Great another movies thread awesome
Leon Spinks has died aged 67. He famously defeated Muhammad Ali for the WBA + WBC world heavyweight titles by split decision in 1978 in only his 8th professional bout only to lose the title via UD in the rematch several months later. He also won the light heavyweight gold medal for the US at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Older brother of former undisputed light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Michael, Leon never did regain the level of accomplishment he acheived by defeating Muhammad Ali and was still a strong competitor into the 1980ās but was never the same after being on the wrong end of a supreme battering from then world heavyweight champion, Larry Holmes. Spinksā son Cory was once the undisputed middleweight world champion and IBF junior welterweight champion. Spinks was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2019 and died Feb 5 2021.
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Simple - I started a Sci Fi book and got through a chapter before the boredom set in, while I lasted 15 minutes watching a Sci Fi movie - Itās not my kind of genre.
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Imagine you did the same with food?
Oh I tried Italian once in the 80s and it wasnāt for me
I did that with Japanese food. Too bland for me.
Not keen on their movies eitherā¦except for Kurosawa.
But, and this will be the one and only time I ever do this, Iāll agree with yaco on sci-fi and fantasy. Bores me senseless.
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George Schultz, Secretary of State to some Republican Presidents
Memorable for his riposte to an Italian Pope saying contraception was a sin
- ā You no playa da game, you no maker da rulesā
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Racist?
Farewell and R.I.P. to Mary Wilson of The Supremes, dead at 76.
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Ah crap, that was unexpected. Only a few days ago she released a vid talking about putting out some solo and unreleased material in time for her next birthday.
That now means Diana Ross is the last of the founding members.
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Iād throw in over the top special effects too - theyāre tedious and monotonous
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
Cannot begin to tell you how important his magazine was to me as a teenage boy in the 1980ās
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And the reason your eyesight is failing and you have hair on your palms.
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His greatest achievement was gaining the support of the US Supreme Court 8-0 for the protection of political satire. A very close second was all the beautifully photographed clungeā¦
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Recommended movie directed by Milos Forman - The People versus Larry Flynt
- hero is the lawyer who defended him, stripped legal principles to bare bones.
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Although I must confess to never having heard that word before, Iām very confident that I know what youāre referring to.
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Your instincts are correct and the circles you frequent are much more sophisticated than mine.
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Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79.
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Bummer about Chick.
As always seems to be the case with these, I didnāt even know he was unwell.
Was lucky enough to hang out with Chick and his band after a gig back in the 70ās. Nice guy.
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