El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a 2019 American neo-Western crime
thriller film that serves as a sequel and epilogue to the television
series Breaking Bad. It continues the story of Jesse Pinkman, who
partnered throughout the series with former teacher Walter White to
build a crystal meth empire based in Albuquerque. Series creator Vince
Gilligan wrote, directed, and produced the film; Aaron Paul (pictured)
reprised his role as Jesse Pinkman. Gilligan started considering the
story of El Camino while writing Breaking Bad's series finale. He
approached Paul with the idea several years later, but told few others.
After the script was complete and studio backing was obtained, principal
photography discreetly began in New Mexico. In August 2019, Netflix
released a trailer and unveiled the film's premiere date, surprising
fans and critics alike due to the secrecy surrounding the project. The
film drew positive reviews and won the Critics' Choice Award for Best
Movie Made for Television.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Camino:_A_Breaking_Bad_Movie>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1916:
An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the
Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Leonardo_da_Vinci>
1923:
Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States
after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding>
1939:
Leo Szilard penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and
addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany
may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan
Project.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szilard_letter>
1947:
Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed
into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found
until 1998.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_BSAA_Avro_Lancastrian_Star_Dust_accident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tonguely:
1. Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
2. Pertaining or relating to languages; lingual, linguistic.
3. (nonstandard, rare) In terms of or with the tongue; lingually.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tonguely>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I played because I enjoyed it — but there's more to it than
that. I played because I was dedicated to being the best. I was part of
a team, and I dedicated myself to making that team the best. To me, one
of the most beautiful things to see is a group of men coordinating their
efforts toward a common goal — alternately subordinating and asserting
themselves to achieve real teamwork in action. I tried to do that — we
all tried to do that — on the Celtics. I think we succeeded. Often, in
my mind's eye, I stood off and watched that effort. I found it beautiful
to watch. It's just as beautiful to watch in things other than sports.
--Bill Russell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Russell>
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