In Memoriam

[The Mad Hatter]

 

[Exsilium]

1993 is and always will be the best RL campaign and GF entertainment. I was ten or so when I went to that game and it was absolutely banging.

 

[Generalzod]

The NRL should do something to honour the great Lady..

 

[Nuke]

The NRL should do something to honour the great Lady..

Yep. Pre-game, both teams run out and line-up side-by-side as they do for Origin, Grand Final, and Internationals.
Announcer: "The world has lost a great entertainer in Tina Turner. Instrumental in Rugby League's surge of popularity in the late 80's to mid 90's, we remember her involvement in our great game. Will everyone please stand as we pay a moment's respect to Tina Turner."

Crowd & players: Stand and quietly bow heads in preparation for a minute's silence.

PA: First twangy bars of Nutbush blare out.

Crowd & players: Smile and start dancing.

That's the proper respect Tina Turner should be given pre-game every game this weekend.

 

[Exsilium]

Played Tina Turner in the office yesterday. Most of my staff are Gen-Z and weren't into it at first but by the end of the day, they were right into that era.

One of the best for sure. Not at the Whitney Houston levels but still a great artist.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

I know I'm in the minority here and probably get roasted over it but I felt that Turner was a very average entertainer at best. I see some parallels between her and Jimmy Barnes, who I despise intensely.

Her involvement in the advertising campaign for Rugby League in this country does nothing to sway my opinion in the matter.

Ole chicken legs had the hide to "star" in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and along with Angry Anderson, managed to tarnish the greatest franchise in Australian cinematic history. Admittedly, I have watched only five minutes of Thunderdome and turned it off when Turner and Anderson raised their ugly heads.

I consider Mad Max and Mad Max II to be in the Top Five of Australian films ever made but Thunderdome and, to a slightly lesser extent, Fury Road, managed to wreck the Mad Max legacy beyond repair.

 

[horrie hastings]

Actor Treat Williams died in a motorcycle accident aged 71.

'Actor's actor': Treat Williams dies age 71 in motorcycle crash

The 71-year-old actor, who was known for his roles in Hair and Everwood, was out riding on Monday evening when he was involved in a crash with a car.

www.abc.net.au

 

[horrie hastings]

Academy award winning actress and former British politician Glenda Jackson has passed away aged 87.

Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson, who mixed acting with politics, dies at 87

Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British MP, dies aged 87.

www.abc.net.au

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Glenda Jackson is a strange one. A great actress no doubt, but of her movies I've seen, I can barely remember her, if at all.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Frederic Forrest.

Vale Chef. Never get off the boat.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Frederic Forrest.

Vale Chef. Never get off the boat.

Capt Jenko

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Alan Arkin, actor, has died, aged 89.

 

[Generalzod]

Alan Arkin, actor, has died, aged 89.

Argo f**k yourself lol RIP great actor

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Argo f**k yourself lol RIP great actor

Has a mountain of work that you forget he was in. I always loved him in The Rocketeer.

 

[Generalzod]

Has a mountain of work that you forget he was in. I always loved him in The Rocketeer.

great movie

 

[horrie hastings]

It's funny, even though i knew of Alan Arkin before Little Miss Sunshine I couldn't have told you anything he had been in, still not very familiar with his full body of work.

 

[Captain Apollo]

It wasn't a great movie, but I always remember Arkin in this scene. His delivery was perfect -

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

It's Mum's birthday today. She would have been 102 if she was still with us. She wasn't a singer, actress or entertainer but was the Tasmanian speed skating champion as a 19 year old.

Does that count?

 

[Exsilium]

It's Mum's birthday today. She would have been 102 if she was still with us. She wasn't a singer, actress or entertainer but was the Tasmanian speed skating champion as a 19 year old.

Does that count?

She meant enough to you to shout out to the LU community.

I've never been a champion at anything, always participation ribbons, so she's miles ahead of me haha

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

She meant enough to you to shout out to the LU community.

I've never been a champion at anything, always participation ribbons, so she's miles ahead of me haha

I teared up when I read your reply. Your thoughts are much appreciated. Achieving something doesn't mean everything because you are as good as you are - pretending to be something you're not is counterproductive.