Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir, hyperlink,

thriller film written, directed, and produced by Drew Goddard

(pictured). The film follows six strangers and an employee at the El

Royale, a hotel located on the California–Nevada border, on a night in

the late 1960s, exploring themes of morality, faith, redemption, and the

concepts of right and wrong. Principal photography began on January 29,

2018, with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, and concluded on April 6.

Post-production editing was completed by Lisa Lassek and the musical

score was composed by Michael Giacchino. The film underperformed at the

box office, grossing $31.8 million against its $32 million production

budget. Despite this, critics praised the soundtrack, performances of

the cast, and McGarvey's cinematography, although they criticized its

pacing, runtime, character beats, and Goddard’s writing. At the 45th

Saturn Awards, the film received five nominations and won for Best

Thriller Film.

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1876:

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign

of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

1939:

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the

German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia,

Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

1959:

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and

chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed

to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

2010:

The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police drama

in British television history, was broadcast.

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

whitewash:

1. (transitive)

2. To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash

(noun sense 1).

3. (figurative)

4. (derogatory) To distort or give a misleading account of (history, a

narrative, etc.) by discounting the participation of people of colour

and focusing on white people.

5. (chiefly film, television) To cast a white actor in a role for a

person of colour in (a film, television programme, etc.).

6. (media) To make over (someone of colour) so that they appear more

white, for example, by applying lightening makeup to their skin or

digitally manipulating an image of them.

7. (chiefly literary and poetic, often passive voice) To cover or coat

(something) with a white substance, as if with whitewash (noun sense 1);

also, to light up (something) with white light.

8. (business) To clear (someone's) debts, especially through a

declaration of bankruptcy by a court; also, to clear or write off (a

debt).

9. (often politics) To hide (someone's) mistakes, or to create an

appearance of honesty, propriety, etc., for (someone); also, to

intentionally hide or overlook (mistakes, unfavourable facts,

wrongdoing, etc.).

10. (sports, originally baseball, informal) To achieve a complete

victory or series of victories over (an opponent) without suffering any

losses; also, to achieve a victory or series of victories over (an

opponent) by a very large margin.

11. (cosmetics, archaic or historical) To make (the face, etc.) look

lighter with makeup or a similar preparation.

12. (obsolete) Synonym of bleach (“to treat (fabric) with a substance

which lightens or whitens”).

13. (intransitive)

14. To paint bright white with whitewash (noun sense 1).

15. (figurative, business) To have debts cleared through a declaration

of bankruptcy by a court.

16. (masonry, archaic) Of bricks: to become encrusted with a white layer

of soluble salts due to efflorescence. [...]

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's

business.  

--William Saroyan

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