A Drop of Happy

Ranking the Best Lex Luthors: Top Actors Who Brought Superman’s Nemesis to Life

What’s on the show: stress-well tip/journal Prompt and Lex Luthor ranking
Stress-well tip/Journal Prompt: “Nothing Can stop me, I’m all the way up!” When was the last time you felt on top of your game? 
Discussion of the article, 9 Actors who Played Supervillian Lex Luthor on Screen, Ranked.

Eyes of Wakanda: A Stunning Dive into Marvel’s Untold Stories

Eyes of Wakanda: A Stunning Dive into Marvel’s Untold Stories
What’s on the show:
Journal prompt: Perseverance
Eyes of Wakanda on Disney
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. –James Baldwin

The Revival of Self: Healing Beyond Loss and Rediscovering You

"The Revival of Self" explores how to heal after loss, reclaim your identity, and rediscover your purpose. In this episode, we dive into personal growth, emotional recovery, and the journey back to wholeness.
This is another Happy Drop! I truly hope it gets you to your happy place. 
 

This Week’s Happy Drop: Old Guard 2 & the Entertainment Buzz You Don’t Want to Miss!

This Week’s Happy Drop: Old Guard 2 & the Entertainment Buzz You Don’t Want to Miss!
Stress Well Tip/Journal Prompt: Believe in you. Think about a time when you let self-doubt take over. What was the outcome? What lessons did you learn? Ultimately, you have to believe in yourself and your capability to be more than what others think of you or to rise to the occasion.
Where’s your happy place?
Movie review of Old Guard, now streaming on Netflix, starring Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Uma Thurman, and Henry Golding
Eyes of Wakanda
Highest 2 Lowest A Spike Lee joint starring Denzel Washington
Oldboy, another Spike Lee joint

Superman- A Powerful Reminder to Believe in Yourself

The New Superman Soars — A Powerful Reminder to Believe in Yourself
What’s on the show: Justine Timberlake, NPR, PBS, Shannon Sharp, Kamala Harris, Cowboy Carter, Superman
Stress Well Tip/Journal Prompt: Believe in you. Think about a time when you let self-doubt take over. What was the outcome? What lessons did you learn? Ultimately, you have to believe in yourself and your capability to be more than what others think of you or to rise to the occasion.
Entertainment Shananigans
Justine Timberlake's not-so-performances and Lyme disease
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will be shutting down after Congress passed a bill that cut funding for the corporation– NPR and PBS will still function. Smaller stations will be impacted
Kevin On Stages Churchy gets a second season on BET+ and a new series, The Hospital
Shanon Sharp and Chad Ochocinco- 20 million dollar lawsuit
Busta Bust got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Kamala Harris's 107 Days
One Music Fest
Cowboy Cater Tour comes to an end at 407.6 million gross and Shaboozey, Destiny’s Child
Superman Review
Superman is back, and it is my Pride and Prejudice, my A Christmas Carol, my Spider-Man. It is one of those movies that no matter how many different versions of it they create, I will watch. Now, I can’t say I was overexcited about this version, but I was looking forward to it.
Superman stars David Corenswet as Superman, Rachel Broshahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hould as Lex Luthor, Maria Gabriela de Faria as Engineer, Isabela Merced and Hawkgirl, and Edi Gathegi and Mister Terrific, to name a few of the cast members. This installment follows Superman as he deals with the media backlash from his attempt to prevent an impending war between two foreign countries.
Audiences seem to love it from the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes at 83%, 4 out of 5 from Google reviews, and IMBd at 7/6/10. After watching it, I would say I agree. Before we get into a more robust breakdown, there are a few things about it I did not enjoy. Unfortunately, Lex Luther was one of them. Now, I do think the special effects were pretty cool and well done. The pacing could have been better, but I think that was partially because I did not care for Lex. With that being the case, the writing and bringing it all together could have been done better. The acting was mostly good. Nicholas Hoult committed. He gave it his all. I just don’t think he was given the best material. Maria Gabriela de Faria missed the mark for me. Again, I partially think it was due to the writing of her character, though. Everyone else did a great job acting wise. I thought the special effects were on point, and I do have a special effects-related scene.
Superman had a lot to enjoy. Unfortunately, there was enough to distract me from how good it could have been.
Superman 7/10
Listen to the show for more of a breakdown with spoilers
Clark Kent/Superman
Lois Lane
Justice Gang
Mister Terrific
Green Lantern
Hawk Girl
Krypto
The Engineer
Lex Luthor
Clark’s Family

Your Body, Your Power: Quotes from Rest is Resistance That Hit Deep

Your Body, Your Power: Quotes from Rest is Resistance That Hit Deep
Powerful Quotes from Rest is Resistance: Tenet 2: Our bodies are a site of liberation
What’s on the show: Journal prompt. Tenet 2 from Rest is resistance. Do you know what dehumanization is? Parents don’t want to buy community school supplies. Social media death threats.
Journal Prompt: Write this quote down as your affirmation statement. “We are meant to survive, and ultimately thrive, because we are divine.”
We have multiple parts to this series, so I am going to stop numbering them at this point.
These four tenets are:
Rest is a form of resistance because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy.
Our bodies are a site of liberation.
Naps provide a portal to imagine, invent, and heal.
Our DreamSpace has been stolen, and we want it back. We will reclaim it via rest.
Tenet 2: Our bodies are a site of liberation
When I think of this second tenet, I think of how dehumanization is a prominent tool of oppression. It is a tool that allows for violence, genocide, and ruling over other living beings.
What is Dehumanization, Anyway?
Tricia Hersey Rest is Resistance Tenet 2 Qoutes
“When we finally wake up to the truth of what a machine-level pace of labor has done to our physical bodies, our self-esteem, and our Spirits, the unraveling begins.”
“We are wrapped up in a web that feels inescapable and hopeless. Will you trust me and trust your divinity enough to believe it is indeed not hopeless? Can you trust, even for a second that we can reside in a rested future?”
“The ongoing socialization and manipulation by the systems then become internalized, and we become the agents of grind culture”
“In order for a capitalist system to thrive, our false beliefs in productivity and labor must remain. We have internalized its teachings and become zombie-like in Spirit and exhausted in body. So we push ourselves and each other under the guise of being hyperproductive and efficient.”
SLOW DOWN
“We become rigid and impatient when our checklist isn’t completed to perfection. WE become less human and less secure. We believe we are only meant to survive and not thrive.”
“I clearly remember the moment it clicked for me how a capitalist, patriarchal, ableist, anti-Black system could never make space for the success I wanted for myself. The ‘success’ grind culture props up centers constant labor, material wealth, and overworking as a badge of honor. Resting is about the beginning process of undoing trauma so that we can thrive and evolve back to our natural state: a state of ease and rest.”
“We are meant to survive, and ultimately thrive, because we are divine.”
“Our everyday behaviours and false beliefs about productivity drive us into behaving in a robotic, machine-like way.”
“Liberation and oppression cannot occupy the same space.”
Happy Happenings
Fantastic Four: First Steps
Superman
Jurassic World Rebirth
Streaming
Sandman Season 3
Happy Gilmore 2
Previous Post
Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey Part 1
Powerful Quotes from Rest is Resistance: Tenet 1 by Tricia Hersey
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When Celebrity and Fictional Characters Reflect Our Self-Sabotage

Why We Love the Messy Ones: When Celebrity and Fictional Characters Reflect Our Self-Sabotage
A Drop of Entertainment
Beyonce's 16 carriages malfunction, tour update
Beyoncé’s stolen music and other stuff
Halle Bailey's new boo, aka Scott Bridgeway, producer for Kendrick Lamar
Meg the Stallion and Klay Thompson
Jeff Bezos’ Wedding- 50 million bucks
Nick Cannon, the 12 kids, and a new show
Nelly and Ashanti- We Belong Together ended
Kanye West is still off the rails- Shanghai concert gone wrong
Nicki Minaj vs Jay-Z vs SZA vs Herself
QOD
The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility. – Swami Rama
 
Journal Prompt: Have you ever self-sabotaged? Do you know why? What was the lesson learned? Do you still need to learn a lesson? Is it something you still do?
IronHeart series comes to an end.Ironheart, starring Anthony Ramos, Dominique Thorne, Manny Montana, and Lyric Ross, ends with an intriguing cliffhanger.
 
Let's Talk Self-sabotage
Why do we self-sabotagehttps://insightspsychology.org/self-sabotage-psychology-destructive-habits/
Self-sabotage basicshttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/self-sabotage
 
Hot Drops and Happy PicksMovies: Superman is number oneMusic: Giveon and Justin Bieber's album dropsBooks: Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Happy Drop: Ironheart Episodes 1–3: A Fiery Start or Just Warming Up

Ironheart, starring Anthony Ramos, Dominique Thorne, Manny Montana, and Lyric Ross, was released by Disney+ to some controversy and mixed reviews. And by controversy, I mean misogyny and racist hate. So there is this thing that racists do when they can’t help their racism in the entertainment industry. They tank a production with bad reviews when they haven’t even engaged with it. Similar to those who talked trash about Cowboy Carter without even having listened to it. Similar to those who already decided they hated the Little Mermaid live-action movie because Halle Bailey played Ariel. The same people who will hop on social media and leave terrible, disparaging comments on posts that they are hateful towards because they are racist or anti LGBTQ. They have to find a way to express the hate in their hearts when people are just trying to live their best lives. It’s called review bombing, and it was happening to Ironheart of Rotten Tomatoes before it was even released. 
Fans rallied to counter the review bombing on Rotten Tomatoes, as it currently sits at 69%. I had the opportunity to watch it, so let’s talk about it. The cast has good chemistry together, and the acting is decent. The first 2 episodes were building up, and the third episode was a good way to end, while we have to wait till July 1st for the final three. I am ready for them now, so that’s a good sign. All in all, it gets a strong 7 right now but may increase after watching the full season. 
Ironheart Episodes 1–3: 7/10