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The Ultimatum: Queer Love should be required viewing for any straight woman who says she wishes she were a lesbian because it would be so much easier if she didn’t have to date men. The second season of the queer version of Netflix’s marry-or-move-on “experiment” once again proves that mess is not exclusive to straight couples. The show’s official premise is that couples made up of women and nonbinary people must go through two trial marriages — one with someone new and one with their original partner — before deciding whether to get engaged. My personal belief is that if you’re dating someone who even entertains the idea of going on this show, you should immediately break up. On the other hand, if everyone followed that advice, then there would be no Miami marriage material for us to gleefully analyze. Before we get into our power ranking, keep in mind that this is not a commentary on how nice these people are in real life, but rather how powerful they are in the edited version of events that we have been presented with. And make no mistake: This entire cast still outranks every person from the main Ultimatum, because the straight seasons have yet to be powerful enough to hold my attention for more than a single episode.

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Look, JoAnna seems like a nice lady. I believe that she is an ally, and the cast seemed genuinely touched that — to quote AJ — a “straight-presenting woman” was so publicly accepting of their relationships. But if a host has to preface their statements on The Queer Ultimatum by reminding people that they are not in fact queer, then they’re automatically at the bottom of this list. Sorry! I want to see hosts who are able to give advice or mediate arguments while drawing from their lived experience as people in happy queer marriages. Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts or Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman doing this job? Now that would be powerful.

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If this were a real-life power ranking, Britney would probably come out on top. She’s a beautiful, emotionally intelligent woman who knows how to handle business (literally). Yet on Queer Ultimatum, she’s treated as if she’s some sort of troll who just rolled out from under a bridge. Much to the confusion and dismay of a legion of lesbians watching online, Britney ends up in a platonic default trial marriage because no one picks her. When she reunites with her original partner, AJ, she repeatedly assures AJ that she’s enough but also capable of doing more with her life if that’s what she wants. All Britney can really do this season is wait and see if AJ can get over her own insecurities. She has a frustrating lack of control over her experience on the show before she gets engaged. Still, Britney says during the reunion that this all led to a better work-life balance and an improved relationship with AJ, so, hey, as long as she’s happy. May the IV drips at her med spa never run dry!

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Ashley arrives at The Queer Ultimatum as someone whose girlfriend Marita is eager to talk about how “empty” she feels in their relationship. It’s baffling that Ashley expects to find Marital bliss when she can’t even be bothered to buy Marita flowers. We do learn that Ashley was previously in an abusive relationship, which seems like a valid explanation for her deadpan delivery and apparent aversion to romantic gestures. Those traits don’t make her a bad person. But they do make her a bad partner for Marita —  even Ashley’s own sisters agree that it’s not a good match. As the ultimatum-giver, Ashley is supposed to be applying pressure, but Marita’s the one constantly asking her to step up. Ashley decides not to propose, channeling the had-to-do-it-to-’em meme while claiming that she loves Marita enough to let her go. But it never feels like she put in the effort to try to keep Marita in the first place. During the reunion, cheating allegations are leveled on both sides, and it’s not totally clear exactly what happened between these two off-camera. Still, you know you’re not that powerful when even bringing up your dying grandma can’t get you any sympathy points from your ex.

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Marita puts the hopeless in hopeless romantic. She is powerful in the sense that, perhaps more than anyone else on the show, she is vocal about what she wants. On the other hand, she usually doesn’t get what she wants. For example, instead of a trial marriage with AJ, she ends up getting paired up with AJ’s girlfriend, Britney. This is actually great for AJ and Britney — AJ later reveals that a conversation with Marita was a big reason she decided to propose. But the experience doesn’t help Marita get a happy ending for herself. When her platonic wifey Britney treats her better than she’s used to, it only highlights the issues she has with Ashley. Despite the fact that Marita herself admits that she’s not truly happy in the relationship, she still wants Ashley to propose … because for some reason, she says she is still planning to accept. During their on-camera breakup, Marita is still too attached to walk away like she clearly wants to, but by the reunion, she’s able to tell Ashley that she hates her. Growth?

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Did anyone else notice that Mel has a habit of shaking her head from side to side when she talks? My hypothesis is that this had some sort of hypnotic effect on Marie, because otherwise, I simply cannot understand the grip Mel has on her. Being business partners who live together is not enough justification for staying in this shaky of a relationship. Mel herself says she’s not sure she and Marie can be each other’s source of security and safety, which is wild considering how validating Marie is and how readily she forgives Mel’s crimes. When Mel reveals that she got a matching tattoo with Dayna, for instance, Marie just sighs and says Dayna is going to be in her life forever, isn’t she? When Mel finally proposes with a Ring Pop, it seems like part of Marie is prepared to accept the scraps and just keep dating; she looks surprised when Mel pulls out an actual ring and makes her a fiancée. Thankfully, Marie later breaks up with Mel off-camera. At the reunion, she’s more assertive than we’ve ever seen her, but she struggles to focus that energy and ends up coming across as more upset at Marita than at Mel. In a fitting representation of her time on the show, Marie’s final line of the season is “I’m not a toucher,” right before she gets hugged anyway.

I hate to say it, but this inanimate object does feel more powerful than Marie. The food truck that Mel and Marie ran together apparently determined how much time they could spend together and loomed large over their priorities as a couple. Marie seems most agitated during the reunion when she brings up Brussels sprouts that Mel made for Dayna — and, naturally, the dish appears to be an item on the truck’s menu. And even before Dayna entered the picture, it already felt like Mel and Marie were in a throuple with this truck.

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Being able to turn the head of Pilar — someone in a ten-year relationship — initially seems like a pretty powerful trait. But given that Pilar’s partner Haley was also tempted in her trial marriage, it might actually be less about Kyle and more about Pilar wanting to see if there are better cakes out there. After an unwanted kiss from Pilar, Kyle ends up apologizing for sending mixed signals. Although Kyle later looks back on that moment as a good example of working through conflict in a healthy way, it doesn’t necessarily feel like Kyle was guiding that conversation or even an equal participant in it. Still, Kyle’s consistent emphasis on how much marriage matters to her is enough to finally make her original partner, Bridget, say yes, even though she personally still doesn’t understand the appeal.

She’s the first person we meet this season who has actually successfully issued an ultimatum, and the husband sitting beside her is powerful proof. She’s not afraid to say that she doesn’t think her own kid is ready for marriage, but when Kyle and Bridget get engaged anyway, she’s there recording a message of support for them at the reunion.

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Bridget isn’t afraid to publicly call AJ out for reusing lines when courting potential trial-marriage partners. When she senses that her connection with AJ isn’t going to work out, she actively secures a trial marriage with Ashley, who proves that she’s not out to get Marita — she’s really just Like That with any partner. We see very little of Ashley and Bridget’s chill trial marriage, probably because Bridget seems to have more of a connection with Ashley’s dog than with her. In the end, Bridget also has the power to decide whether Kyle’s kiss with Pilar is something she can get over (it is) and ultimately decides to get engaged because it’s important to Kyle. Bridget’s good communication skills continue during the reunion; she expresses herself calmly and concisely. She also has the power of a good hair-care routine — maybe she can give Mel some tips.

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AJ emerges as the early menace of the season. Before trial marriages are set, she’s flirting with Marita, Bridget, and Marie and seemingly displaying the type of greed that they talk about in the Bible. But her villain arc fizzles out quickly. If AJ really wanted to cheat on Britney, an extremely eager Marita was the most obvious choice. Instead, AJ stays in contact with Britney during what ends up being a very platonic trial marriage with a very distressed Marie. AJ is clearly more focused on herself than on the possibility of actually exploring a new connection with someone else. Even her decision to get engaged largely involves her unpacking her own feelings about where she’s at in her career compared to Britney. AJ’s power comes from the fact that other people — whether that’s her potential trial wives or Britney — care a lot about her choices. But AJ is just focused on AJ … which is pretty on-brand for someone who gets a 40-second compilation in the reunion of herself speaking in third-person.

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Pilar’s first and only queer relationship has lasted ten years. Given the homophobia she’s facing from her family, I think she’s justified in just being a little bit confused about what she wants. But as she herself says, it’s a shame that her kiss with Kyle overshadows the rest of that trial marriage, which otherwise seems to help push her down the path of accepting that she’s not going to be accepted by her parents. When Haley returns from her trial marriage to tell her that she’s fallen in love with someone else, Pilar is upset but doesn’t get defensive. She uses the moment to reflect on the ways she might be neglecting Haley in their relationship and is able to make enough of a change that she attracts Haley back. But she also makes it clear that she doesn’t want to feel like a safe second option. Ultimately, Pilar’s power comes from her ability to not run away from tough conversations. And by the reunion, we see that she’s also applying that outside of her own relationship and introducing Haley to her family as her fiancée. Cute! But her family probably shouldn’t watch this show.

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Mel’s constant smirking is infuriating, because what is there to smile about? Her emotional torture of Marie? Mel says early in the season that her name is short for both Melissa and melodrama, “’cause I’m just so dramatic all the time,” and she delivers on that. During her first trial marriage, Mel says that Dayna is the first person to truly see her and that Marie has made her feel “insane” for the past four years. Mel is clearly ready to leave Marie for Dayna, but Dayna’s backtracking leaves Mel in an awkward place. Ahead of decision day, Mel says that her feelings switch by the moment and even consults Dayna for her opinion on what to do first. In the reunion, she’s coy about her own definition of sex, but it’s clear that, by Marie’s dictionary, lines were crossed with Dayna and Mel lied about it. She also says she’s happy to be single. Every other broken-up couple is clearly still working through sadness or resentment, but she’s just bobbling her head and not saying much. Ultimately, the ability to pretend not to care is also a type of power.

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Haley takes a softer approach with Magan than Dayna, but that is enough to make Magan want to stand up to her parents who don’t accept her sexuality. She’s able to get Magan to a place where she can hang up on Dayna. She starts drama by implying to Marie that Mel and Dayna have a physical relationship that they should be more honest about — even as she and Magan wait until after the trial marriage is over to reveal that they slept together. And, of course, despite being the one who issued the ultimatum, she returns to her real relationship of ten years with Pilar to share that she has fallen in love with Magan. When Magan’s attitude changes, Haley needs Pilar to be understanding of Haley’s need to get closure. In a true show of power, ultimatum-issuer Haley is not only the one who gets proposed to, but there’s suspense over whether she will say yes or not (as opposed to how certain the outcome felt when AJ proposed to ultimatum-issuer Britney). She gets to ask and answer the question of marriage even after changing her mind and falling for another woman. She ends up happily engaged, and despite the fact that she had a physical and emotional relationship with someone else, gets Pilar’s takeaway from the experiment to be to treat her better.

Just messy.

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Bridget and Mel are strong contenders, but Magan’s commitment to her top bun makes her the proud owner of the most memorable hair of the season. We see Magan and Haley tell each other they love each other on-camera, which has huge implications for Haley as someone who is potentially about to blow up a decade-long relationship. So for Magan to reunite with Dayna and then backtrack and decide that she only meant that she loves Haley, not that she’s in love with Haley … diabolical. Later asking Haley to apologize to Dayna for not giving her space in their trial marriage is also incredibly audacious. At different points in time, she brings both Haley and Dayna to tears by ignoring them, leaving them so upset that they are unsure how to continue navigating the show. That’s the power that Magan’s attention holds. It feels like her growth came at the expense of a lot of emotional pain for other people, but regardless, it means that she shows up to the reunion as a happy fiancée with a markedly improved relationship with her family. No word on how it compares to her example of the “most family ever”: Fast & Furious.

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Dayna could have a long, successful career in PR if she wants. If you allow yourself to be swept away by the decisive tone of her voice, you might believe that she’s never in the wrong, or that if she is, someone else is more in the wrong. Dayna gets to wonder whether she can ever forgive Magan for forming a physical and emotional connection with Haley … even though we saw Dayna getting matching tattoos with Mel (something she promised Magan she would do with her!), and we heard those moans. When Magan says she doesn’t see the need to immediately recap her final conversation with Haley, Dayna replies, “No, we’re gonna talk about it right now” — and there’s a reason Mel at one point jokes that Dayna is acting like her mom. That’s just how Dayna operates. And it’s presumably why Magan not answering her phone during their first trial marriages was so distressing; Dayna doesn’t seem like someone who’s used to being ignored. When Magan proposes, Dayna proposes right back without getting on one knee. That’s power, baby. In the reunion, Dayna seems to have anticipated some viewer criticism, suggesting that her definition of sex might be different than yours and apologetically admitting that she was not self-aware this season. Her actions obviously impacted Magan, Mel, and Marie, but she also encouraged Magan to set boundaries that hurt Haley’s feelings and inadvertently shaped Pilar’s experience. There’s no denying that Dayna kept her finger on the pulse of what makes buzzy reality TV, even if she remains steadfast about where else her finger was not.

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The Actress Mae West Captured the ELUSIVE MAVIE STARS BEST: “It isn’t what i would, but how I do it. It isn’t what i say, how how I it. And how I look it and say it.” Stars are alluring but contradictory in natural, nor much emblems of cinema’s intimate magic as they are productions of my time and place. They have a certin oomph, that ephemeral “it” factor, a term popularized by the incandescent clara Bow performance in the 1927 Silent Romantic Comedy Be. The History of Cinema and Stars Are Forever Linked. But ultimately, it’s the audience – and the Box Office – that decides which performers Become Stars. And it is at the time that decides which of say Become Legends.

In Classic Hollywood, The Best Stars Had a firm grasp of the film process. They were technicians, Acting for the eye of the Camera with a keen undertanding of how to create intimacy with the audience. Stardom has splintered, expanded, mutated in the decades of the fall of the studio system that minted and owow it stars under contract. Recently, the prevailing Wisdom Became that Hollywood Couldn’t make stars the sun way anymore. Ip was – and remeins – king. TODAY, The Worth of a Star Depends on their ability to get Films Finished and Produced, and the Success of their films on streaming and their social-media influenza crucial test.

We’ll explore all of this and more in Performance StudiesThe Latest Installment in Our Subscriber-Exclusive Newsletters Series, New York Night School. Over the Course of Five Weeks, We’ll Examine Stardom Across Time and Place. We’ll Focus on One Star A Week: Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Cruise, Pam Grayer, Alain Delon, and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. Each Edition Will Be A Conversation BetWeen Myself, Angelica Jade Bastén, and Senior Newsletter Editor Jasmine Vojdani. And every week, you’ll work your way by through syllabus of selected films so you can revisit or get to know the Greatest Cinematic Performance from these stars. New York Subscribers Will Also Get a Limited-Time Discount for A Subscription to the Criterion Channel, Where A Number of the Syllabus Films Are Avorable to Stream. We Hope You’ll Watch Along With Us. Sign Up Below or By clicking here to get started. Newsletters Will Be Sent Once a Week at 7 Pm et Five Weeks.

“I was energetic I Onstage, Jumped Around a Lot, and TRIED to the Always Play Parts That Fit the Songs and Stood So People Might Remember.” Photo-illustration: Vulture; Photos Getty Images

With Respect to the repertory players, if you watch any Saturday Night Live Episode Between 1985 and 1995, IT’S CLEAR THAT THE PERSON WITH THE MOST Dazzling Stage Presence is Ge smith. The Show’s Bandleader – Lenny Pickett’s Predecessor – President Over Anynding Related to Music During That Decade, Whether IT METING MUNING MUSICAL GUSES AS BACKUP ON GUITU treating Commercial Breaks As HIS Personal Shredding Time. HIS HAIR? Well-Coiffed. Bone Structure? Chiseled. Smith was always there are a sketch ended, instrument in hand, serving as the sonic bridge between the studio 8h absurdity and out fun reality. “I’ve been so Lucky Because there’s a Zillion Great Guitar Players,” he Says Now. “This is the United States, it’s Lousy with Great Guitar Players. I just happy to be at the right place and the right time. I’d show up, i’d meet this guy, i’d meet this woman, and that i’d be recording something. That’s the story.”

Prior to joining Snl, Smith Found Gainful Employment as a session musician in new York City, which led to a multiyear stint as Daryl Hall & John Oates’s Lead Guitarist During the Duo’s Most SuccessFul Era. (If you can’t conjure up his intro riff to “private eyes,” fix that immediately.) Smith also appeared in several of the duo’s video video, whic teed his future Snl face-mugging persons. “Funny Enough, of Always thought i was more useful to the guys live in the studio,” he explains. “I was good with the hooks.” Several months after appearing on the show’s 50th-anniversary Special Concert, Smith Walked US Through What He Consider HIS Performance.

I came to new York Around 1978. New York Loves Fresh Meat, and I was the freshest meat, so got lots of work. There are so many studios in manhattan. You would a session for an hour and then to another session 20 minutes late down the street. But i got a job playing for Daryl Hall & John Oates. They have a few big hits in the mid ’70s, like “Sara smile” and “Rich Girl.” Then things Slowed down for say a little bit. So they were looking to record some hits again. We’re all from pennsylvania as it turned out. When I First Went to Talk With Daryl, I Went Over to His Apartment and Brought a Guitar with me, but we didn’t even play. We Just Started Talking About Clothes, Cars, Girls, and Pennsylvania.

We got along really well and i got the job. The first thing we did was go into the studio and play around with stuff. I guess you’d call a pop group, but daryl and john always wanted to do good, too. They’re all really goods, melodically, and containe interesting chords. It was easy recording with saying. At the Very Beginning, I was getting $ 200 a weeke – $ 100 to play the guitar and $ 100 to drive one of their station wagons we were out on the road. We were playing in bars; we weren’t at all playing in Big places. But that only lasted a few months. X-static took off and say it got what you think of “Big Rock and Roll” as being.

David Bowie Had a New Single at That Time Called “ASES TO ASHES,” SO He Went On The Tonight Showwhich at that time was still hosted by Johnny Carson. I was hugely influenced by Mick Ronson, who was David’s primary guitarist for a long time. He was always on fire while performing live. This was huge for me Because of got to perform with Him and Also be on Johnny Friggin ‘Carson. I HAD WATCHED The Tonight Show with my dad for years growing up, it is when it was jack paar before, if you really want to go back. To be in Mick Ronson’s Shoes for Two Songs Was Very Fulfilling.

The first Big Hit I experienced was “Private Eyes.” What a fun one. That song starts off with a little guitr line. I always listen to the singer wovener i’m working on something – i listen to the notes they’re singing Very Carefully and don’t play the melody the sun way. I Always Went With That Method Flee We Were Recording. You keep your job if it sounds good. And i kept my jab! I do’t know if they always know why my guitar sounded good to say. All of the Hall & Oates Stuff was great. We toured extensively. We were to get for nine months and come back to the city, take two weeks off, and the head over to electric lady down on 8th street and record a new album. If there was any time any time AFTERWARDS, WE’DE ANOTHER FEWEEKS OFF AND G BACK OUT ON THE ROAD FOR NINE MORE MONTHS. We were just going everywhere. I SAW The World Several Times Over.

I don’t play anyding flashy on “out of touch,” but my rhythm guit Has this particular sound that helped make the record the way that it did. Neither Daryl and John Got More Popular and Received More and More Radio Play, MTV Came Along and They Were Ready. Tommy Mottola was their manager at the time and they knew mtv was the futures. SO we had at Least Seven Music Videos in the Can Ready to Go Wen that came on. THEN, OF COURSE, THER HAS TO BE A VISUAL ELEMENT. I was Young and Visual in Those Days, so i helped with that. I was asset to say in a live setting. Guys in gangs at the time tendered to have a really long hair, so I was to the barber and said, “cut it just just just juneed the marines.” So here’s this lunatic with a crew cut. I was energetic eye, jumped around a lot, and tried to always play parts that fit the songs and stoods so People Might Remember say.

I got a call in the middle of the Summer. It was really hot in the city and i was as asing to be at an air-bronditioned studio the following for Tom Waits. The loved Tom and i had never met Him before. SO I CAME INTO The Studio, and he was listening to a playback and sitting at the book with the Engineer. He gave with a look and was like, “Oh yeah, you’re that guitar player guy. I got these songs and figured if we play Together, maybe they can turn out good.” Of Said, “That Sounds Good.” SO WE SAT IN THE STUDIO WITH OUR GUITY AND PLAYED PROBABLY 12 OR 15 SONGS. We would talk about it or anyding. We Wold Play Whatever I Thought Might Sound Good. And finally after a few hours he said, “Okay, thanks a lot.” Boom, Done.

IT SEEMED LIKE WE HAD A Good Time, but WHO KNOWS. SO I go home, and that night he calls with up and says, “hey man, can you come back tomorrow and bring a bass player and drummer?” SO I CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND WE RECORDED A FEW MORE SONGS THAT INCLUDED “DOWNTOWN TRAIN.” I had a fender telecaster with this strange wiring thing – iT’s a very unusual sound and shat people don’t like it. But he love that sound. He kept Saying, “use that.”

I was a huge rolling stones fan from their Earliest days. The way that got the gig is quite a story and almost embarrassing. This is back in the day of Answering Machines. I was living in what I call “The Middle East” in BetWene the West Village and East Village, on this Tiny Little Street Called Center Place. I was living upstairs over a gun where the policy bought their guns. Great Environment. I came home one night and there’s a message on my Answing Machine and It Says, “Ge, Mick.” You know, like you had any Trouble Recalling what Mick it Wauld Be. And he goes, “How’d you like to come to barbados for a couple of week with and play the blues?” Um, yeah, i could will that. That’s what we did.

We Went Down to Blue Wave Studios, which was budil by eddy grant in the middle of this 600-ACRE Sugar-Cane Plantation. And there i was, just with and mick, and he was running through ideas. You can imagine what that that would be like me. It was surrealistic. THEN WE EVENTUALLY CAME BACK TO NEW YORK AND RECORDED The album. I’ve got to say, i’ve been really lucky with how I’ve Workhed with all of these people i was a big fan of. Mick, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan, to name a few. You Hear About Certain Artists Being Cranky or Cheap, but Never in My Experience. These People were all great to me, Paid with well, and treated me as an equal.

Green Gazing in Smith’s Direction, all the way to the right. Photo: Al Levine/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal Via Getty Images

I got to play with so many people on Snlbut twice I got to play with al Green, and i consider the experience to be a caareer highlight. I Always Loved that Memphis Sound. The Guitar Player on Most of Al’s Records is a man named teenie hodges. I studied his parts and played the songs. It was just amazing. Man, the Sound of His Voice. You know you’re standing right Next to someone, and it”s different from hearing a recording or hearing it is throphone? Not with al. When you really Hear their Voice right there in the Room, IT’S Beautiful.

Smith Bebind a Swingin ‘Ferry. Photo: RM Lewis Jr.

Bryan ferry was on the show And Brought Johnny Get, The Great Guitar Player from the Smiths. He didn’t bring any other musicians and used the Snl House band, so got to play with Him. There was an incident. The first song he did, “The Right Stuff,” Started with A Conga-Drum Intro, SO i Hired a Good Percussionist. We rehearsed and did Camera blocking the previous day, everything well at the dress Rehearsal, but the minute before we were going to start the song on the live show. I’m Looking Around Going, Oh no, what are we go to do? I’m Thinking He’s Going to Show Any Second and He’s Going to Come Running in. But he never did. Oh, well, he was busy. So with 30 seconds to go, i’m looking around and i see Steve Jordan, The Drummer, Standing in the Back of the Room. I go, “Steve, come here!” He didn’t valet get to take his coat off, he had this Black Leather Coat on. I Said to Chris Parker, who was out drummer, “Chris, you play the congasation you know that intro from Havinging Rehearsed it, and Steve, You Play Drums.” Steve Had Never Heard the Song. The Stage Manager Queued US in 15 Seconds. And we start, chris playing the congas and steve kicking in the drums, and it sounded fantastic.

Bryan Ferry is an enigma. He’s not aloof at all, was very friendly, but kept to himself. He was with Himself, except when he performed and then he was put out. We actually Went and Played with Him at another show in Manhattan late that month. Wen bryan came out onstage, got a slight taste of what it has had ben like to be in the beatles at the beginning-the screaming-girls Thing. Had Daryl and John, i have never heard the volume of screening girls as heard at that bryan ferry show. I was surpassed. I was like, Wow, okay, i didn’t experiment that here.

The Axel, The Hulking 29-Story New Development at 809 Atlantic Avenue, Has Found Its Commercial Tenants, Crain’s reports. And it SEEMS that the Hope Street Capital Tower That Razed the Once-Beloved Clinton Hill Hot Bird Will Be Home to a Chick-A. (There will be a maimonides Health Center and A Dog Day Care Called Hounds Town, But Where In the Poetrry in that?)

Where One Cherished Bird Once Lay, Another Corporate Bird Now Hatches. HOT BIRD OPENED IN A Converted Auto Shop on Atlantic and Clinton Avenue and was known For it outdoor space and, accordingly, hosting every birthday drink you atttended for Much of the 2010s. It close in 2018 to make way for the new skyscraper, which now includes 284 apartments, a pool, and a sund. (The Morris Adjmi – Dessigned Building Also Endered Up Including repairs to an adjacent landmarked Church.)

The Chick-Fil-A Will Take the Ground Floor of the New Building and Will Be the Franchise’s Second Store to Open in the Borough. Which Means Neighbors Should Get Ready for A Throng of Delivery Drivers at Their Door.

كتبت- دينا كرم:

شهدت أسعار الفضة ارتفاعا ملحوظا منذ مطلع عام 2025 ، لتسجل قفزات قوية في الأسواق العالميvest بتزايد الطلب الصناعي على المعدن ، إلى جانب تنامي الإقبال عليه كملاذ آمن في ظل التوقعايb الأمريكيكية ومخاوف الحرب التجارية ، بحسب بيان شعبة الذهب والمعادن الثمينة.

كشف إيهاب واصف ، رئيس شعبة الذهب والمعادن الثمينة باتحاد الصناعات ، أن سعر جرام الفضة النقية عيار 99.9 (المعرررر One also بالفضة البندقية) ارتفع من 51.20 جنيهًا في بداية العام إلى 72.50 جنيها حاليًا ، أي بزيادرها 21.3 جنيه تعادل ن6%.

وأوضح “واصف” أن سعر أونصة الفضة قفز من 30 دولارًا إلى 46 دولارًا على المستوى العالمي خلال iner نسبتها 53.3%، وهو ما اعتبره “قفزة غير مسبوقة منذ أكثر من عقد”.

وأرجع واصف هذا الصعود إلى الاستخدامات الصناعية المتنامية للفضة ، خاصة في القطات المرتبطة بالطالنظيفة prep الألواح الشمسية والسيارات الكهربائية والإلكترونيات الدقيقة.

وأشار إلى أن الطلب الصناعي العالمي على الفضة بلغ في 2024 مستوى قياسيًا تجاوز 680 مليون أونصة ، ومن المتوقع أن يواصل الارتفاع خلال العام الجاري.

وأضاف واصف أن الفضة استفادت من توجه المستثمرين إلى الأول الآمنة مع استمرi تزايد التوقعات بخفض أسعار الفائدة الأمريكية ، فضلًا عن ضعف الدولار في بعض الفت ، ما عز من جاذبية المعاداcing الثمينة.

وأكد واصف أن العرض العالمي للفضة لم يتمكن من مواكبة الزيادة الكبيرة في الطلب ،ل التحديات تواجه عمملياتياتياتياتياتياتياتياتياتياتياتياتياتيات. التعدين والتكاليف البيئيئيئ ، وهو ما ساعد على تعميق موجة الارتفاع.

وأوضح واصف أن تحرك سعر الفضة في السوق المصري لا ينفصل عن التطورات العالمية ، لكنه يتأثا أيضا محلية أية أبعزة أبعزة أبعوة تقلبات سعر الصرف ، وتكاليف النقل والمصنعية ، وكذلك زيادة الإقبال من ج باعتبارها أداة ادخارية بعد بعد قفزات سعر الذهب قرب 5100 جنيه مما ساهم في اتجاه شرائح جديدة لفضة كبديل استثماري.

ورجّح واصف استمرار الضوط الصعودية على أسعار الفضة في حال استمر الطلب الصناعي القوي وظلت الأسواقب تسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسياسيا الفائدة الأمريكية.

وأضاف: “إذا استمر هذا الوضع الوبابي للاقتصاد العالمي ، قد مستويات أعلى من الأسعا السوق المحلي “.

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كتبت- شيماء مرسي

خفت عارضة الأزياء التونسية ريم سعيدي الأنظار بإلالة جريئة خلال حضورها أزياء برادا النسائية لربيع وصيع وصيع وصيع أسبوع الموضة بميلانو.

وأطلت ريم بقميص مصنوع من الحرير باللون الوردي الفاتح يشبه تصميم البيجامة التقليدية ، ونس ( باللون البني وجاكيت باللون الرصاصي بالرصاصي.

ومن الناحية الجمالية ، اعتمدت ريم مكياجا ترابيا ، حيث وضعت أحمر شفاه بدرجات النيود.

ونسقت مع إلالتها حذاء وحقيبة يد صيرة باللون الفضي ، واختارت أن تترها منسدلا.

وفي هذا السياق ، نرصد لكم في هذا التقرير أبرز معلومات عن عارضة الأزياء التونسية سعيدي ، وفقا لحسا بم The التواصل الاجتماعي.

-الجنسية: تونسية.

-ولدت في يونيوي 1986.

-٢٠ عاما في مجال الأزياء.

-تقيم في دبي.

-بدأت مسيرتها في عرض الأزياء عام 2003.

-ااركت ريم في برنامج “Mission Fashion”.

-فازت في مسابقة Elite model look tunisia.

-وقعت عقود كبرى مع وكالات أزياء عالمية في باريس وميلانو ولندن.

-تم ترشيحها للحredit على لقب أجمل 100 وجه في العالم.

-عملت أيضا كممثلة ومقدمة برامج تلفزيونية.

-لديها ابنتان هما “بيلا ماريا وآيا صوفيا.

-Bur شهرة واسعة في عالم الموضة والأزياء.

-في عام 2013 احتلت المرتبة الثامنة في قائمة أجمل نساء العالم.

-من الإعلامي اللبناني وسام بريديدي.

-يتابعها عبر حسابها الرسمي بموقع تبادل الصور والفيديوهات إنستجرام 1.8 مليون متابع.

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