Tag: actors

Another Gone

I spent many hours in the month of March, April and May on the The Resident, a medical television drama series. I fell in love with several characters including Dr. Conrad Hawkins and Dr. Mina Okafor whom I wrote about in Never Far.

Another character I fell in love with was the Dr. AJ Austin; a cardiothoracic surgeon. AJ is confident, dramatic, intelligent and very egotistic, he is also kind-hearted and caring when he wants to. He walked with a bounce that said ‘I know what I’m worth’. He talked big but he spoke with his heart. I loved AJ.

He gave me Terver vibes. Terver is my husband.

I made a collage of Dr. AJ and Terver on the 7th of May 2025 and planned to write something about it but I never did. Well, now I guess I have to pen something down.

I writing him a farewell.

Dr. AJ Austin’s character was played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner. I watched Malcolm-Jamal when I was a kid. He was Theodore Huxtable in The Cosby Show. I always imagined I was Rudy Huxtable, so I guess that makes him my make-believe big brother.

This evening, I learned from my older sister that Malcolm-Jamal passed away yesterday.

Maybe I’m just weird, but it hurt more than a strangers death should. Maybe I hoped to see more of him on the screens.

Rest well. Rest on. Peace.

The collage

Current Obsession

It’s always one thing or the other with me.

Yes

At any point in my life, I’m mildly obsessed about something.

It may be for a short period like a day or a week…sometimes it can go on for months.

There’s always something I feel very strongly about.

It could be a book, a song, a person, a sermon… anything

This week? It’s between Luke Grimes and Yellowstone.

Luke Grimes plays the role of Kayce, the last son of John Dutton in the television series ‘Yellowstone’.

I don’t know how he didn’t make an impression when I saw him in American Sniper. Maybe that wasn’t his season in my heart.

With his ruffled up cowboy look, similar to Cory Asbury and Brandon Lake…who have had their fair share of my time, Grimes has managed to capture me with his acting and his music.

I’m currently enjoying his music on Spotify and I have added a few of them to my favorites.

I hope he stays with me for a while, I like the feeling.

Tyler, he keeps showing up everywhere

I started writing this piece on the 30th of October 2021. Thank God for WordPress and it’s ability to leave your drafts for you till you need them or you don’t.

The reason I started in the first place is explained in one line above as the subject. It happened that for a certain period of time, everywhere I turned, there was a movie showing, with this one guy in it. My son likes him. He called him only by one name, no matter how many times I told him his real name, Channing Tatum was always going to be Tyler to him. We were hooked on the movie ‘Step Up’ and it’s swquels at that time.

Well, it’s three years since that happened and my son is older now and so the ‘Tyler’ is now very much Channing Tatum.

I think he is a good actor. I also think he is drawn to characters where he often has to dance, somehow… Yeah, it is in his blood.

Tatum can play just about any role; a Veteran/Policeman, a lover, a male stripper, a street fighter and many more. He gets into character like he was born that way.

I recently saw two of his latest movies; Fly me to the moon and Blink Twice.

I loved Fly me to the Moon and was excited about the telling of the Apollo 11 mission from a “let’s fake a moon landing to show the world in case the main landing fails” angle.

As for Blink Twice, hmmmmmm. I’m still in shock. Unbelievable. This is a psychological thriller. In the movie, we see how social media can create idol worship, a view on anti-capitalism, horror, thrill and shock. I’m not sure what to make of it.

In a nutshell, the movie clearly intended to show how far people can go to feel powerful. My cousin Ngodoo says they took it too far. I laughed and still laugh whenever I remember her remark. That movie stayed with me for quite some time.

For Tatum, I can only say, he was so much in character and I’m pretty scared, it was so real.

I planned to schedule this to drop on the 30th of October 2024, just to be cute…but I changed my mind.