This week's set goes out to former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi in the wake of his aquittal yesterday on all charges of sexual assault, and overcoming resistance by choking.
For those unfamilar with the case, you can get up to speed with Anne Kingston's Maclean's article:
2 - Hello, Little Girl from Into the Woods - Johnny Depp
3 - Creep - Radiohead
4 - Fiddle About from Tommy - Keith Moon
5 - When You're Evil - Voltaire
If you'd like to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.
As someone who enjoys editing rather intensely, I've become very intrigued by the character studies people have come up with on YouTube. Some of the mini-movies posted as videos are quite perceptive in-depth looks at some of my favorite fictional characters.
Here are 13 YouTube videos on my playlists (and thanks to Jennifer McKenzie for doing a similar T13 awhile back where she posted YouTube videos she favorited):
1 - King Leonidas from 300
2 - Sir Guy of Gisborne from BBC's Robin Hood
3 - The Phantom from The Phantom of The Opera
4 - Anton Gorodetsky and Svetlana Nazarova from Night Watch
5 - Wolverine from the X-Men series
6 - The Stranger from Dear Frankie
7 - John Thornton and Margaret Hale from North and South
8 - Harry Potter and Sirius Black from the Harry Potter series
9 - Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow
10 - Dracula from Bram Stoker's Dracula
11 - Christine Daee from The Phantom of The Opera
12 - Louis from Interview With the Vampire
13 - Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay from Star Trek Voyager
Born in Riga, Latvia and became an American citizen in 1986
A dancer, choreographer, actor, former Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre, co-founder and former director of White Oak Dance Project
My absolute hero. The greatest male ballet dancer of our time.
Recently appeared on Sex and The City.
My favorite films of his are The Turning Point and White Nights. Has been nominated for an Oscar and a Tony award, and won the Drama Critics Award for his performance in Metamorphosis.
2 - Robert Beltran
Born in Bakersfield, California
Actor, founder and co-director of the East LA Classic Theater Group, member of the ensemble group Classical Theater Lab
Best known as Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager
My favorite films of his are Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills and Eating Raoul.
3 - Jeff Bridges
Born in Los Angeles, California
Actor, musician, photographer, artist
Currently in theatres in Iron Man
My favorite films of his are Rapunzel from Faerie Tale Theatre and Starman.
4 - Benicio del Toro
Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, a Caribbean territory of the United States
Actor, artist
My favorite films of his are Sin City and Traffic.
5 - Johnny Depp
Born in Owensboro, Kentucky
Actor, musician, with multiple Oscar nominations
My favorite films of his include Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Chocolat, From Hell, Finding Neverland, the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
6 - James Franco
Born in Palo Alto, California
Actor, artist
My favorite films of his are the Spider-Man trilogy, The Company and Tristan + Isolde.
7 - Lenny Kravitz
Born in New York City, New York
Singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, interior designer
Grammy award winner, American Music Award winner
Vocalist
Plays guitar, bass, sitar, keyboards, harmonica, drums
Are You Gonna Go My Way? is one of my favorite all-time songs.
Champion of the Arts - I write historical and paranormal fiction, as well as poetry. I love to showcase creative works by artists of all stripes. Blogging from Nova Scotia, Canada
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