Watched "Making the Cut" Collaboration from Amazon Prime
Directed by Ramy Romany. With Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn give the 10 remaining designers their toughest assignment yet - a collaboration. In teams of two, the designers must blend their individual aesthetics into a 3-look collection for a runway show on the banks of the River Seine. One designer struggles to overcome a teammate's costly mistake, while another pair's creative conflict threatens to sink their partnership.
Watched "Star Trek: Picard" Broken Pieces from CBS All Access
Directed by Maja Vrvilo. With Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Evan Evagora. Picard realizes how far some will go to protect secrets that go back generations when truths about the attack on Mars are revealed; Narissa orders her guards to capture Elnor, setting off a chain reaction on the Borg cube.
Watched "Making the Cut" Fight For Your Life from Amazon Prime
With Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie. The competition heats up after the designers receive a special assignment from Tim: create one-look in just seven hours, using only leftover fabric and supplies. The designers are pushed to their limits and fight for their spot in the competition, taking creative risks that stretch their brand aesthetic.
Watched Learn to read Chinese ... with ease! | ShaoLan from YouTube
For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan walks through a simple lesson in recognizing the ideas behind the characters and their meaning -- building from a few simple forms to more complex concepts. Call it Chineasy. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
A few clever tidbits, but nothing really new to add to the memory arsenal.
Watched "Star Trek: Picard" Nepenthe from CBS
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski. With Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Evan Evagora. Picard and Soji, who's struggling to make sense of her recently unlocked memories, travel to a planet that happens to be the home of Picard's old friends Will Riker and Deanna Troi; Elnor and Hugh are left on the Borg cube to face Narissa.
Watched "Making the Cut" Haute Couture from Amazon Prime
Directed by Ramy Romany. With Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell, Joseph Altuzarra. Heidi and Tim meet up with the designers to give them their next assignment: a two-look, Haute-Couture inspired mini collection for a fashion show that will take place at the historic Musée Des Arts Décoratifs. As the fashion show draws near, an indecisive designer struggles to stay on track, while another designer attempts to push their creative boundaries.
Watched "Making the Cut" Heidi and Tim Are Back from Amazon Prime
Directed by Ramy Romany. With Nicole Richie, Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell, Tim Gunn. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn welcome 12 designers to New York City and tell them to pack their bags because their first fashion show will be in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris. In their first assignment, the designers must create a two-look brand snapshot. One designer lets self-doubt get in her way, while another has to make a new dress from scratch with only a few hours remaining.
Watched "Star Trek: Picard" The End Is the Beginning from CBS
Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper. With Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Michelle Hurd. After reflecting on the past with Raffi, Picard hires her partner, Cristobal Rios, to help him in his search for Bruce Maddox; Soji's work on the Borg cube catches the attention of the executive director.
Watched McQueen (2018) from IMDb
Directed by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui. With Bernard Arnault, Joseph Bennett, Detmar Blow, Isabella Blow. The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.

Watched on Sunday April 5, 2020.

 
Review: ★★★★