TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Erroll Shand; Nathan Foad; Vico Ortiz; Madeleine Sami; Ra Vincent; Dominic Burgess; Darby Family Foster Kittens; Rose City Comic Con; Adopt Our Crew's You Bear Fine Things Well; PA In Person Events; Fan Spotlight; Love Notes;
== Rhys Darby ==
The Hungry Games: Alaska's Big Bear Challenge is live on Peacock! Rhys had several articles mentioning it-- as well as some great reviews you can check out below!
== Taika Waititi ==
Taika is out in Piazza del Popolo -- in Italy! He was directing the Indoor Garden Party there, featuring Russell Crowe, The Gentleman Barbers, and Lorraine O'Reilly!
Source: giorgiociccanti Instagram
Some behind the scenes of the show!
Source: RussellCrowe's Twitter
Annnnnnnd.....Another fun interview with Taika and Jemaine talking about their old friendship and Time Bandits!
Source: Cairn's Post
Special Note: Apparently Rachel is also in Time Bandits! I didn't know that either, I love how many of the AoNZ crew are!
Source: Rachel House's Instagram
And finally, below, a behind the scenes shot of Taika and Jemaine from Time Bandits!
Source: Fotc_fans Twitter
== Erroll Shand ==
A rare appearance of Erroll! This was from Day 1 of the script read through for Season 2 of 'The Twelve'!
Source: StevieCruzMartin's Instagram
== Nathan Foad ==
Some shots of Nathan from Jan - Jun this year!
Source: laurenecarse's Instagram
== Vico Ortiz ==
Season Finale of Date My Abuelita First Podcast is up!You can listen to all the episodes of Season 2 here!
Source: DateMyAbuelitaFirst Instagram
== Madeleine Sami ==
A few days old but this was a fun clip of Mads and the Deadloch Crew from the Season 2 announcement!
Source: PrimeVideo AuNZ
== Ra Vincent ==
A rare sighting of our dear Ra Vincent, showing some love for his previous and current projects<3"Just when you thought you’d reached your favourite all time project another new favourite comes along. #timebandits #artdepartment #ourflagmeansdeath"
Source: Ra Vincent's Instagram
== Dominic Burgess ==
Our good friend Dominic, Jeffrey Fettering, is up at a crazy hour! Hope you get some rest Dominic!
Source: Dominic Burgess' Twitter
== Darby Family Foster Kittens ==
More kittens! Rosie is keeping us appraised of these adorable foster babies!
== Rose City Comic Con ==
News from Rose City Comic Con! Rhys and Matthew will be joining Kristian and Vico! Will you be in Portland OR in September? For guest and ticket information check out:
Source: RoseCityComicCon's Instagram
== You Bear Fine Things Well ==
07/11 was the day all! The Hungry Games have gone live on Peacock! Our fantastic crewmates over at @adoptourcrew have been keeping up the hype with daily themes!
"Day 3: Which fictional bear do you think would join the crew of the Revenge?"
I'm a day behind on this but Rachel, aka bbviago on twitter was kind enough to submit Fozzie From Muppets Treasure Island! (someone I would have also submitted!)
Source: bbviago's Twitter
"Day 4: Vote for the Hungry Games Bear you think will win!"
The Bear Madness was busy all day over at @adoptourcrew headquarters and on twitter! It was close there for a while but Quad Mom won the day!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter
== In Person / Online Fan Events ==
= Philadelphia PA: Calypso's Birthday =
Are you near Philadelphia, PA? Consider stopping by Tattooed Mom for games, crafts, and fun Saturday July 20th! 6-10 PM!
Source: FerventRabbit's Twitter
= PA: Spoken Word Porn-A-Thon Fundraiser =
CW: NSFW! Do you like NSFW fanfiction? Do you like helping out Queer Fundraisers? Well look no further!
Some of our crewmates over at Harold & Maude's in Millvale PA will be writing smutty fanfiction (some OFMD, some not!) which will be read at an in-person/virtual event in return for donations to benefit the Queer Resource Center of Millvale!
The event will take place at 7 PM on July 18th!
Don't have the funds right now? You can also enter to win a pair of tickets for you and a friend by tagging a friend on Queer Witches instagram! Each tag is one entry into the raffle! The winner will be pulled on 7/13!
Visit the QueerWitches website to purchase tickets!
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Cast Cards =
And we're back with more cast cards from @melvisik! The first, Michael Heidemann is one of the English Seamen!
Second up we have another "Emmy submission, for Outstanding Music Supervision in a Series for Impossible Birds - AdoptOurCrew", Maggie Phillips!
Source: @melvisik's Twitter
== Love Notes ==
Hey there lovelies, I have had a cold and have been swamped with work so I'm severely behind again with everything going on. I apologise for no personal love notes.
I figured I'd share some more love from others, but know I'm thinking of you and hoping you're going into the weekend well crew. First is from the fabulously kind people over at @ positivelypresent
Source: positivelypresent's Instagram
Next is very wonderful affirmation from TheLatestKate -- when you're having a bad day, these are some good words to remember:
Source: TheLatestKate's Tumblr
