Tara Hanks
@marina72.bsky.social
Author of 2 novels (Wicked Baby and The Mmm Girl), Jeanne Eagels biographer, blogs at The Marilyn Report.
https://linktr.ee/tarahankswriter
https://linktr.ee/tarahankswriter
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#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir featuring food - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) where femme fatale Cora (Lana Turner) serves up hamburgers...and more at her roadside diner Twin Oaks
Favorite #FilmNoir featuring food - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) where femme fatale Cora (Lana Turner) serves up hamburgers...and more at her roadside diner Twin Oaks
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite #FilmNoir featuring food - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) where femme fatale Cora (Lana Turner) serves up hamburgers...and more at her roadside diner Twin Oaks
Favorite #FilmNoir featuring food - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) where femme fatale Cora (Lana Turner) serves up hamburgers...and more at her roadside diner Twin Oaks
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Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
"You've got style, that's what all the girls say ..."
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"You've got style, that's what all the girls say ..."
Great piece from @angelicabastien.bsky.social on the joys and frustrations of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER www.vulture.com/article/blac...
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Great piece from @angelicabastien.bsky.social on the joys and frustrations of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER www.vulture.com/article/blac...
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Hope Dad has his motoring gloves on.
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hope Dad has his motoring gloves on.
"Honestly, l almost died. There l was with a strange plumber ... and no polish on my toenails."
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Honestly, l almost died. There l was with a strange plumber ... and no polish on my toenails."
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Manchester, 1962, photo by Shirley Baker.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Manchester, 1962, photo by Shirley Baker.
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I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me
"Power, passion plays a double hand ..."
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Power, passion plays a double hand ..."
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Either way we are sad.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Either way we are sad.
"And as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end
That bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names ..."
That bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names ..."
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"And as it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end
That bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names ..."
That bullshit is bullshit, it just goes by different names ..."
The GOAT
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The GOAT
There goes a great Mani www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There goes a great Mani www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...
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Happy Friday
(Five Little Kittens, 1955)
Artist: A Macgregor
(Five Little Kittens, 1955)
Artist: A Macgregor
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Happy Friday
(Five Little Kittens, 1955)
Artist: A Macgregor
(Five Little Kittens, 1955)
Artist: A Macgregor
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Mani RIP : a tribute by John Robb louderthanwar.com/mani/ via @louderthanwar
a tribute to manc musical legend Mani
a genuine, warm human and a force of nature that filled a room with good times just by being there - the ultimate accolade for anyone.
louderthanwar.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mani RIP : a tribute by John Robb louderthanwar.com/mani/ via @louderthanwar
"Love spreads her arms
Waits there for the nails
I forgive you boy
I will prevail ..."
Waits there for the nails
I forgive you boy
I will prevail ..."
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Love spreads her arms
Waits there for the nails
I forgive you boy
I will prevail ..."
Waits there for the nails
I forgive you boy
I will prevail ..."
"Don't talk to me about heroes
Most of these men sink like subs ..."
Most of these men sink like subs ..."
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"Don't talk to me about heroes
Most of these men sink like subs ..."
Most of these men sink like subs ..."
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The Reader, Marguerite Matisse, 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15566
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15566
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Reader, Marguerite Matisse, 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15566
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15566
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Here is the link for my new #TwinPeaks Oral History which has over 60 interviews from the cast and crew. Order as Hardback or Paperback #davidlynch @mfrostwords.bsky.social www.bluerosemag.com?product=twin...
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Here is the link for my new #TwinPeaks Oral History which has over 60 interviews from the cast and crew. Order as Hardback or Paperback #davidlynch @mfrostwords.bsky.social www.bluerosemag.com?product=twin...
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Do you rely on others for support?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Do you rely on others for support?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft
The author of The Employees goes back to 17th-century Denmark for an intensely poetic portrait of everyday sorcery and female solidarity
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft
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Ida Lupino while working on her second guest appearance on the sitcom “Family Affair,” Oct. 1970
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ida Lupino while working on her second guest appearance on the sitcom “Family Affair,” Oct. 1970