It's 2024 and we get to see Jude Law as Henry VIII, Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr in Firebrand, and Sean Bean as Thomas Cromwell in Shardlake. This will be a great year for Tudor drama fans.
I will say the highlight of my week lately has been watching new episodes of
@somegoodnews
. It is so wholesome and exactly what we all need right now. Thank you for making this show and sharing some good news into the world right now.
#SGN
On this day, January 15, 1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England. Who is your favorite actress who has portrayed Elizabeth I in film or TV shows?
On this day 78 years ago, 156,000 soldiers landed in Normandy to liberate France during WWII.
Every year, French soldiers take sand from Omaha Beach and rub it onto the gravestones to give the letters a gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 American soldiers buried there.
Paul Rudd sent a customized Ant-Man helmet to a 12-year old boy named Brody after the boy was bullied in school and nobody would sign his yearbook.
This is the text message he sent him.
Read the last line.
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Don't mind me while I fangirl. We might be getting a Disney + series based on the Shardlake series by CJ Sansom!!
Disney+ Lines Up Series Adaptation Of CJ Sansom’s Shardlake Tudor Detective Novels via
@Deadline
Good New Alert:
Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling just raised $276,000 for pediatric cancer patients.
They did it by offering a chance to be their guest at the film premiere of "The Grey Man."
The money will provide housing for 9,214 patients and their families during treatment.
Fifty three years ago, Mr. Rogers testified before the US Senate about how the media could help prevent gun violence.
He was right.
It's the most powerful sixty seconds you'll see today.
You know a historical drama is intriguing when historians and history nerds alike are getting another streaming service just to watch one show.
#BecomingElizabeth
I will admit I got a tad excited at this part of the service because I have read so many history books that talk about the act of breaking the wand or rod of Office.
The Lord Chamberlain performs his final duty, he breaks his Wand of Office and places the pieces on the coffin
This symbolic ritual has never before been seen by the public
Need another reason to adore Benedict Cumberbatch?
He just announced he's helping to rescue a family of Ukrainian refugees — and they will be staying in his own home.
"I wanted to give them some stability after the turmoil they've faced."
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In Bolivia, these monks found a stray dog and decided to adopt it.
He's known as Friar Moustache.
Now he spends his day strolling around the monastery and bringing joy to others.
I am still trying to process the discoveries that Philippa Langley shared on the Gone Medieval podcast with
@MattLewisAuthor
about The Princes in the Tower. It is kind of blowing my mind.
@sixteenthCgirl
I agree and the same can be said for Anne Boleyn. These were not failures, but they must have been very traumatic events for both women.
In Kashmir, a husband and wife noticed how many injured stray animals were around them and wanted to find a way to help them.
So they started Kashmir's first animal rescue.
They've saved more than 1,000 animals so far, and helped more than 400 animals find new homes.
Four years ago, this hairstylist left her job so that she could help women suffering from hair loss.
Today, she gives out free wigs to girls who suffer from alopecia.
The look on their faces is the best thing you'll see.
Pass it on.
It's a good day to be a history nerd. The Endurance was found perfectly preserved under the ice in Antarctica. The final season of The Last Kingdom just dropped on Netflix. We have a trailer for season 2 of Bridgerton, and Vikings Valhalla will have 2 more seasons.
When I heard about this book, I knew that I wanted to read it this year. It just arrived last night, so I decided that it will be my next book. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by
@dgjones
.
#powersandthrones
#danjones
#nonfiction
#History
Good News Alert:
Chadwick Boseman is officially an Emmy Award winner.
The Academy gave him the honor posthumously last night for his portrayal of T'Challa in Marvel's ''What If...?"
It is Boseman's first Emmy Award.
A blast from my past. This book is the one that got me interested in the Tudors when I was younger. How well does this book measure up with what we know about Princess Elizabeth? The Royal Diaries- Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky.
I just finished watching The Six Wives of Henry VIII starring Keith Michell and I have to say Keith Michell was the very image of Henry. My favorite episode was Jane Seymour.
The Weeknd is one of the biggest stars in the world.
After he found out a 3-year old girl with cancer wanted to meet him, he invited her to his concert.
When they met, she did this.
This is Doran and David.
They were on their honeymoon in Spain when they noticed a nursery on fire.
Without hesitating, they ran into the building, and brought the babies out.
Together with other bystanders, they saved 20 children.
I went used book shopping today. A good haul. Some of these books I have read before and The Royal Diaries book is the one that started it all for me, so I am thinking about rereading and reviewing it soon.
I think it says a lot that Tom Cullen took the time to discuss the issues that Tudor fans might find disturbing with his character Thomas Seymour on Becoming Elizabeth. I am really glad he said something about the matter.
As someone who studies Medieval and Tudor England, I wish we had Coronation pageants and the King and Queen spending a night in the Tower of London to keep those traditions alive. I have always wondered what that must have been like.
#Coronation