Four Frazettas, and a link

Goodbye, Frank Frazetta.

( It’s a shame that Frank Frazetta didn’t do more Tolkien-themed work- as this piece, of Eowyn battling the Witch-king of Angmar, ably attests. )

( One more Frazetta reworking of Tolkien: Gollum )

( On the other hand, while many people believe this to be a depiction by Frazetta of a Ringwraith, it isn’t; it’s a 1973 painting entitled ‘The Death Dealer’ which the group Molly Hatchet later used for the cover of their 1978 eponymous album. )

( Nothing to do with Tolkien, but one of my most treasured childhood memories: Frazetta’s imagining of King Kong. )

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Helen Mirren in costume as Prospero for Julie Taymor's The Tempest.

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So, that last post? Helen Mirren, not Julie Taymor.

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The Red Cross says a U.S. air base in Afghanistan has established a separate facility from its main prison that is being used for detainees.

The International Committee for the Red Cross says since August 2009 U.S. authorities have been providing the names of prisoners in a separate facility at Bagram Air Base, the BBC reports.

Nine former prisoners have told the BBC they were held in a separate building and subjected to abuse.
They told of being held in isolation in cold cells where lights are on day and night and U.S. military personnel prevented them from sleeping.

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I had a longish entry to write, which boiled down to, "Still not king." Cassie Clare, I owe you an Internet dollar, wherever you are.