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Good lord. Of the 17 Best Actor wins in the last 17 years, 10 have been portrayals of a real person. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:36 3
- This feels like a bad look for the Academy. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 12, 19:31
- the king george in "the king's speech," ray, idi amin, capote, dallas buyers club guy that matt m. played, churchill, lincoln, revenant dude, *fizzles* oh! stephen hawking *fizzles again* -- nm* - b. Apr 12, 18:41 1
  - Harvey Milk. -- nm - kelly Apr 12, 18:57
RIP Dr. Elias Huer...actor Tim O'Connor has died at 90 -- (link) - Remlik Apr 12, 18:30
Good to be home ahead of the storm! Woo -- nm - JenBro Apr 12, 18:27 2
- Glad to hear. Get that tax return done and enjoy your weekend! -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 18:34
- Riding the storm out. -- nm - Spawndroid Apr 12, 18:29
spotify desktop client users - is your friends activity list showing? - b. Apr 12, 18:21 3
- yes, but I've had it open for a day or so. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 12, 18:31 1
  - thanks for checking - I feel so alone! aww. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 18:36
- (googling shows this happened to some people in the past and it resolved. hopefully will again, 'cause I'm nosy like that. ;p) -- nm - b. Apr 12, 18:24
Leafs suck. -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 18:18 2
- One of my brackets has a Sharks/Leafs final. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 18:20 1
  - You might ask, “Did you know the leafs sucked when you chose that bracket?”, and the answer would be yes. Yes, I did know. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 18:37
The news is saying Pruitt's claims for security needs were contradicted by the EPA Intelligence Office. One ? : how do I become a spy for the EPA? -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 18:16
Mmm, leftover Excalibur steak. Still tender and tasty. -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 18:11
dammit wiggums give us good trivia like capitol of Australia! -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 18:02 4
- Hey man, I got that one right on HQ. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:05 1
  - *shakes fist* -- nm - Remlik Apr 12, 18:13
- It's called parliament, not capitol. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 18:05
- A! -- nm - VMan Apr 12, 18:04
One last Oscar one: Name the 8 times an actor/actress has been nominated in both the lead and supporting categories in the same year. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:47 27
- Hint: The last one was from 1982. - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:18 4
  - hopkins -- nm - mud Apr 12, 18:29 3
    - Nope. Woman. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:31 2
      - jessica lange? tootsie and frances the same year? -- nm - b. Apr 12, 18:35 1
        
        Yep. And that's the last one! nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:36
- Holly Hunter and Emma Thompson did it in the same year. the Piano and the Firm for Hunter. -- nm - mafic Apr 12, 18:11 1
  - Yes! 7. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:18
- Cate Blacnhett -- nm - budice Apr 12, 18:03
- julianne moore - the hours and far from heaven (confession/spoiler-y for latter inside) -- (edited) - b. Apr 12, 17:57 1
  - 6. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:10
- Pacino. Hoowah! If I had a flamethrower, I would sell you some land in Arizona. -- nm - VMan Apr 12, 17:55
- Judi Dench, Daniel Day Lewis -- nm - budice Apr 12, 17:54 2
  - Neither of these. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:07
  - That would require him to be in two movies in one year. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 18:00
- al pacino for scent of a woman and glengarry glen ross. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:54 4
  - 5 nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 18:09
  - damn, fast typers. -- nm - VMan Apr 12, 17:58 2
    - *twirls you* -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:59 1
      - *swoons* -- nm - VMan Apr 12, 18:00
- Sigourney -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 17:52 2
  - 4 (partial credit for not naming the movies :P) nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:53 1
    - Gorillas and working girl - Will Hunting Apr 12, 17:54
- emma thompson - remains of the day and in the name of the father; cate blanchett - I'm not there and elizabeth, golden age. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:50 1
  - 2, 3. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:51
- Jamie Fox for Ray and Collateral -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 17:48 1
  - That's one. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:50
- Post 1980 only. (I'm not counting the 3 times it happened in the 30s/40s). nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:48
I'm currently the high bidder on a boat. hahah. (It won't last.) -- (pic) - Beryllium Apr 12, 17:45 [Attachment] 1
- We once made a lowball offer on a vintage Cadillac limo (that we had no use for). A week later the dealer called us to accept the offer :) - Meg Apr 12, 18:07
some of the finest 12 & 15'th century fresco's in europe are in the catacombs of Malta -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 12, 17:41
Relatedly, I think a good bar bet would be "name the movie Julianne Moore won an Oscar for" - Reagen Apr 12, 17:33 4
- Still Alice -- nm* - budice Apr 12, 17:45
- Boogie Nights -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 17:41
- I always review this before trivia nights, because there is often a question on "What did [x] win an Oscar for?" - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:37 1
  - im spoilers - Beryllium Apr 12, 17:40
Tim: I am seeing spoilers for Dominaria. I really appreciate how ‘clean’ this upcoming set looks. Magic often gets a little messy. You can always tell - Qale Apr 12, 17:33
In preparation for our trivia night tonight: Name the 5 times since 1980 that a movie has had both winners in the Best Actor or Best Actress category - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:25 26
- You would have been proud of us in Vegas - even though we were disqualified :) -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 17:43 4
  - How did you get DQed? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 17:49 2
    - max 6 peeps per team..we were 10 -- nm - budice Apr 12, 17:53 1
      - We knew going in we were over the limit but wanted to play along :) -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 17:57
  - Did you try to proposition the quiz master again? We've talked about this, Meg!! nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:44
- nicholson and hunt "as good as it gets"? (or am I misunderstanding again?) -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:37 12
  - No, I was unclear. I'm looking for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor OR Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:38 11
    - oh, like mystic river? penn and robbins. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:43 7
      - That's 2. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:44 6
        
        dallas buyers club - matt m. and jared l. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:45 5
        
        3! nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:46 4
        
        moonstruck! cher and olympia. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:47 3
        
        4! Last one is 2 women. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:49 2
        
        oh! the piano - anna paquin and holly hunter -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:52 1
        
        That's 5! nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:54
    - *strips you of your trivia host badge* - Reagen Apr 12, 17:40
    - Scythe! Shakespeare in Love! -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 17:39 1
      - That's one. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:42
- On Golden Pond -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 17:33 3
  - Sub question 2: What 6 other movies have won Best Actor AND Best Actress? nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:43 1
    - Silence of the Lambs -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 12, 17:48
  - deleted because I need to read all of the words. -- nm* - b. Apr 12, 17:34
- Silence of the Lambs? -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 17:28 3
  - That got Picture, Director, Actor and Actress and Screenplay but no supporting. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:36 2
    - Cuckoo's Nest? -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 17:38 1
      - That's one. The other is from the 30s, though the actor is very well known. nm - ralph wiggum Apr 12, 17:42
cherimoya is the new fruit I found today at the International market. it's still a bit hard so hopefully by Saturday it'll be edible. -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 12, 17:24 [youtube] 2
- so yummy and good-mouth-feel-y when they're at their peak. we're on the tail end of their usual season. - b. Apr 12, 17:28 1
  - yes, or the skin -- nm - peglegpete Apr 12, 17:40
The extreme love hockey arenas give Lil Jon always cracks me up. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 17:20
! !! !!! -- (link) - Reagen Apr 12, 17:15 2
- I love there's a reporter at the Post named Tom Hamburger -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 17:26
- "regularly" from "occasionally" - still, dude obv. wasn't always the brightest; so no surprise. -- nm - b. Apr 12, 17:22
Cmon, Caps! Score 6 goals on this power play! -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 17:14 2
- (I'd love to see Torts just chew his own face to bits in anger) -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 17:19
- at this rate... -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 17:16
Isle of Dogs 91% (191/18), Rampage 53% (51/46), Truth or Dare 21% (12/44), Beirut 77% (41/12), Sgt Stubby 91% (10/1) -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 16:34
Oh Inigo, congratulations! Wonderful news!!! - kelly Apr 12, 16:31 3
- HUGE congrats! -- nm* - Dark Callisto Apr 12, 17:40
- congrats -- nm - budice Apr 12, 17:07
- Congrats! -- nm - MDH Apr 12, 16:58
Today in Victoria, a police officer died. - Beryllium Apr 12, 16:22 2
- that is immensely sad just thinking about it -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 16:23 1
  - Yes, I agree. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 16:45
This Will Arnett intro is "I Love Lamp" level of dumb writing. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 16:02
LA Traffic:Overhead green freeway sign reportedly fell onto lanes and hit a car on the northbound 101 at Lankershim near Universal City. -- (link) - budice Apr 12, 16:00 4
- Has it been windy up there? The 15 was wild today. -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 16:10 1
  - It is apparently rather windy out at Indio as well -- (link) - JD Apr 12, 16:13
- Interrupting three impromptu dance numbers going on, as I'm led to believe. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 16:06
- KISS HER OH FORGET IT I'M DONE -- nm - L.A. Story 2 Apr 12, 16:01
Ok so if not $999 for a festival pass, how about $1100 for a 49" 32:9 monitor -- (link) - JD Apr 12, 16:00
Let's Go Caps! -- nm - pfm - head shaved tomorrow! Apr 12, 15:50
Jax, from B2 about Fortnite. The storm gets stronger as the circle gets smaller. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 12, 15:48 2
- Yeah, usually when I'm at the end for the smaller circles, I don't get stuck in the storm. - JaxSean Apr 12, 18:33
- This feels like the motto of a particularly violent cult. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:48
sitwap: little girl + WaPo = great stuff. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Apr 12, 15:47 1
- FakeNews! -- nm - Spawndroid Apr 12, 16:05
I feel like that detail automatically makes it a Congressman under 45, Max. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:31 8
- And a male. -- nm - Spawndroid Apr 12, 15:45 1
  - I mean it's a Republican, so -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:46
- I agree, Reagen. -- nm - Max Apr 12, 15:42 5
  - 🖕🏻 , Max -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:47 4
    - Bery! Reagen millenialed me! -- nm - Max Apr 12, 16:04 3
      - Millennial has two Ns. Also, it cannot be verbed. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 16:20 2
        
        ST! Bery Victoria-Eraed me! -- nm - Max Apr 12, 16:23 1
        
        Eratta-tat-tat. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 12, 16:49
that script to screen account should give a nod to the oscar broadcasts where it's been done. :) - -- nm - b. Apr 12, 15:29
TV PSA: NHL Playoffs, Gotham, Grey's Anatomy, RuPaul, Jersey Shore, Siren, Supernatural, Superstore, BBT, AP Bio, Young Sheldon, Flip or Flop, Arrow, -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 15:26 2
- Station 19, Showtime at the Apollo, Swamp People, Mom, Champions, Life in Pieces, Chicago Fire, Atlanta, Ex on the Beach, Imposters, Nobodies, SWAT, -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 15:26 1
  - Scandal, Darts, Truck Night, Madden, Marcia Clarke, 30 for 30: The Last Days of Bobby Knight, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Apr 12, 15:27
The better story was linked at the bottom of that DiFaro story. Philip J. Fry's childhood home is for sale. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 12, 15:25 3
- DiFara's is awful and have been closed multiple times over the years. Also, if you subscribed to my newsletter you'd - Krusty Apr 12, 15:41 2
  - I thought you'd warned against DiFara's before. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 12, 16:02
  - Your NY-centric podcast called "I'm Talkin' Here!"? -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:45 1
Less that three hours to register for a chance to purchase Live Nation Festival Passport -- (link) - JD Apr 12, 15:23 5
- LOFL. - Spawndroid Apr 12, 15:39
- Is FYRE Festival there? -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:34 1
  - Only if you purchase the $5000 VIP version -- nm - JD Apr 12, 15:35
- Their festivals are $300 each? - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 12, 15:27 1
  - $429 for Coachella GA, $335 for Lolla, $375 for Outside Lands -- nm - JD Apr 12, 15:33
WaPo has a copy of Comey’s memoir -- (link) - Roger More Apr 12, 15:21 2
- Leaker! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 12, 17:46
- Comey's publisher is running an amazing PR push for the book right now. -- nm - ty97 Apr 12, 15:22
Russian social media trolls post denials about poison gas attack BEFORE attack happened -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 12, 15:19
National Parks entrance fees to go to $35...not the 70 originally planned -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 12, 15:17 2
- that is a slight win against Stinky Zinke, I'll take it -- nm - crash davis Apr 12, 15:48
- *Pets my free lifetime pass* -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 15:27
This just in, bery has been renewed for another season. - Spawndroid Apr 12, 15:07 2
- someone backed that money truck up? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 12, 15:38 1
  - "*beep*" "Don't you mean *beep, beep, beep*?" "No, it's just the one." -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:41
I have to say these cats don't hold a grudge. -- nm - Meg Apr 12, 15:04
I can confirm that "Great Tim Horton's ghost" is definitely a thing we say up here. -- nm - Reagen Apr 12, 15:03 2
- How much oomf do you put behind it? Or is it whispered? -- nm - Max Apr 12, 15:05 1
  - Depends if she's faking or not. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Apr 12, 15:11
hmphf -- nm - Truman Apr 12, 14:57

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