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This meme just showed up in my feed.. "Did you know if the first of the month is on a Sunday there will be a Friday the 13th that month?!" - Andie Sep 13, 14:30 3
- Well, they say that today is the first Full Moon 13th since October 2000 ... and we all remember how November went. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:44
- that's gotta be some mystical Illuminati wizardry -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 14:39
- In which we learn how numbers work -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 14:38
A "senior member" of an RCMP intelligence team has been charged with what looks like stealing secrets -- (link) - Reagen Sep 13, 14:25 1
- "some real spy shit" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:38
Sackler family appears to be trying to hide money. New York AG already found $1B in shady wire transfers. There may be a lot more out there. -- (link) - GregW Sep 13, 14:22 1
- Is that not allowed? -- nm - Mop Sep 13, 14:24
I have seen 26/100 movies. Liked Under the Skin so high, puzzled at Boyhood - Amoxy Sep 13, 14:20 1
- Boyhood was a flaming bag of crap -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 15:12
Who else on ST has been enjoying Final Space? :) - Beryllium Sep 13, 14:10 1
- So mad I entirely forgot about it when it started and TBS doesnt offer it on demand. - Jovian Sep 13, 14:29
Castle Rock Season 2 Trailer -- (link) - oblique Sep 13, 13:59 [youtube] 1
- ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ! -- nm - mud Sep 13, 14:02
btw, Dignan was right - Prospect is a pretty darned good movie -- nm - prayformojo Sep 13, 13:53 3
- next, you will be eating goat ass. -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 13:56 2
  - He will be eating Brady's ass? -- nm - Amoxy Sep 13, 14:12 1
    - taste like Gronk. -- nm - groiny Sep 13, 14:21
Trivia: What do the following movies have in common: Roma, La La Land, The Revenant, Gravity, Life of Pi -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 13:46 20
- Soundtrack contribution by Kenny Loggins -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 14:02
- exquisiteness -- nm - mud Sep 13, 13:54
- inexplainable dance montage? -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:53 2
  - Point of order. The Revenant's dance montage was completely explicable. -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 13:55 1
    - I'm pretty sure the Raging Bear's dreams of being a backup dancer for Beyoncé are completely dashed at this point. - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 14:17
- None of them have been shown in my kitchen? -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Sep 13, 13:47
- Best Director, no Best Picture -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:47 13
  - Very good. Follow up: Since 2012 the Best Dir. oscar was won 5x for a different movie than Best Pic. Now count back in time the previous 5 examples... - rollo Sep 13, 13:52 12
    - Answer inside - rollo Sep 13, 14:41
    - 1981? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 14:04
    - 2006? Oh sorry, misinterpretation -- (edited) - Roger More Sep 13, 13:57 6
      - All six of those were double winners. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 14:03 5
        
        Yeah, I thought it was "count back the last five winners for BP and BD". I'm so tired today. -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 14:06 4
        
        (and Hazanavicius won? What?) -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 14:06 3
        
        *nodding acknowledgement* - Reagen Sep 13, 14:07 2
        
        I have, but it was for Oscar completionism reasons. I don't know it I mentioned it here, - Roger More Sep 13, 14:29
        
        I’m sure the star has once. Probably while sobbing in muted silence about what he used to be. - Will Hunting Sep 13, 14:10
    - I believe ~1963 -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:55 2
      - (I cheated and looked) Ah. I was forgetting a few. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 14:01
      - (I think Oliver!) -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:56
MoviePass to shut down on Sept. 14. Parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc have notified subscribers, -- (link*) - budice Sep 13, 13:35 1
- Wait, what? -- nm - Mop Sep 13, 13:36
"Wow, 14 days in federal prison!" "Yeah, it sucks, but we'll get thro..." "Two weeks in the slammer!" "..." "Up in the ol' hoosegow!" "Bill." - Reagen Sep 13, 13:29 1
- [snork] -- nm - mud Sep 13, 13:36
heh -- (link) - ty97 Sep 13, 13:28 1
- Amen -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:45
Demi Moore naked again for Harper's Bazaar -- (link) - budice Sep 13, 13:23 1
- getting naked, tell all book about drugging with her kids, miscarriages and cheating issues - YOU STAY RELEVANT GIRL!! -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:46
Can you name a surprise hit at the box office that came out in 2019? - Inigo Sep 13, 13:04 20
- Define "hit". -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 13:47
- It’s not quite but if you told me after trailer 1 that Aladdin would finish above 350, I’d demand you be tested for all the drugs and mental disorders -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:36 3
  - I would have said 300 but I'm deeply cynical about these. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:55
  - yeah, people did not have great expectations for this. And it's made a ton internationally. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 13:39 1
    - Even after release, it out did the normal Memorial Day expectations by like 100mil. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:46
- Yesterday made a lot more than it should have on paper. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:26 2
  - did you mean to say made a lot less than it should have on paper? - mud Sep 13, 13:35 1
    - Remove Slumdog and he averages <$15M domestically per film. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:50
- OUATIH is up there (Tarantino has never been a box office hit maker), but probably The Upside. - Tim Sep 13, 13:17 1
  - Broadly in-line with Django and Inglourious IMO. -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 13:35
- Yesterday and Good Boys? -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 13:16 1
  - I would also posit 'Peanut Butter Falcon'. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 13:42
- Ready or Not? -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:14 3
  - Booksmart? Midsommar? -- nm - budice Sep 13, 13:16 2
    - Booksmart actually disappointed after all the stellar reviews. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 13:17 1
      - Proving once and for all that dirty young boys are funnier than dirty young girls. -- nm - Baron Universe Sep 13, 13:31
- Escape Room -- nm - Pengy Sep 13, 13:12
- Shazam, Once Upon, John Wick -- nm - budice Sep 13, 13:08 2
  - I think all of those made right around what people expected them to. -- nm - Inigo Sep 13, 13:11 1
    - I think John Wick was a bit of a surprise. Shazam was as well as people thought it was just going to be ridiculous. They didn't know what it was going - Diva Sep 13, 13:14
The FDA has found low levels of cancer-causing NDMA in Zantac - recall expected -- nm - decline Sep 13, 12:59 3
- Me: Wait, they put molly in Zantac? - Mop Sep 13, 14:23
- Generic as well? -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:14 1
  - also I saw my first Juule ( Vape machine) class action type commercial today from attorney looking for their class members. -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:15
Felicity jail poll. give an event that happens during her incarceration. ex. day 1 met roomate. day 2 learned how to make a shiv from a toothbrush. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 13, 12:57 16
- Day 1, released. -- nm - Mop Sep 13, 13:37
- Day 14: Bill better remember to pick me up -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 13:32 1
  - "a fortnight in the stoney lonesome ... a visit to the country club ... penthouse in the pokey ..." -- nm - Bill Macy, still going Sep 13, 13:43
- Day 4: Learned how to make cosmos in the terlet. -- nm - Baron Universe Sep 13, 13:20 1
  - Of course, it's shiv or be shivved. -- nm - Pengy Sep 13, 13:38
- Day 9: paid three cartons of cigarettes to buy Chef's GED certificate -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:17
- Day 7: Killed a guard for Chef -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:03
- Day 12: Earned Online College Degree -- nm - budice Sep 13, 13:03
- Day 6: Met a new friend, "Crazy Eyes" Loughlin. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 13, 13:02 1
  - "Is OINTB still filming? Can I call my agent from prison?" -- nm - Roger More Sep 13, 13:50
- Day 5: Made friends with Chef -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 13:00
- day 3 makes a jailhouse quesadilla maker -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 12:59 3
  - Hair dryer and a frying pan? -- nm - budice Sep 13, 13:02 2
    - exactly. Where did you serve your time? -- nm - Pippy - Shooting Salads just for fun Sep 13, 13:16 1
      - iirc there's a jailhouse cookbook -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 14:59
- Day 13. Not sure I am ready to be back on the outside. I can feel it, I am gonna do wrong again. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:58
MoviePass parent company says it will be shutting down the service for all subscribers tomorrow -- (link) - decline Sep 13, 12:56 7
- I don't understand how a business plan of taking in $10 and paying out $20 could possibly fail. -- nm - Baron Universe Sep 13, 13:14 2
  - Volume -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 13:36
  - Market share -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 13:35
- Strange that First Citywide Change Bank couldn't make it work. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 12:59 1
  - “We’re not going to give you two thousand nickels.” -- nm - Tim Sep 13, 13:47
- GO TO THOSE MOVIES TONIGHT!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:57 1
  - Pffft, like current subscribers can actually check in to movies... -- nm - Ender Sep 13, 13:06
Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in jail. She is also fined $30,000, a year of supervised release, and 250 hrs community svc -- nm* - decline Sep 13, 12:40 9
- Likely won't see a day behind actual bars -- nm* - budice Sep 13, 12:44 4
  - It’s federal court so she will serve exactly 14 days. Not sure she should but they’re making an example of her *shrug* -- nm - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:54 3
    - I think they were asking for 30 or 60 -- nm - decline Sep 13, 12:55 2
      - They were asking for 60. I practice in the white collar area and any prison for this type of offense is off the marker (not my opinion, just the facts - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:59 1
        
        Apparently there are several mom's serving felony multi year sentences for faking address to get their kid into a better school -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 16:16
- Who is she imposing the fine on? -- nm - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:42 1
  - oops sorry (the 'She' was the judge) -- nm* - decline Sep 13, 12:42
- reminder: she paid a $15K bribe for one daughter. Aunt Becky paid $500K for 2 kids and is still waiting for her date in court -- nm - decline Sep 13, 12:41 1
  - Huffman pleaded guilty and Aunt Becky is fighting it. Perhaps that's what is causing the difference. -- nm - Diva Sep 13, 12:45
Food apps that have online ordering are the best. -- nm - Shaun Sep 13, 12:24 3
- The best *anything*? You need to get out more. -- nm - Spawn Sep 13, 12:27 2
  - Pretty sure I just blew the person in line's mind when I just walked up to the cashier and picked up my order. In and out in about 30 seconds. -- nm* - Shaun Sep 13, 12:43 1
    - Fazoli's has an area they leave your bag. You just walk in and pick it up and leave. That kinda blew *my* mind. - Spawn Sep 13, 13:00
Bloomberg article: The House GOP plans to run on a platform of reducing the debt in 2020 - the debt they just created... -- (link) - decline Sep 13, 12:24 6
- Sounds about right. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Sep 13, 12:56
- Good luck with that -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 12:50
- Guess: it will work -- nm - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:34 3
  - Considering they'll blame it on Obama and the democrats - you're damn right it'll work. -- nm - Chamberlain Sep 13, 12:36 2
    - The GOP has figured that Americans are stupid to realize that tax cuts are the same budget busters that spending is and that they can run on both cuts - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:44 1
      - Sounds about right. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Sep 13, 12:57
Rare Maori cloak pulled from auction after online threats and abuse -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 12:13
Wait David sees 100 movies a year? Do I get a prize for seeing 230? (Or really a life) -- nm - JackDawson Sep 13, 11:58 11
- That was my guess...I have no idea of actual totals. -- nm - Chamberlain Sep 13, 12:00 10
  - Heh I was more trying to say I watch too many - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:04 9
    - I say this with admiration: I have no idea how you find the time to do all the things you do. - pmb Sep 13, 12:31 4
      - No kids. Also I don’t drink as often as I want to anymore sadly - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:33 3
        
        it's silly in that I'll easily invest 2-3 hours a night a TV series but hesitate to start a 100 min movie. -- nm - Reagen Sep 13, 13:03 2
        
        You’re in the majority but yes I’m sorry it’s silly - JackDawson Sep 13, 13:08 1
        
        it's not that I can't - Reagen Sep 13, 13:35
    - I'm pretty sure your im is un-American. -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 12:11
    - That's a crazy amount. nm - Chamberlain Sep 13, 12:08 1
      - I watched 43 over the last two weeks at film festivals that alone is a huge hit - JackDawson Sep 13, 12:34
    - That is a healthy number! (NM) - Marlowe Sep 13, 12:05
Grand Jury has likely failed to indict Andrew McCabe -- (link) - Reagen Sep 13, 11:55 1
- but Mr Q told me this was just the beginning!! -- nm - Jovian Sep 13, 12:09
Sterling Shepard OUT for the Giants (concussion) -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 11:41
Run free, Meteor! Run free!! -- (link) - decline Sep 13, 11:40
The boy who got bullied for wearing his home-made University of Tennessee shirt just got a full ride from the school -- (link) - decline Sep 13, 11:36 6
- Given the money he made them, it’s only fair. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 11:44
- they just did it so they could keep all the proceeds from his shirt creation -- nm - Beaker Sep 13, 11:38 2
  - nope - they're donating it to an anti-bullying charity -- nm - Chamberlain Sep 13, 11:50 1
    - Aka, Georgia State's athletic department. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 11:54
- Yep. It's a cool story of people with the ability to do something good doing something good. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 13, 11:37 1
  - *blink*... FAKENEWS! -- nm - POTUS Sep 13, 11:44
Creative Michigan high school kids cosplay like pros for their ID photos -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 11:34 4
- Some of these are delightfully obscure -- nm - rollo Sep 13, 13:42
- That's great. -- nm - pmb Sep 13, 11:43
- that's fun. -- nm - Andie Sep 13, 11:41
- article on it -- (link) - Beaker Sep 13, 11:34
Gladiator ahead of Dark Knight....and I’m done with this list. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 13, 11:29 2
- Either way, Ted is a *far* better movie than them. - Spawn Sep 13, 11:37
- I did not see Freddy in either of those movies - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:30
I mean, if you want *obscure*... -- (link) - Super Daddy Princess Sep 13, 11:29
False alarm at the corn roast -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:28 [flickr] 1
- Some ahole cousins did that at a wedding, that was no fun -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 13, 13:37
eh, I closed my 500px account quite a while ago (just before they were bought by China) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 13, 11:26 1
- "bought by China" well, yeah, that doesn't sound good :) -- nm - oblique Sep 13, 13:57
Wait, some of you people watched that Don't Call Me Angel video with the sound on!?! - Spawn Sep 13, 11:24

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