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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 9h

RIP 💔
But what weird movies to headline when Annie Hall is clearly her most famous role 🤔

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11h

Diane Keaton, famed for roles in “Father of the Bride,” “First Wives Club” and more, has died at 79

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 14h

And writer. She wrote that adaptation 🙌🏽
Very talented.

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 14h

I still remember Barry Norman waxing lyrical about her performance.
According to him the crew were genuinely worried when she did that rain fever scene because she was so good.

a man standing in front of a fireplace with movieclips written on the bottom right corner

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

Well I'm glad everything worked out in the end. Emma Thompson went through the wringer in that one.
The period details were 🔥 in that one

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a man in a blue vest and white shirt is standing in front of a wooden wall

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

Alan Rickman being the most dramatic mix of brooding and pining interspersed with dashing horsemanship for 2hrs straight

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a man with his eyes closed stands in front of a red wallpaper

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no. Alan Rickman's Colonel Brandon knowing everything and saying nothing until now... and then calling him "the worst of libertines"

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a man in a black coat is standing in a park looking at the camera .

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

Oh for the days when a twisted ankle results in a man leaping off a whinnying steed to carry you home in the rain.

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

Hugh Grant being dashing approx 15 times in the last five minutes

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a group of women are sitting on a couch and one has a mask on her face ..

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight's film is... Sense and Sensibility. The Ang Lee, Emma Thompson one.
It's underappreciated in favour of P&P.
I haven't seen it for ages...

Alt: a group of women are sitting on a couch and one has a mask on her face. They're all eating popcorn transfixed

Creative Assembly is looking for Principal Narrative Designer.

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David Varela @writingstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Creative Assembly is looking for a Principal Narrative Designer.

No affiliation. Just sharing the link...

jobs.jobvite.com/creative-ass...

Creative Assembly is one of Europe's leading games development studios, founded in 1987 and located in West Sussex, UK, Newcastle, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria. We craft deep and detailed games that matter...

jobs.jobvite.com

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 2d

Also George and Bertha Russell are the best power couple. They love and support each other and steal hot moments in the orangery

a man in a tuxedo stands next to a woman in a tiara with the words you seem to have won the first battle

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a man and woman are holding a small dog

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 2d

Thoroughly enjoying reliving John's story (although I do worry about him for S4) and watching Larry and Marion again is 🙌🏽
Also Pumpkin's character arc is 🔥

ALT: a man and woman are holding a small dog

a man in a top hat stands next to a woman holding an umbrella with the hbo logo in the background

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 2d

And I love how it shows the Black middle-class and in S3 the Black upper class and prejudices within their own community.
I'm hoping Peggy (the Black plucky journalist) gets her share of balls and romance, not just "issues". S3 gave her romance, finally 🙌🏽

Alt: a black man in a top hat stands next to a black woman holding a parasol. They are in fine 1880s fashion and walking with a beach in the background.

a woman says i 'm not concerned with facts- not if they interfere with my beliefs

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 2d

It just deftly skipped from mill workers preparing to strike for an 8-hour working day to society ladies discussing the Met vs The Academy.

Alt: Aunt agnes in The Gilded Age says i 'm not concerned with facts- not if they interfere with my beliefs

a man says " this place has everything " while holding something in his hand

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 2d

Started watching The Gilded Age with a friend because I thought she'd like it and now I'm 1.5 seasons deep in a full rewatch.
This show is so much better than Downton.
It has Harlem Renaissance, the industrial age, social mobility at the cusp of the modern age.

Alt: Stefon says " this place has everything " while gesturing in an Ed Hardy shirt

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 4d

How are colds so trifling yet debilitating at the same time!?
🫠⁉️

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 4d

The Greens coming out the gates with a message of hope and unity not division is everything rn 💚

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Nearly 3000 new members in the 24 hours since the Party Political Broadcast.

Extraordinary.

Hope is returning. 💚🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 6d

Absolute melodrama but that was really sad 🥺
Saddest film since Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
He's literally crying for 2.5 hours

Alt: a close up of a man kissing a woman 's forehead and crying. Saiyaara

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 6d

Omg this is so cheesy.
Romantic male lead's first appearance is on a motorbike, shades on, guns out, smoking a cigarette. And now he's singing in the rain

Alt: a man, michael fassbender in a black turtleneck stands in front of a window and says perfection

a man with a beard is smiling and the word ok is on his face

Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight's film is... Saiyaara. It's been a while since I did some Indian cinema.
Then the opening credits tell me Aditya Chopra and I'm like...

Alt: Denzel Washington smiling and saying "alright okay" emphatically