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Good 41º foggy morning.

 

 

Yesterday we got a little sunshine and we topped at 46º. 

 

 

Picture of the Day😁

 

 

Interesting about Gene Hackman.........

 

Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Silver Bear. Hackman's two Academy Award wins included one for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's acclaimed thriller The French Connection (1971) and the other for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Little" Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988).

 

Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal as Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequels Superman II (1980) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). He also acted in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Conversation (1974), Reds (1981), Hoosiers (1986), No Way Out (1987), Get Shorty (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Absolute Power (1997), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).

 

Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, the son of Eugene Ezra Hackman and Anna Lyda Elizabeth (née Gray). He has one brother, Richard. He has Pennsylvania Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry; his mother was Canadian, and was born in Sarnia, Ontario. His family moved frequently, finally settling in Danville, Illinois, where they lived in the house of his English-born maternal grandmother, Beatrice. Hackman's father operated the printing press for the Commercial-News, a local paper. His parents divorced when he was 13 and his father subsequently left the family. Hackman decided that he wanted to become an actor when he was ten years old.

 

Retirement from acting

On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, where he announced that he had no future film projects lined up and believed his acting career was over. In 2008, while promoting his third novel, he confirmed that he had retired from acting. When asked during a GQ interview in 2011 if he would ever come out of retirement to do one more film, he said he might consider it "if I could do it in my own house, maybe, without them disturbing anything and just one or two people." He briefly came out of retirement to narrate two documentaries related to the Marine Corps: The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016) and We, the Marines (2017).

 

Gene the Marine:

Marriages and family

Hackman has been married twice. He has three children from his first marriage.

In 1956, Hackman married Faye Maltese (1929–2017), with whom he had one son and two daughters: Christopher Allen, Elizabeth Jean, and Leslie Anne Hackman. He was often out on location making films while the children were growing up. The couple divorced in 1986, after three decades of marriage.

 

In 1991, he married classical pianist Betsy Arakawa (b. 1961). They share a Santa Fe, New Mexico home, which Architectural Digest featured in 1990. At the time, the home blended Southwestern styles and crested a twelve acre hilltop, with a 360-degree view that stretched to the Colorado mountains. As of 2022, Hackman continues to attend Santa Fe cultural events.

 

^{If you want to read more, go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman}

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

After a long day at school or work, these easy to heat ‘n’ eat loaded potato skins are the perfect hold-ya-over until dinner snack. Or if you want, heat up two or three and you’ve got a dinner that’s weeknight perfect.

 

• 1 1/2 cup frozen cooked pulled chicken breasts, thawed
• 1/3 cup frozen corn, thawed
• 1/3 cup BBQ sauce
• 1 (16-ounce) package frozen potato skins
• 1/2 cup shredded Colby-Jack cheese
• 1/4 cup ranch salad dressing
• Sliced scallions for garnish

 

1. Preheat oven to 400º. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl, combine chicken, corn, and BBQ sauce; mix well. Place potato skins on baking sheet. Spoon chicken mixture evenly on top of potato skins. Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until heated in center. Drizzle with ranch dressing and sprinkle with scallions; serve immediately.

 

****These are great to make ahead, just up until the point before baking them off. After sprinkling on the cheese, pop ‘em in the fridge and when you’re ready, finish them off as directed.

 

 

 

Historically this date.........

1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1959 – Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. State.

1961 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.

1962 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.

 

1990 – Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.

 

 

And births this date include....

1894 – ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)

 

 

1921 – John Russell, American actor (d. 1991)

Former US Marine, battlefield commission, wounded, and decorated.

 

 

 

1930 – Robert Loggia, American actor (d.12-15)

 

 

1932 – Dabney Coleman, American actor

 

1950 – Victoria Principal, American actress

 

So pretty then the plastic doc changed it all.

 

1956 – Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor and director

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Wednesday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day on January 3rd spotlights a favored treat during many holidays. The National Confectioners Association has even been noted to recognize the annual event.

It is almost impossible to eat just one of these chocolate covered cherry candies. The combination of two favorite flavors into one delicious treat turns into something irresistible. The candy often is made with a sweet liquid center and in some cases has a liquor filling.

Known to many as a mid-winter pick-me-up, chocolate-covered cherries, also called chocolate cordials, can be either store-bought or homemade. There are also many recipes that mimic the flavor of the long known and well-loved candy.

In the 1700s in England, cherries were enclosed in chocolate with a little kirsch (cordial) liqueur. After finding their way to the United States, Americans received them quite well, delighting in the little bit of alcoholic cordial surrounding the fruit dipped in chocolate.

Although originally made with the liqueur, cordials/chocolate covered cherries are more commonly made with a sugar syrup flavored with cherries.  The pitted cherries have been cooked in sugar syrup and jarred.