Haiku: Los Angeles: It’s Not a Horror Movie - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2025

The fire devastated

My state cried

And we put out the flames with our tears!

Dwayne Johnson - ©Theda Bara

The name I present to you in this post is that of the American actor, former professional wrestler and former college football player for the University of Miami, winner of the national championship in 1991 with the Miami Hurricanes, Dwayne Johnson, also known by his wrestling name: The Rock.

Dwayne was one of the presenters at the 2008 Oscars, but never won the statuette. However, he has a star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame at 2624 Vine Street in the motion picture category.

Despite his vast filmography, the only relevant award in Dwayne Johnson’s career is an MTV Movie Award: Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.

Although many believe that Dwayne Douglas Johnson is a Hawaiian citizen, he was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California, United States, and is 52 years old.

Dwayne Johnson is in his second marriage. He was first married to American film producer and businesswoman Dany Garcia Rienzi (1968-) from 1997 to 2008. The couple have a daughter, who followed her father’s career as a wrestler, American Simone Garcia Johnson, known in the ring as: Ava Raine (2001-); and his current wife since 2019 is American singer and music producer Lauren Hashian (1984-).

Haiku: Rainbow - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2025

Flowery field...

Sky of an unparalleled blue, simultaneously cloudy and sunny

And at the end of the rainbow there may be a pot of gold, fairies, elves and goblins!

Rowan Atkinson [Replay] - ©Theda Bara

Today, the excellent British actor, comedian, screenwriter, writer, voice actor and radio announcer Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, born on January 6, 1955, is turning 70. He is our eternal “Mr. Bean”.

Rowan Atkinson has a long filmography, his first work on the BBC was the series: “The Blackadder”, character: “Edmund Blackadder”, which aired for six years (from 1983 to 1989); acted in a “James Bond” plot: “Never Say Never Again” (1983), character: “Nigel Small-Fawc”; acted in the 29-minute short film: “The Appointments of Dennis Jennings” (1988), character: “Dr. Schooner"; in “The Tall Guy” played the character: “Ron Anderson” (1989); in the nineties he would have his great success, the television series: “Mr. Bean” (from 1990 to 1995), where he played the character that gives title to the series; in another TV series: “The Thin Blue Line” (1995 and 1996) he played “Inspector Raymond Fowler”. The actor had three great successes in a row in Hollywood: “The Witches” (1990) where he played: “Mr. RJ Stringer III"; “Part Two” (1993) character: “Dexter Hayman”; and “Four Weddings and a Funeral” (1994) character: “Father Gerald”; in “The Lion King” (1994) he lent his voice to: “Zazu”; with “Bean’s” (1997) he took his main character to the cinema for the first time; in “Maybe Baby” (2000) he played: “Mr. James”; in the film: “Scooby-Doo” (2002) he played: “Emile Mondavario”; plays in (2003) the secret agent “Johnny English”, parodying “007”, in the film of the same name; in “Love Actually” (2003) he played: “Rufus”; he took his main character to the cinema once again, in: “Mr. Bean’s Vacation” (2007); he played the secret agent once again in: “Johnny English Returns” (2011); “Mr. Bean” would return in: “Top Funny Comedian: The Movie” [original title: “Huan Le Xi Ju Ren”] (2017); would play the secret agent for the last time in: “Johnny English Strikes Again” (2018); The film that earned him his only major award in his career, a BAFTA, was: “Man vs. the Bee” (2022) when he played “Trevor Bingley” and his last film appearance was in the remake of: “Wonka” (2023) when he once again played a religious character: “Father Julius”.

In October 2018, Atkinson, as “Mr. Bean” received the Diamond Play Button from YouTube for his channel surpassing 10 million subscribers on the video platform. Among the most watched channels in the world, in 2018 it had more than 6.5 billion views. “Mr. Bean” is also among the most followed pages on Facebook, with almost 100 million followers, more than the English football club Manchester United or the character “Harry Potter”.

Rowan Atkinson does not have a star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame and has never been nominated for an Oscar.

Rowan Atkinson had two marital relationships, first with British makeup artist Sunetra Sastry (1967-) from 1990 to 2015, with whom he has two children, British actress Lily Sastry (1995-) and Benjamin Atkinson (1993-) who is pursuing a military career. Before separating in 2015, the actor had an extramarital relationship with British comedian Louise Ford (1981-) since 2014, with whom he lives to this day. The couple has a daughter, Isla May, born in (December 2017).

Haiku: 365 Days - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2025

A New Year full of possibilities

Long live the joy and poetry

Let’s live together another 365 days!