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Ray Liotta shares the incredible story of how he quit smoking. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 6, 10:07
Crash, he didn't need to go to Lake Erie since the station he got onto the train is a literal stone's throw from Lake O. - zork Aug 6, 09:41
Now he is saying there was collusion with Russia -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 6, 09:40 13
- He's 100% setting Jr up to take the fall. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:53 4
  - The Donny Douche perp walk would probably be my favorite television moment of all time. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 6, 10:07
  - And then a pardon on his last day in office. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 6, 10:04 1
    - He's dick enough to promise a pardon and then not deliver. -- nm - TWuG Aug 6, 10:15
  - But he tweeted that he wasn't! -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:54
- *yawn* -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 09:48
- Well, glad it's all cleared up then -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:44
- But wait.…collusion isn’t a crime. I thought. Or it was about adoption and adoption isn’t a crime. I’m lost. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 6, 09:44
- But collusion isn't illegal. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:43
- and by Hillary, I mean me. - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:43 1
  - And there was no collusio... Uhhh, never mind. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:53
- So, is collusion a crime or not? -- nm - jnine Aug 6, 09:43 1
  - Only for Democrats! -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:46
Since we had fun with movie trivia the other day...Can anyone name the Top 10 highest grossing documentaries? -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:40 71
- I'll spoil the last #6 "Earth" $32M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 10:04 1
  - Ah that explains it. I am watching Planet Earth right now (BBC) so I thought that was also a BBC production -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 10:05
- I guess Sicko made more than I remember -- nm* - Tim Aug 6, 10:02 2
  - #10 $25M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 10:03
  - (But I guess it makes sense as the follow up to Fahrenheit 9/11) -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 10:03
- Obama's America. -- nm - Inigo Aug 6, 09:59 1
  - #5 $33M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 10:00
- Reminder: 1 Nature one left, and 2 political - one "left" and one "right" -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:59 4
  - The "left" one is by a Director that has multiple mentioned here. -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 10:01 1
    - Sicko? -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 10:03
  - Oh god, one of D’Souza’s con jobs, Obama’s America or something? -- nm - Tim Aug 6, 10:00 1
    - In addition to Obama mentioned above, America is #20 $14M, and Hillary #24 $13M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 10:01
- March of the penguins -- nm - Beaker Aug 6, 09:57 2
  - KILLFILE IS OUT OF CONTROL! -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:58
  - #2 (guessed below) -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:57
- I guess biopics don't count as documentaries ... otherwise I'd say The Doors, The Aviator, Titanic, etc ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:54
- Hints: One more music doc in the Top 10, 2 nature ones, and 2 "political ones" -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:49 31
  - Katy Perry? -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:54 2
    - Ding ding ding - #9 $25M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:54 1
      - Left Shark gave it 2 fins up! -- nm - groiny Aug 6, 09:56
  - This is It (the Michael Jackson doc). -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 09:54 6
    - How about the Hannah Montana Concert movie. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 09:55 5
      - Not considered a documentary - since she was "Hannah Montana" -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:56 4
        
        But it was just a concert film (there was a separate Hannah Montana movie). -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 09:58 3
        
        I don't get how that's not a documentary. Other concert films were. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 10:16
        
        Hence not a documentary -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:58 1
        
        Further note that IMDB calls it a documentary. -- (link) - pmb Aug 6, 10:17
  - March of the Penguins. -- nm - pmb Aug 6, 09:53
  - That one with the lemmings -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:52 2
    - I already mentioned the One Direction documentary. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:53 1
      - This is funny -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:54
  - African Cats -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:51 8
    - #17 $15M (right studio though!) -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:53 7
      - Chimps -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:54 6
        
        #7 $29M (one more left from the same studio) -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:54 1
        
        Was March of the Penguins Disney? -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:56
        
        Bears -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:54 3
        
        #15 $18M - think broader -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:56 2
        
        Nature -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:57 1
        
        Nature is the name of the studio - DisneyNature -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:57
  - The music one is just killing me. How quickly people forget. -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:50 4
    - Woodstock -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:53 2
      - Movie admission was like 50¢ then -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:54 1
        
        but it had boobs in it -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:54
    - Mama Mia 2: Mia Harder -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:52
  - Also, the Mr. Rogers doc just misses at #13 $21M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:50
  - Amy -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:50 1
    - #29 $8M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:51
- Mac & Me -- nm - Beryllium Aug 6, 09:48 1
  - Heh -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:49
- Everest (If the IMAX ones are included) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 09:47
- This is it -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:45 1
  - #4 $72M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:45
- The One Direction one. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:44 1
  - #8 $29M (there's a few music docs on the list, but the grosses fell way off on these) -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:45
- That Justin Bieber one. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:44 1
  - #3 $73M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:44
- Roger & Me -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:43 1
  - #37 $6M -- nm* - MDH Aug 6, 09:43
- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:43 1
  - #1 $119M (by a large margin) -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:43
- Blackfish -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:42 3
  - #106 $2M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:43 2
    - wow (I thought it did way better than that) -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:43 1
      - CNN bought the rights and aired in on TV -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:44
- An inconvenient truth -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:42 1
  - #11 $24M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:42
- Bowling for Columbine, March of the Penguins -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 09:41 1
  - #12 $22M, #2 $77M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:42
- Super size me? -- nm - Amoxy Aug 6, 09:41 1
  - #27 $11M -- nm - MDH Aug 6, 09:41
I have a bunch of stock watch list alerts - some mobile companies are like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride - Reagen Aug 6, 09:35 2
- I have been sitting on Sprint for a couple of years trying to get my money back from the last failed merger. - Bacon Aug 6, 09:42 1
  - 420 shares as of this minute I am only down 24% -- nm - Bacon Aug 6, 09:43
amanda with a pickaxe?! - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 09:33 3
- the sh*t was heavy. I'm getting a dig bar this week as well. -- nm - amanda Aug 6, 10:06
- In the Study? -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:35 1
  - Billiards Room -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 6, 10:02
Something I only learned last year is how much Eric Ripert haaaaated worked for Joel Robuchon. - David Aug 6, 09:31 2
- Also: "I always wanted to eat at one of his restaurants." So... did his restaurants die too?? :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 6, 09:35 1
  - I'm 99% certain that they'll be under new management and a new chef by the time I reach one of those towns next. -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 09:36
YouTube joins Facebook and Apple in terminating Alex Jones' main account, which had 2.4 million subscribers -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:31 4
- that will just make spotify gain subscribers... -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:49 1
  - and I stand corrected, they dumped him to -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:50
- Can Trump pardon a Facebook ban? -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:42
- The QAnon accounts are not happy! -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:35
Dramatic pictures of the California Wildfires. -- (link) - Bacon Aug 6, 09:27 11
- Did they start clearing out all the trees like President Dumbfuck recommended? -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:32 5
  - there is like 0.01% of truth in what he said, that firebreaks are the best containment - Reagen Aug 6, 09:33 4
    - He literally heard it on Fox News. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:36
    - Oh you dont need to tell me. I am not a Trump Nazi drone like 35% of America is. -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:35 2
      - How can we be sure? You've never voiced any opposition to Trump here before. -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 09:37 1
        
        lol. lol nope. not me. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 6, 09:39
- It's just head smackingly stupid to think that there's enough water bombers to put something like that out - Reagen Aug 6, 09:32 2
  - well, if they stopped dumping all the water into the ocean, they would probably have enough to contain the fire -- nm - decline Aug 6, 09:40
  - I was just looking at the pic of the burned out boat and thinking "it's *sitting* in water and what good did that do?" -- nm - Meg Aug 6, 09:35
- "Photos of the Week: Proud Walrus, Irate Elephant, Jovian Clouds" -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:31 1
  - I make the best clouds! -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:33
Dino Bravo got bumped off in some mob-related scheme from what I remember - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:22 6
- Cigarette smuggling was big news back in the day -- (edited) - Reagen Aug 6, 09:29 3
  - It is. A lot goes through native reserves. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:33
  - "And what if your family don't like bread: They like.. cigarettes. Now, what if instead of giving them away.. - F.Tony Aug 6, 09:31 1
    - "HELL NO!" -- nm - David Aug 6, 09:47
- yeah that's the rumor -- nm - Remlik Aug 6, 09:29
- Yep. Was a big news in my parts. -- nm - Mop Aug 6, 09:27
NASCAR CEO Brian France arrested for DUI and possession of oxycodone last night. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 6, 09:18 4
- Play to your audience -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:48
- Trump pardon coming in 3, 2, 1. -- nm - Jovian Aug 6, 09:34
- what, is that bad? -- nm - Jim Irsay si Aug 6, 09:21
- Still not the dumbest decision he's made this year. - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:19
Reposting peglegpete as it was so good - funny short film Leading Lady Parts -- (link) - LMS Aug 6, 09:18 [youtube]
Rough summer for foodies. Bourdain, Jonathan Gold and now Robuchon. Somebody get a detail on Morimoto - STAT! -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:17 1
- He should be good. Threes, and all. -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:18
I think they probably check the obituaries for old ladies then approach the family to launder those bills. - zork Aug 6, 09:15 11
- They're running out of time -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 09:20 9
  - I did not know that at one time there was a $25 bill -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 09:21 8
    - There was a $3 bill in the time of Upper Canada -- (link) - Reagen Aug 6, 09:26 7
      - I know this is extremely nerdy but I like looking at old banknotes. Some of them come real close to art -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 09:33 1
        
        Me too and they *are* art -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:39
      - And a 25¢ bill -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:30 4
        
        that would have hindered arcades here. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:32 3
        
        Everyone was making tokens back then though. - zork Aug 6, 09:38 2
        
        L'homme du Pac was my favorite. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 09:41 1
        
        Les Reagenomiques are fascinating -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:46
- This reminds me to advise people who have not seen Perfectly Normal to watch it stat. -- nm - zork Aug 6, 09:17
ruh-roh - this large iced coffee was NOT half-caf... - Diva Aug 6, 09:12 9
- the part of Naked Crazy Mel will now be played by Diva -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 09:19 2
  - There Will Be Sparklers. -- nm - NCDeevs Aug 6, 09:21
  - ::ears perk WAY the f- up:: -- nm - Spawn: I AM Blood Feud Aug 6, 09:21
- Hide your kids! Hide your wife! -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 6, 09:18 1
  - *snort!* -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:18
- Well, I gotta go now. I’ve got a lotta bouncin’ to do! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! T-T-F-N: ta-ta for now! -- nm - A.A. Milne Aug 6, 09:18 1
  - my hands are shaking. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 09:18
- You didn't get an Orange Mocha Frappuccino?! -- nm - Amoxy Aug 6, 09:16
- Buckle up -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 09:16
Caporegime Paulie Foie Gras -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 09:12

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