Here are some girls with guns... and not much else!
Showing posts with label Picture Perfect Special. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Picture Perfect Special. Show all posts
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
A bigger bang for the Fourth of July!
On this Fourth of July, Dana Plato's years of research into how to get a REALLY big bang is being put into practice. (If your windows shatter, it means we've had a Best Independence Day Celebration Ever here at Shades of Gray.)
Happy Fourth of July!
Friday, June 30, 2023
A Gallery of Love... Bessie Love!
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Happy birthday to Lexa Doig!
Canadian actress Lexa Doig set her heart on a life in front of audiences and cameras at an early age, so she dropped out of high school to pursue a career in modeling and acting. By 19, she landed her first major television role (playing "Cowgirl" in two "TekWar" movies and in the television series from 1994 - 1996).
As the 2000s arrived, she became a mainstay of sci-fi and fantasy television series, having a starring role leading parts on "Andromeda" (2000 - 2005) and popping up in almost any sci-fi/fantasy series or major made for TV movie in recurring supporting roles or one-shot guest appearances.
Doig even stepped onto the big screen, performing the starring role in "Jason X" (2001), a sci-fi take on the venerable slasher "Friday the 13th" series where Doig and the unstoppable homicidal maniac of the title are revived in a distant future to resume a battle that had remained unfinished. It's my personal favorite among the Jason/Friday the 13th films, and it's the only one I own a copy of.
Doig remained as busy as even as the 2010s arrived, remaining in front of sci-fi fans in series like "Continuum" (2012-2014) and "Arrow" (as a recurring guest-star during the 2017 season), but also branched increasingly out into dramas and mysteries; Doig has been a very popular co-star of the "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" made-for-TV movies from 2015 through 2022 -- 16 films so far!
Doig remained as busy as even as the 2010s arrived, remaining in front of sci-fi fans in series like "Continuum" (2012-2014) and "Arrow" (as a recurring guest-star during the 2017 season), but also branched increasingly out into dramas and mysteries; Doig has been a very popular co-star of the "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries" made-for-TV movies from 2015 through 2022 -- 16 films so far!
Today, Doig turns 50 years old. We celebrate this milestone with a small gallery of pictures of her in little-more-than her birthday suit.
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Happy birthday to Jessica Morris
Actress Jessica Morris turns 44 today. Here are a few photos in celebration. (And here are reviews of some of the films she's either starred or has been featured in!)
Friday, May 5, 2023
Sunday, April 30, 2023
The Day of Rest
Saturday, April 29, 2023
International Dance Day with Leslie Caron
Born in 1931 to a chemist father and a retired ballerina mother, Leslie Caron began taking dance lessons at the age of 11. Dedication to the craft and natural ability caused her to be counted among the best ballerinas in France by the time she was 16. When she was 18, she was "drafted" into films by Gene Kelly, who wanted a top-notch co-star for the musical/dance extravaganza "An American in Paris" (1951).
Caron's screen presence and acting abilities were as remarkable as her dancing, and she soon became as big a star in Hollywood musicals as she had been on the stages of Paris. She spent the 1950s and 1960s in big-budget musicals. As the 1970s dawned, she made a successful transition into dramatic roles and was among the few musical stars who kept her career growing after that film genre fell out of favor.
For more than eight decades, Caron has graced us with her poise and beauty and talent on the big screen, on television, and on stage (with her most recent role being in the Swedish made-for-TV movie "Written on Water" (2020).
We're present this small gallery of images in celebration of Caron, as well as International Dance Day.
It's International Dance Day AND Arbor Day!
This year, International Dance Day coincides with Arbor Day, so some of the ballerinas who ran off to dance their way through the wide world are spending it with the trees that have become their friends.
Others are dancing with or for their mighty friends...
... and some, like Irena, are communing with the spirits of trees long gone.
A few of them did return to Shades of Gray HQ for some slightly more traditional International Dance Day activities...
But the question now is... how long will they stay?
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