The Sanderson Sisters

The Sanderson Sisters
“It’s all just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!”

On October 31, 1693, Thackery Binx, a teenage farmer living in Salem, Massachusetts, discovers his little sister Emily has been spirited away by the three Sanderson sisters, Winifred, Mary and Sarah, who intend to regain their youth by absorbing the life force of children through their witchcraft. Sneaking in the witches’ cottage, Binx’s attempt to save Emily fails when the sisters transform him into an immortal black cat and absorb Emily’s life force, regaining their youth. An angry mob led by Binx’s parents capture the sisters and prepare to hang them, but Winifred’s spell book casts a spell which will resurrect the sisters on All Hallows' Eve when a virgin lights their black-flamed candle. After the sisters die, Binx guards their cottage for the next three hundred years to prevent their return...

The Sanderson Sisters (Portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy)

The Sanderson Sisters

• Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson (portrayed by Bette Midler) was the buck-toothed leader of the Sanderson sisters. She is the eldest and is highly sensitive to people calling her "ugly". She's also the meanest and wickedest of the three. She's generally the most powerful and most intelligent of the three sisters. She has a great knowledge of dark rituals, curses, and spells. Her robes are green and she rides a corn broom when her broom is stolen.
• Mary Sanderson (portrayed by Kathy Najimy) was the middle witch sister. Often complimenting and comforting Winnie, she likes to eat children. Her powers are smelling children and keeping track of them. She tends to act like a dog. She is the most observant of the three. Her robe color is red and she rides a vacuum cleaner when her broom is stolen.
• Sarah Sanderson (portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker) was the youngest witch sister; she also is the dumb blonde archetype. Her powers are hypnosis (by singing a siren song), luring children to feed upon their life force. She also likes to play torturous games with people. Her somewhat revealing robes are purple and she rides a mop when her broom is stolen.

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The Stygian Witches

The Stygian Witches
"Give us back the eye!"

The Stygian Witches were a peculiar group of three Greek crone-sisters, the Graeae, who were brought back to prominence in our culture by their portrayal in the classic 1981 epic Greek fantasy movie, Clash of the Titans. In the famous Ray Harryhausen movie, they were played by three veteran British actresses, Flora Robson, Anna Manaham and Freda Jackson.

The Stygian Witches (Portrayed by Flora Robson, Anna Manaham and Freda Jackson)

 As is so often the case in Greek mythology, there are a number of different clashing details about the Stygian witches. Some things are certain, though. They were the daughters of Phorcus and Ceta, and may have been born as triplets. They were the sisters of the Gorgons (the famous Medusa and her two obscure sisters, Euryale and Sthenno), and also their assigned guardians. They were grey-haired from the moment of birth – Graeae means ‘Grey Woman’ – and shared between them just a single eye and a single tooth. They were able to pass these organs around between them, so that each could take her turn seeing and eating. However unlikely it may sound, the Graeae are described as originally being beautiful – “fair-faced and swan-like” – although by the time they feature in any legends, they have become old and hideous.

The witches were named Deino, Pemphredo and Enyo. Their names give some indication of their perceived nature – respectively, they mean Dread, Alarm, and Horror. They lived in a dark cavern near the entrance to Tartarus, close to the island where the Gorgons were banished. Enyo in particular lived up to her name; she often appears drenched in blood, and was said to lay waste to entire cities. There are also suggestions that she may have been related to Ares, god of war, either as his mother, sister or daughter, although that is more of a comment on her nature than her genealogy. All three were said to be extremely wise in knowledge, monster-lore and witchcraft.

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LEGO: Professor Trelawney

Professor Sybill Trelawney was the Divination teacher at Hogwarts, and although she believes herself to be a great Seer, real prophecies made by her are rare and some consider her a fraud due to her seemingly ineffective methods.

Professor Sybill Trelawney

Professor Trelawney is available in LEGO Set# 4757 Hogwarts Castle.

Sybill Trelawney

"Certainly I knew, Minerva. But one does not parade the fact that one is All-Knowing. I frequently act as though I am not possessed of the Inner Eye, so as not to make others nervous."

~ Professor Sybill Trelawney

Sybill Trelawney
Professor Sybill Patricia Trelawney was a witch and professor of Divination, alongside the centaur, Firenze, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The great-great-granddaughter of the celebrated Cassandra Trelawney, who was also a Seer.

Professor Sybill Trelawney (portrayed by Emma Thompson)

 It was Trelawney herself who made the prophecy concerning Voldemort and the one with the power to vanquish him (Voldemort took this to mean Harry Potter) during her job interview with Albus Dumbledore. At the end of the 1993–1994 school year, she accurately predicted the escape of Peter Pettigrew and return of Lord Voldemort. Two school years later, Trelawney was greatly distressed by Dolores Umbridge, who dismissed her and attempted to banish her from Hogwarts Castle, though Dumbledore allowed her to remain at the school. She participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, dropping crystal balls on Death Eaters' heads and tending to the wounded and killed with Padma Patil.

Professor Trelawney's later life is unknown. She presumably continued to teach — however, since Firenze was welcomed back to his herd, it is possible that she taught Divination on her own again. 

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Horoscopes: 10.21.13

Aries: March 21 - April 20

Love and Truth are the greatest forces in the Universe. Armed with either, and you are a force to be reckoned with. Armed with both, and you are invincible.

Taurus: April 21 - May 21

The ones who irritate you the most, often have a trait you yourself possess that you have yet to recognize, nourish or accept.

Gemini: May 22 - June 21

Once broken, Trust can be nearly impossible to repair. Take care how you tread the road ahead of you. Walk with honor.

Cancer: June 22 - July 22

Do not give others the power to define your self-worth. Only you can truly honor your personal journey and walk it.

Leo: July 23 - August 22

You don't always need to be the center of attention to feel fulfilled. It's OK to be your own best friend every once and awhile. Enjoy yourself.

Virgo: August 23 - September 22

You don't always need a list. You don't always need a plan. Sometimes, you just have to trust the randomness of the Universe to get you through.

Libra: September 23 - October 23

If you stop struggling against the illusion of where you think you should be, you'll see the beauty of where you are.

Scorpio: October 24 - November 22

We get so used to struggling, we often feel that there is nothing else but grief in the world. We often choose our burdens that linger. We also can choose to let them go.

Sagittarius: November 23 - December 21

You are at the verge of finally becoming the person you have always known you were. You give your love, faith and trust to others freely. Now give that to yourself. You deserve it too.

Capricorn: December 22 - January 20

The most precious things often feel the most fragile: Trust. Love. Hope. Faith. No plant will grow without being nourished.

Aquarius: January 21 - February 19

Avoiding the difficult topics doesn't make them go away. It makes them bigger. Open your mouth. Open your heart, but open your ears too.

Pisces: February 20 - March 20

The world is full of wonders, little fishie. Though sometimes you need to swim alongside the sharks to get to them.

LEGO: Professor Sprout

Professor Pomona Sprout was a witch who worked as Head of Hufflepuff House and Head of the Herbology Department at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She attended the school in her youth, where she was sorted into Hufflepuff House and excelled at Herbology. Some time after her graduation, Sprout returned to Hogwarts to teach.

Professor Pomona Sprout

Professor Pomona Sprout is available in LEGO Set# 4867 Hogwarts.

Pomona Sprout

"I feel that if a single pupil wants to come, then the school ought to remain open for that pupil."

~ Professor Sprout after the death of Albus Dumbledore.

Pomona Sprout

Professor Pomona Sprout was a witch who worked as Head of Hufflepuff House and Head of the Herbology Department at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She attended the school in her youth, where she was sorted into Hufflepuff House and excelled at Herbology. Some time after her graduation, Sprout returned to Hogwarts to teach.

Professor Pomona Sprout (portrayed by Miriam Margoyles)

Professor Sprout opposed Lord Voldemort during the Second Wizarding War. In 1993, she brewed the Mandrake Restorative Draught for those who were petrified by Slytherin's Monster. She also opposed Dolores Umbridge and her tyranny over the school in the 1995-1996 school year, which the rest of the staff were happy to join her in doing, voted for the school to remain open after the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and assisted in ousting Severus Snape in 1998. Sprout took a group of students to the battlements during the Battle of Hogwarts and threw Devil's Snare and various other dangerous plants onto the invading Death Eaters. She ultimately survived the War and had retired by 2017, with Neville Longbottom replacing her in the post of Herbology teacher.

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LEGO: Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange is a Harry Potter minifigure. She was introduced in 2010, and is a pure-blood witch who was one of the most loyal Death Eaters to Lord Voldemort. As well as being one of the few females in the group, she was also one of the cruelest and most savage; she was capable of performing terrible acts of torture, murder, and destruction.

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange is available in LEGO Set# 4840 The Burrows.

Bellatrix Lestrange

"Potter, you cannot win against me! I was and am the Dark Lord's most loyal servant. I learned the Dark Arts from him, and I know spells of such power that you, pathetic little boy, can never hope to compete!"

~ Bellatrix to Harry Potter during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries.

Bellatrix Lestrange (portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter)

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange  (1951—2 May, 1998) was a pure-blood witch, the daughter of Cygnus III and Druella Black and elder sister of Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy. She started her education at Hogwarts in 1962 and was sorted into Slytherin house. After graduating from Hogwarts, she became one of the Death Eaters, fanatically loyal to Lord Voldemort. She was one of the few known females in the group, as well as among the most dangerous and sadistic of Voldemort's followers. While Bellatrix and Narcissa married pure-bloodwizards, Andromeda married Ted Tonks and was disowned by the family. At the end of the First Wizarding War, Bellatrix, her husband,Rodolphus Lestrange, his brother Rabastan, and Barty Crouch Jr. took part in the torture of Aurors, Frank and Alice Longbottom to the point of insanity, while searching for information on Lord Voldemort after his first downfall.

They were caught, and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban for torturing the two Aurors, but escaped in the 1996 mass break-out, along with nine other Death Eaters. She participated in several battles of the Second Wizarding War, making it a particular goal to kill any relatives who were members of the Order of the Phoenix, including her cousin Sirius Black and niece Nymphadora Tonks. She also killed the Malfoy family's former house-elf, Dobby, who had become a firm ally of Harry Potter, with her knife. During the battle that ended the war, she was the last Death Eater standing, apart from Voldemort, but was eventually killed in a duel by Molly Weasley.

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Sharon Needles

Sharon Needles
Aaron Coady (born November 28, 1981), better known by his stage name Sharon Needles, is an American drag performer and recording artist. A self-described "stupid genius, reviled sweetheart, and PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon) princess," Needles rose to prominence on the fourth season of the Logo reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, where he quickly became a fan favorite and was subsequently crowned "America's Next Drag Superstar" in April 2012.  He has been candid in discussing his childhood years growing up in Iowa as a difficult time when he faced anti-gay and anti-"outsider" harassment, which prompted him to drop out of school before he could complete his high school education. In 2004, Needles moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he began working as a professional drag performer in nightclubs and various other venues with the drag troupe "The Haus of Haunt", which Needles describes as "one punk rock, messy mash up of very talented, fucked up weirdos."

In November 2011, it was announced that Needles had been selected to compete as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. The series premiered on January 30, 2012, and Needles was an instant stand-out for his "ghoulish" fashion sense and unconventional make-up choices. On the night of the premiere episode, Entertainment Weekly columnist Tanner Stransky hailed Needles' macabre style as "drop dead genius" and rhetorically asked "Is Sharon Needles the most 'sickening' (a drag term for  'fabulous') contestant ever?"

Throughout the fourth season of Drag Race, Needles endeared himself to audiences and became a favorite of the media, judges, and viewers alike for his quick wit, confidence, and humility, as well as for his "transgressive" aesthetic. However, Needles himself admitted that he was ambivalent in believing that he could win stating, "Being a comedic, campy, shtick queen and seeing how far those types of queens made it in past seasons, I would have been shocked if I made it past the first day."

Needles became a horror host in October 2012 when he began presenting horror and suspense films airing on the Logo network under the series title, Fearce!

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Boobarella

Boobarella
On The Simpsons, Booberella is an ample-chested vampire-looking woman and  local TV personality in Springfield. She hosts late-night monster movies and always dresses in low-cut vampire-style outfits that show lots of cleavage. She is well aware of her large breasts, and constantly draws attention to them, makes reference to them, or tells people to look at them. Booberella is the daughter of Bill, an employee in the Accounting department at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant[1]. She has occasionally been seen dating Duffman. Booberella's trademark, unsurprisingly, is her obsession with her own breasts, in combination with talking like a vampire. Booberella also has her own line of handbags.

Boobarella

When Marge Simpson was taken hostage during a bank robbery, she managed to place a cell phone call to Homer and told him that if she didn't make it out alive, he could get remarried to anyone whose name was on the list in the back of his closet. Booberella was one of the names on the list.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out ~ Boobarella

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