, but it has some great leadership lessons. ...
- Courage. ...
- Generosity. ...
- Inspiration. ...
- Innovation. ...
- Determination.
Dangerous Minds is a movie that shows that a teacher who willingly goes beyond the scope of their job to show their students that they do not just see them as students but as people whose company they really enjoy can help gain their respect and trust.
Why is Dangerous Minds rated R? ›
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A few kisses and hugs, sexual innuendo and graphic sexual references. Students sexually harass their teacher. VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A fistfight results in black eyes, bruises and scratches and a couple of minor fights between students.
What happened to the actor who played Emilio in Dangerous Minds? ›
Death. Dominguez died at the age of 32. He had previously been diagnosed with AIDS. Actress Elizabeth Berkley visited Dominguez in his hospital bed and showed him a rough cut of his last film, Taxman.
How much did Michelle Pfeiffer make in Dangerous Minds? ›
Some of Pfeiffer's more notable salaries that we do know are: $3 million for 1991's Frankie and Johnny, $6 million for 1995's Dangerous Minds and $10 million for 2000's What Lies Beneath.
How did Dangerous Minds end? ›
Feeling rejected, Emilio leaves the school and is subsequently killed by his rival. Heartbroken by her failure to protect Emilio and angry at the indifferent school system for contributing to his death, LouAnne announces to the class her intention to leave the school at the end of the academic year.
Why is Dangerous Minds a 15? ›
Parents need to know that Dangerous Minds is a 1995 drama in which Michelle Pfeiffer plays a new teacher who finds ways to inspire her classroom of students of color from impoverished neighborhoods. There's frequent profanity, including the "N" word, "f--k," and "motherf---er." One of the students is killed …
What is the plot of Dangerous Minds? ›
What school is Dangerous Minds based on? ›
About Dangerous Minds
Dangerous Minds is a drama released in 1995, based on an autobiography by retired U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, 'My Posse Don't Do Homework. ' She took up an English teaching position at Carlmont High School, East Palo Alto, California, after the U.S. Marine Corps.
Dangerous Minds is a summer movie based on LouAnne Johnson's book, My Posse Don't Do Homework. The book jacket reads, “They were called the class from Hell — thirty-four inner-city sophom*ores she inherited from a teacher who'd been 'pushed over the edge. ' She was told 'those kids have tasted blood.
Is Dangerous Minds worth watching? ›
Often these students seem a little too easy to tame, but on this level, Dangerous Minds is enjoyable. Fresh score. If you liked Sidney Portier in To Sir With Love, this is the film for you.
Was the movie Dangerous Minds based on a true story? ›
It could even afford to leave an entire romantic subplot between Pfeiffer and then-Hollywood heartthrob Andy Garcia on the cutting room floor. Dangerous Minds was based on the autobiographical 1992 book My Posse Don't Do Homework by US Marine-turned-teacher LouAnne Johnson, who is now in her 60s and still teaching.
Can a 12 year old watch Dangerous Minds? ›
There is only language including the ''N'' word (If your child does not know of the word I would say it would be okay, just make sure they don't repeat it!), a few kisses, a bit of sexual innuendo and some smoking. So, please do watch it with your 12 year old.
Who is the main character in Dangerous Mind? ›
Ex-Marine Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) comes to a Palo Alto high school in search of a job as a student teacher. What she gets instead is a full-time position teaching English to a group of bright but "socially challenged" students that she quickly dubs as the "rejects from hell".
What episode of Criminal Minds is based on a true story? ›
"Seven Seconds" draws inspiration from the real-life case of Richard Allen Davis, the infamous abductor and murderer of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. In the episode, Dr. Reid even directly references Davis, noting how he killed Klaas to prevent her from identifying him.
Where is LouAnne Johnson now? ›
Since then LouAnne has continued to teach. She has taught high school English, adult ESL and Developmental Reading and is presently a full-time professor of teacher education at Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico. LouAnne also continues to write.
What high school was Dangerous Minds based on? ›
The school at which LouAnne Johnson taught, Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, was considered as a filming location, but Burlingame High School in Burlingame was used as the filming location for all the outside scenes, and some indoor scenes filmed at neighboring San Mateo High School.
Are any of the stories on criminal minds true? ›
In its 14-year history, prime-time drama "Criminal Minds" has created over 250 episodes about serial murderers, kidnappings, and other crimes worthy of FBI investigations. Although many of the show's storylines are fictional, some of the bad guys seem to mirror real-life criminals like Ted Bundy or Richard Ramirez.
and as King Richard IV in Black Adder
, made the foregoing claim and more in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Midweek. We believe it. (The Telegraph)