TLDR; Rhys Darby: The Cryptid Factor / Gold Derby Nomination!; David Jenkins; Taika Waititi; Rita Ora; Samson Kayo; Nathan Foad; Kristian Nairn; Erroll Shand; Darby Family Foster Kittens; Galaxy Con Raleigh; Articles; WBD News; Love Notes;
== Rhys Darby ==
New Episode of The Cryptid Factor is released on Spotify-- 097 The Name Song Episode!
Source: Rhys Darby's Instagram Stories
Some very excellent news-- Rhys and OFMD have been officially nominated for the Gold Derbys! You can vote on them on the Gold Derby website! Thank you to @adoptourcrew for spreading the word!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter/ Gold Derby Twitter
== David Jenkins ==
Chaos Dad is sending our beloved Captain some good vibes for his Gold Derby Nomination! Get it slut!
Source: David Jenkins' Twitter
== Taika Waititi ==
Taika and Rita worked on a short film with & Carlo Van Der Roer that's truly mesmerizing, check it out below:
"Toru, 2024 is a collaboration between New Zealand artists / filmmakers Taika Waititi and Carlo Van de Roer. A three channel video installation, inspired by the significance of Tokotoru, or Trinity, in Maori culture, the work weaves together themes of unity -- earth, sea, sky -- and references to mythology, including the Maori myth of Tane retrieving three baskets of knowledge -- the basket of light, the basket of darkness and the basket of pursuit.
Each film operates as a different recollection or interpretation of the same performance and space. A filmmaking approach called PlateLight enables the same moment to be captured with different lighting conditions. This results in three versions of the same film, presenting a record of the past as photographically accurate, yet fluid and authorable like myth.
Made with the love and magic of @stuetr@satellite_lab@mikeberlucchi@wearecasey@olivierwicki_la" - carlovanderor's Instagram
Source: carlovanderor's Instagram
More Taika and Rita being adorable together in Rome and making charms with each other.
Source: Paoline_Roma's Instagram
== Samson Kayo ==
Samson's been real busy lately-- Have you been watching House of the Dragon? You may catch him if you do! He was also kind enough to send a very kind Love Note everyone's way.
Source: Samson Kayo's Instagram
== Eroll Shand ==
More clips of Erroll in the new season of The Twelve!
Source: Binge Instagram
== Nathan Foad ==
Nathan's excited for Galaxy Con Raleigh, hopefully the sunburn will calm down by then, poor guy.
Source: Nathan Foad's Instagram
== Kristian Nairn ==
Hey European Crew! Kristian will be joining the Proud Nerd: The Weekend of Fire & Ice on 28 & 29 September this year! They'll be at Castle Satzvey! For tickets, you can visit Weekend of Fire & Ice
Source: Proud Nerd Conventions
== Darby Family Foster Kittens ==
Rosie giving us more and more kitten content, have I mentioned she's my hero lately?
== Raleigh Galaxy Con ==
Reminder! July 25-28 is Raleigh Galaxy Con! Join Con, Nathan, Vico, and Kristian on Saturday and Sunday!
Source: Galaxy Con Raleigh Website
In addition -- some of your crewmates are hosting Calypso's Birthday, an OFMD Fan Meet-Up on Saturday July 27 from 7PM - 9PM at Ruby Deluxe! You can check out the venue at www.queerraleigh.com!
Source: @ leahbelle_'s Twitter
== Articles ==
Several articles today-- one with more info on the Gold Derby TV Award nominations, and the others related to WBD and the situation going on there. Thank you to @adoptourcrew for sharing so many helpful articles!
- 2024 Gold Derby TV Awards nominations complete list: ‘The Bear’ and ‘Shogun’ lead
- Top Analyst Begs Warner Bros. Discovery To Explore M&A, Asset Sales, Spinoff; With Stock In The Tank “All Options Need To Be On The Table”
- Warner Bros. Discovery to Lay Off Nearly 1,000 Employees, Cuts to Max Staffers in Single Digits
- Recency Bias and Emmy Nominations
Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter
== WBD News ==
On top of the articles mentioned above, our fabulous crewmate Ashley, aka Seven_Sugars on Twitter give us a bit more context on what's going on.
Source: @ Seven_Sugars on Twitter
It also looks like there's more fuckerys planned for August 7th! Keep an eye out on @adoptourcrew's socials for more info!
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter
== Love Notes ==
Hey there lovelies! It's already Tuesday, and I sure hope you are staying cool as best you can (if you're in the hot part of the world-- and viceversa if you're not!) I wanted to bring up Samson's love note again,
"You deserve someone who is good for your mental health".It really is so true. When it comes to your partner, or your friends, your family, any people that you interact with on the daily-- you deserve people that are good for your mental health.
You don't have to be perfect to deserve it-- you don't even have to be in a good place mentally or physically, you just have to be you-- and you have always deserved it, since the day you were born. I hope if you already have those people, they stay in your life, and if you don't right now, you find those people that make you feel safe and healthy.
Rest well lovelies, drink some water and get some sleep <3Some more love notes from TheLatestKate':
Source: TheLatestKate's Instagram
