A color photo of actor Nathan Lane sitting in what appears to be a hotel room. He's dressed for cold weather as if having just come inside or about to go outside.

"I think of myself as an actor and not a movie star. I like doing movies; I enjoy it. But, essentially, I'm a theater actor. That's the only place I feel like I actually am a star. In the theater, I can put people in the seats and sell tickets."

Happy Birthday to Nathan Lane, born 3 February.

Georges Barbier's illustration for the costumes worn by Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein in the 1913 production of "Schéhérazade."

"Outskirts of Paris" by Henri Rousseau (1900).

Seymour Rosofsky #chicagoimagists

YouTube video by Mabel Mercer - Topic Blame It on My Youth

From 1956, "Blame It On My Youth" by Mabel Mercer, who was born on 3 February.

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YouTube video by Mabel Mercer - Topic Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

From 1955, "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Mabel Mercer, #BOTD.

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Masterful filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer was born on 3 February 1889. Single frames from his films speak to us.

True; they do.

Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on X's French offices The prosecutor's cybercrime unit said it carried out searches with Europol and French police.

"The prosecutor's office said it was investigating potential criminal offenses including complicity in the possession and distribution of 'child pornography images,' the violation of personal rights through the generation of 'sexual deepfakes..."

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"Everything I learned, I learned from Mabel Mercer."

Frank Sinatra speaking of singer Mabel Mercer, born 3 February 1900.

A black & white photo from 1955. A dark-haired girl stands behind a counter, two eggs in front of her and a scale hangs to her right. What may be plain wrapping paper is on the left.

"Easter in Tricarico" by Piergiorgio Branzi (1955).

A sepia tinted black & white photo of writer Mark Twain, in profile and dressed in white.

“Not a single right is indestructible: a new might can at any time abolish it, hence, man possesses not a single permanent right."

Mark Twain

"Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration."

Filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer, born 3 February 1889.

Photographer Jim Marshall, born 3 February 1936.

I am so glad to know that you enjoyed it. I came across it earlier in the day and had to share it. Your response was, as stated, perfect. A little heart, a sense of history, an aesthetic of value: these things get us through the day.

Line after line, whether taken in whole or in part from the novel, or created solely for the film adaption, stand out and stay with you.

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Jan Saudek, 1963

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"Users accused Google Assistant... of recording private conversations after it was inadvertently triggered on their devices. They claimed the recordings were then shared with advertisers in order to send them targeted advertising."

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(From 1933)

We WON!!!! Jon Batiste wins the Grammy for Best Americana Album for Big Money!!!! Thank you to Jon for having me!!!! 🏆🏆🏆🎻🎻🎻🎻🥹🥹🥹🖤🖤🖤 An honor to play with you. Thank you all. #Grammys

Yes, it was a bit more tolerable.

That's firing on all cylinders.

Perfect. 🤩

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YouTube video by Cristelle Maury opening sequence the big sleep

"...Champagne cold as Valley Forge and with about 3 ponies of brandy under it."

How to begin a film.

Released in 1946, "The Big Sleep" written by Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman & William Faulkner, and based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Howard Hawks directed.

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"...her face reveals nothing. The woman is Monica Vitti. With her perfect legs and sensual lips and abstracted look, Monica Vitti haunts him. He falls in love with her."

(From J.M. Coetzee's "Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II"

Monica Vitti: 3 November 1931 - 2 February 2022.

"Karloff's face has always fascinated me, and I made drawings of his head... His physique was weaker than I could wish, but that queer, penetrating personality of his I felt was more important than his shape..."

(Director James Whale)

Boris Karloff: 23 November 1887 - 2 February 1969.

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, born 2 February 1927.

Violinist Jascha Heifetz, born 2 February 1901.