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  1. . . . Which actors who can't stand each other have been able to set their differences aside long enough to work together on a movie that became very successful? Director John Boorman intentionally cast British actors Nicol Williamson and Helen Mirren as enemies in the hit 1981 fantasy film “Excalibur” because Williamson and Mirren hated each other in real life. At one time, the two actors were actually lovers but went through a bad breakup while starring together in a 1974 theatrical production of Macbeth. As a result, Williamson (who was notoriously eccentric and temperamental both on and off stage) was bitter and angry toward Mirren, and he called their work together on the play “a disaster.” Mirren came away from the experience saying that Williamson was dark, cold and nasty to her: “Our relationship was horrendous.” After Macbeth, she never wanted to work with him again, nor did he with her. Director John Boorman envisioned very real tension and friction when he cast Nicol Williamson as the sorcerer Merlin and Helen Mirren as the sorceress Morgana in the sprawling fantasy film “Excalibur” (1981). Boorman expected to see sparks fly, and that’s what he wanted onscreen. Initially, Williamson and Mirren flat out refused the roles because of their hatred for one another. However, John Boorman persisted (offering more and more assurances and money) until the actors finally agreed. Mirren recalled: “Of course, being greedy and wanting the role, I said, ‘f**k it. I’ll just put up with it.’” To everyone’s amazement, Nicol Williamson and Helen Mirren actually reconciled their differences and became great friends while working on Excalibur, and the film was a groundbreaking success for the sword-and-sorcery genre. The two actors came away from it loving each other (as friends) once more. . . . . . .
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  3. Cars, sugar and cruises: How the Port of Baltimore closure could hurt the economy https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/business/baltimore-port-autos-cruises/index.html . . .
  4. According to TV news reports tonight both Bay bridges have concrete 'crunch' areas around the towers. . . . Why experts say what happened in Baltimore won't happen to a Bay Area bridge https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/could-sf-golden-gate-bridge-collapse-19370020.php ... The iconic Golden Gate Bridge has “the most robust protection system of any bridge on the West Coast,” according to Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, the director of public affairs for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, the state agency that manages the bridge. Early Tuesday morning, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore plunged into the water after a ship lost power and slammed into one of its supports. Cosulich-Schwartz said it would be impossible for any ship to get close to either of the Golden Gate Bridge’s two towers. “The North Tower is half on land and half in the water, and a large vessel would run aground before colliding with the pier,” Cosulich-Schwartz wrote in an email. The south tower is anchored to bedrock underwater and surrounded by what’s known as a fender, a protective shield designed to prevent ships from hitting a bridge’s piers, Cosulich-Schwartz said... ... Caltrans manages the Bay Area’s other seven major toll bridges: the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, San Francisco-Oakland Bay and San Mateo-Hayward bridges. All of them have protection systems in place, according to Caltrans spokesperson Bart Ney. Ney said the strategy to protect the bridges is mostly the same at all of them — with fenders in place — but that the particular systems are “different for each bridge,” depending on several factors, including the type of bridge and the depth of the bay at that location. In the past 20 years, there have been two significant “maritime allisions” — the term used to describe a moving ship hitting a bridge — in the Bay Area. Both occurred at the Bay Bridge. In 2007, a container ship called the Cosco Busan hit the bridge’s fender at the second tower west of Yerba Buena Island...
  5. How the Key Bridge Collapsed in Baltimore: Maps and Photos Free link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/26/us/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-maps.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fk0.BcHe.dsWuzrlmTTRQ&smid=url-share
  6. Snakes of Isaan https://www.facebook.com/groups/1076644525809817 "Me and the wife just caught this cobra in our outside kitchen in ubon ratchathani with a little help from our dog. Got it in a big plastic box and will relocate it tomorrow....."
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