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Jimmy Carter, only three more legs to the EGOT -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 15, 18:53
Wait, what...4x Grammy nominee? 4-time? How the fuck did that happen? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:47 5
- Oh, wait, Seth? I mean, say what you will about his comedy, but he's legitimately talented at writing music. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 18:54
- He's released three traditional pop albums. Have no idea if they're any good. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 18:50
- He's also a singer and performs standards. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 18:50
- #thegrammysarecrap -- nm - David Feb 15, 18:49 1
  - it's amusing that we need to be reminded of this every year. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 18:52
Deadpool spoilers at the link (even in the link), but I can't tell if the last paragraph is trolling or not. -- (edited) - Beryllium Feb 15, 18:46 9
- Our post credits scene was (spoils) - JaxSean Feb 15, 19:01 1
  - Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what everyone got, and the writer is just wrong -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 19:02
- Spoilers - Volnelk Feb 15, 18:55 1
  - Yes. Very obvious spoils - TWuG Feb 15, 18:59
- yeah I've seen it twice and I didn't see that. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 18:50 4
  - I think it's just a really terribly written sentence. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 18:55
  - Is it possible there are two after credit scenes, but each print only got one? Spoils - TWuG Feb 15, 18:54 2
    - very possibly -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 18:58 1
      - Did some quick checking spoils - TWuG Feb 15, 19:01
When will people stop thinking atonal 'jazz' is a sign of genius? -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 18:45 4
- I don't like jazz but I thought that was pretty incredible. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 18:47 3
  - His rap didn't have anything to do with the jazz in the background, since the jazz lacked rhythm, melody, harmony, and tuning. - crash davis Feb 15, 18:50 2
    - I thought they complemented each other. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 18:51 1
      - I tend to disagree, strongly. -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 18:54
Well played/timed I LOVE NY Twitter account -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 18:36
Okay Hamilton...sell us. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:29 4
- for the amount of a $10 bill -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 18:32 2
  - #Ham4Ham -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 18:32 1
    - #Gram4Ham -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 18:37
- Good, that's the only reason I set it to record. -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:30
Whoever Luke Bryan is, he is awful. And I thought we got rid of Megan Trainor? -- nm - MDH Feb 15, 18:25 1
- the biggest bro country act right now (sorry, Florida Georgia Line); I hear her song with John Legend all the damn time still. -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 18:28
I'm on a plane and can't see the Grammys - ty97 Feb 15, 18:21 2
- I'm watching on DVR. There now. It's a tribute. Demi Lovato did a good job actually. -- nm - MDH Feb 15, 18:25
- #blessed -- nm - ML Feb 15, 18:23
then he decided to take a vacation... -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 18:18
Who's the cleavage who almost sat down and then stood back up? -- nm - Max Feb 15, 18:17 19
- Another pic of the couple on the red carpet. -- (link) - GregW Feb 15, 18:29 7
  - I find the Hadids to be personality-less. It's like Kate Moss for me back in the day. - Reagen Feb 15, 18:31 6
    - I love them as models. They are what they are. I've gained a whole new appreciation as a painter. Models and painters/photogs need each other. -- (edited) - loosi Feb 15, 18:40 2
      - I said nothing about smarts. I just get nuthin' off them as having a personality. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 18:46 1
        
        they don't need that either, to be honest. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 20:42
    - I get two much of the Hadids due to Trish's fascination with The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but at least Gigi does something for a living - crash davis Feb 15, 18:37 2
      - Gigi is the star, Bella is the younger sister, like Nicky Hilton or Ashley Simpson. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:41
      - err, too not two - something must have been on my mind there -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 18:38
- Bella Hadid. SHe's the date for The Weeknd (don't know him). She looks amazing. - loosi Feb 15, 18:19 3
  - Huh, her google image search doesn't seem very impressive... -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:32 1
    - on TV she was a knockout. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:38
  - lol. She's 19. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:23
- Bella something, she's the date of, ugh can't remember his name -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:18 6
  - The Weeknd? -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 18:19 5
    - The guy with the hair. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 15, 18:29
    - I'd like to know now, thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 15, 18:20 3
      - I believe it is these people -- (link) - ty97 Feb 15, 18:25
      - hee -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 18:21
      - She looked even better close up on the red carpet. Her face is stunning. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:21
I feel like this is the third consecutive Grammies that Ed Sheeran has been nominated for the same album. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 18:15 1
- it could be. grammy eligibility periods are weird. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 18:19
Hobbit. -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 18:13
Just turned it on, why are they cutting to Taylor every five seconds? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:12 13
- Because it's Taylor? -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:30
- she gives good face. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 18:21
- want to catch the moment when Kanye asks her for a loan -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 18:17 2
  - POINTS! -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 18:24
  - OMG -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:17
- #squadgoals -- nm - Diva Feb 15, 18:16
- I'm sad she's rapidly approaching "please eat a sandwich" territory. -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 18:13
- #GrammySoWhite -- nm - sweet baboo Feb 15, 18:13 5
  - Just wondering, did I miss a new boy-toy for her? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:14 4
    - She's been dating Calvin Harris for a while, I think. -- nm - Tim Feb 15, 18:16 3
      - hmm, don't remember any songs about him. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:20 2
        
        They must still be together then. -- nm - GregW Feb 15, 18:25 1
        
        They are. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 15, 18:29
I'm only half-way through tonight's ep, but does it seem like we're missing an over-arching narrative in the mini-season? - Ender Feb 15, 18:12 2
- spoiler - loosi Feb 15, 18:13
- next episode goes right into it. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 18:12
there's loser face, then there's jumping up and down with excitement. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:12 1
- and then, spoiler - loosi Feb 15, 18:12
"You can't read braille, nah nah nah nah nah" Nominees: "STFU AND READ IT" -- nm - Max Feb 15, 18:11
Girl Crush by Little Big Town was the first performance that actually caused me to pay attention. -- nm - Dano Feb 15, 18:08 1
- gorgeous. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:09
Yes, this has been posted before....Baby albatross in the open... -- (link) - nic to be determined Feb 15, 18:05
I hate paypal. someone in the UK has used my gmail address (or more specifically the googlemail variant) to open an account, - mafic Feb 15, 18:02
I love the cut to Dave Grohl singing along to All Night Long. -- nm - pmb Feb 15, 17:58
YouTube Red, your marketing is annoying me. From now one, I will call you RedTube instead. Enjoy. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 17:55
Toy Group! aka - ridulous amounts of grooming! - JenBro Feb 15, 17:54 2
- There are dogs under there somewhere. ;) - nic to be determined Feb 15, 18:04 1
  - LOL - so true! I'm rooting for the King Charles Cavalierso far ... -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 18:13
For a movie with really good CGI in battle scenes, The Mummy Returns CGI of The Rock as Scorpion King is horrible. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 17:49 10
- yeah really bad but I still liked the first two Mummy movies (the brother is great) -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 18:36 2
  - John Hannah is by far the best part of those films. -- nm - ML Feb 15, 18:37 1
    - him and the kid are funny together in the second -- nm - Beaker Feb 15, 18:38
- Absolutely horrible. -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:01 6
  - Really, it's the gold standard for bad cgi. -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:35 5
    - Oh thank god -- nm* - X-Men: Origins: Wooverne Feb 15, 18:36 4
      - Also the worst one sheet in the history of film. -- (link) - ML Feb 15, 18:38 [Image] 1
        
        That was the second one! -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 18:39
      - Oh, you're on the podium; for the money you're working hard on silver. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:37 1
        
        If nothing else, it wins for destroying a character who would later open to 135 million. -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:47
Oh and Rory's relationship with her Grandfather is so sweet and touching -- nm - amoxy Feb 15, 17:48 1
- Except for the fact that spoil - Spawn Feb 15, 17:49
HAHAHHAHA - ad for Wen for Pets! Of course this is the morph for new product. I wonder if I can buy stock? -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 17:48
Batman v Superman isn't what Warner Bros execs were hoping for! - Spawn Feb 15, 17:48 15
- From the other board, Justice League has a production start date - but it seems to have been pushed back four months -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 18:22
- the hard core geeks are fickle little beeahches -- nm - crash davis Feb 15, 18:07
- trailer spoiler - just in case - Diva Feb 15, 17:58
- See my post on B2 re: Moriarty. This is based entirely on one guy's speculation. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 17:53 11
  - Though it's a DC movie, so I have zero faith in it working... -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:12
  - Hmmm... this quote may prove your point. - Roger More Feb 15, 17:59 9
    - Ugh -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:34
    - Well....they are fucked. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 17:59 7
      - or Heh... I was going for "If their intel says audiences like Eisenberg, then who can trust any of their other inside info?" -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 18:19
      - are they? no one here has seen it. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 18:09 5
        
        See, if Jesse is the best part... -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 18:10 4
        
        oh I get it. But since no one has seen the film we can't really say. There were other reports that the WB head has been playing it nonstop - Remlik Feb 15, 18:14 3
        
        Well, you put $200mil into a questionable proposition, you would do all you could to make yourself feel good about it too. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:15 2
        
        questionable proposition? that's crazy talk right there. On paper it's a home run concept... - Remlik Feb 15, 18:24 1
        
        After the last 30 years of Superman movies, it's at best questionable. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:26
Gilmore Girls season 1 (spoilers) - amoxy Feb 15, 17:47
So I was just in Scottsdale for 3.5 days. I have never seen so many luxury cars in my life. - ML Feb 15, 17:44 21
- Dubai for me, which is not particularly surprising. that place is nuts. -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 18:06 3
  - the COPS drive lambos. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:07 2
    - there were *several* bugattis at the place we went for dinner (which incidentally didn't have prices on the ladies' menu). -- nm - mafic Feb 15, 18:23 1
      - watch Top Gear when Richard goes there. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:39
- Is that a lamborghini something something? - Will Hunting Feb 15, 17:53 9
  - Google tells me MSRP is $400K. *wheeeeeeeeeeeeeew* -- nm - ML Feb 15, 18:02 2
    - I would hold out for a dealer rebate. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:03 1
      - if you need a discount, you're not in their clientele. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:43
  - Aventador -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 17:55 3
    - I lost track of these post Countach and Diablo. - Will Hunting Feb 15, 18:01 2
      - The current models are Aventador and Hurracan. - loosi Feb 15, 18:07
      - I'm currently hooked on Need For Speed: No Limits, and it's my full-time job to unlock one -- nm - Roger More Feb 15, 18:05
  - add another 100 easy. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 17:54 1
    - yeah, lokds to be 350-400. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 17:55
- Looks to be this -- (link) - Reagen Feb 15, 17:53
- That car must bottom out a LOT on the crappy roads. -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 17:51 5
  - silly, you do not take a supercar out on crappy roads. Or anywhere with speed bumps. -- nm* - loosi Feb 15, 17:55 4
    - Unless you're playing Forza Horizon 2, which if ML did he would know that car! -- nm - Max Feb 15, 18:08
    - Well then they better not drive ANYWHERE in Michigan :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 18:04
    - Very true - and that's why they've never sounded particularly super to me. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 17:57 1
      - You don't use a fine surgical instrument to slice your pizza. -- nm - loosi Feb 15, 18:05
Things I struggle to understand - how it can be significantly cheaper to rent a car for an entire week than to rent one for two days but return it to - Reagen Feb 15, 17:40 2
- this past October I rented a car in Canmore, returned it in Edmonton, then rented a separate car in Edmonton for the duration of the stay there. - mafic Feb 15, 18:05
- Car rental agency math. - nic to be determined Feb 15, 17:53
I think my biggest Deadpool complaint is that he didn't... Spoils - Endor Feb 15, 17:28 11
- But he did (spoils) - Reagen Feb 15, 17:39 5
  - I saw at least 2 nods to spoils -- (edited) - Will Hunting Feb 15, 17:51 3
    - Yep, and I was the only one in the sold-out theater who laughed for either of them. -- nm - Ender Feb 15, 18:04
    - Yeah, Starbucks. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 17:52 1
      - Yep -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 15, 17:53
  - Right. "Hi." Spoils - Beryllium Feb 15, 17:49
- True but spoils - TRuMaN Feb 15, 17:32 2
  - He means that spoil - Spawn Feb 15, 17:35 1
    - Spoils - Ender Feb 15, 18:03
- He was busy! -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 17:31 1
  - still, it woulda been cool -- nm - mud Feb 15, 17:32
Westminster Dog Show on CNBC - YAY! Still doing hounds so I didn't miss much. -- nm - JenBro Feb 15, 17:28 1
- Hounds group spoil -- (edited) - JenBro Feb 15, 17:42
Talking Dead spoils - Beaker Feb 15, 17:27 1
- Uh... it was *Talking* Dead, not Walking Dead. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 17:32

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