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Last? -- nm - Todd Manning Apr 18, 16:14
Congrats on the Kitty emoji Crash! -- nm - . Apr 18, 15:52
Rachel McAdams Turned Down ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Casino Royale,’ ‘Mission: Impossible III’ and ‘Devil Wears Prada’ in a Two-Year Period -- (link*) - budice Apr 18, 15:47
Twitter changing its name to X is like the most trans thing Elon could do, I think. -- nm - Reagen Apr 18, 15:41 1
- Fortunately, the new ToS say nothing about deadnaming it. -- nm - TWuG Apr 18, 16:11
As I begin to plan a conference for next year, I want to explore catering options. - Mop Apr 18, 15:37 3
- Crave Case(s)! -- nm - VMan Apr 18, 15:52
- what happened? -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:41 1
  - ChatGPT what it was instructed to do. -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 15:49
Galen Weston is no longer President and CEO of Loblaws -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:22 3
- so he will no longer be lying to me from my tv set? -- nm - mud Apr 18, 15:24 2
  - Nope, now he will be free to flit from bed to bed, whispering sweet nothings into the ears of restless sleepers. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:26 1
    - (Actually, he's been doing the TV thing for over a decade. That probably should stop, but I don't know if it will.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:27
The Texas Rangers (baseball team, not police force) have cut Jonathan Majors from their ad campaign. -- (link) - Mop Apr 18, 15:14
Grandson out here leaking his own album. This one comes out Friday. Album is in a few scant weeks. He’s on tour with K. Flay. -- (link) - Qale Apr 18, 15:14
nm -- nm* - budice Apr 18, 15:12
"Nothing But Nyet: " -- (edited) - mud Apr 18, 14:55 1
- I thought they would be attending under the Olympic banner? Or does that only apply to individual athletes -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 15:18
Aaron Carter autopsy - Xanax and Huffing -- (link) - budice Apr 18, 14:42 1
- Oh jeez, poor kid. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:12
Is Taxadermia worth tracking down and watching? -- nm - colin Apr 18, 14:41 1
- Is this a show? Title makse my ears perk up, so to speak. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:14
there it is: "as part of the terms of its settlement, Fox News will *not* have to acknowledge ON AIR that it told lies about Dominion in the wake of - Jovian Apr 18, 14:37 4
- like is there anyone whose mind would actually be changed if they did? - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:41 3
  - The reveals that have come out of this lawsuit have impacted viewers' trust in Fox though, and it would be great to have more of the same. -- (edited) - Roger More Apr 18, 15:17 2
    - i doubt it's changed a single mind -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 15:21 1
      - It won't have flipped many R's to D's, but it's changed minds about whether the election was stolen. -- nm - Roger More Apr 18, 15:24
what's the clumsy couple portmanteau for Ali Wong and Bill Hader? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:37 8
- Before clicking, Wader. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:13
- Related: For all of you who didn't click through or TL; DR: "So, congratulations to Wong for scoring that beef." - JD Apr 18, 14:49 4
  - Adam Brody, Hayden Christensen, Bill Hader ... she got a type -- nm - Reagen Apr 18, 14:59 3
    - Star Wars stars? - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:17 1
      - Oh, man, my headache is playing tricks on me. I didn't realize that said Brody. I thought it said Driver. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 15:19
    - Oh, she does. Who were her teachers? -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:16
- Bali. -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 14:40 1
  - Wongers -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:41
i think i'm going to start a band named Dry Arm -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:34
Which voting machine company does Ivanka T own? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 14:24 1
- The Chinese one. One of her Chinese patents. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 15:13
I can't imagine how difficult the work is to get the people trapped in that collapse out. The front of the building is buckling as well as the top - Krusty Apr 18, 14:22 5
- Were they working on the garage? -- nm - spamlet Apr 18, 14:47 2
  - I don't believe so. -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 15:05
  - well yes we were and our timing was perfect. -- nm - Fox News Apr 18, 14:51
- A worker has died and 5 with minor injuries. They believe everyone is out. The floors collapsed all the way to the cellar. -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 14:43
- yikes -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 14:25
Burger King bacon jam brisket whopper review. it's being sampled in Minneapolis & Vegas this week: $8 and awful. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 18, 14:20 1
- yuk. Im fine with people having unique burgers in a hipster burger joint but on the reg. no thx -- nm - budice Apr 18, 14:21
"I’m Pretty Sure My Dog Is About to Murder the Neighbors’ Cats—but It’s Their Fault" tale as old as time -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:20
Wrexham could be through as soon as Saturday. Need 2 points from their last two matches to clinch. -- nm - Reagen Apr 18, 14:16 1
- Spoiler! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 14:23
Speaking of shutting down VRV — a streaming service no one remembers or knows — is pulling the plug May 8th. -- (link*) - Qale Apr 18, 14:13 1
- I actually used their Roku app in place of Crunchyroll for a while because it seemed to work better -- nm - Pachypodium baronii Apr 18, 15:16
how Moneyball really ends -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:05 1
- Everyone else playing Moneyball+ -- nm - budice Apr 18, 14:09
okay this made me lol, from twitter; "I feel like they just cancelled Succession one episode before the finale." -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 14:05
There's also the Fox corp shareholders lawsuit (which is bullshit because they loved the profits when the anchors were lying their ass off 4 profits) - zeitgeist Apr 18, 14:02
Did the drone show before BLACKPINK's performance making the streaming feed? -- (link) - JD Apr 18, 13:54 [youtube] 9
- yeah we saw it. CJ's daughter was getting pissed, she wanted to see them right away -- nm - Remlik Apr 18, 14:01 1
  - I was going to ask if she tried to watch the Frank Ocean set but oh....never mind - JD Apr 18, 14:21
- Yes. Pretty, but I sat there for 20 minutes watching drones when I wanted to see BLACKPINK. -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 13:55 6
  - We're taking the kid to see this Kpop band.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 18, 14:39 [youtube] 1
    - Eeep. I watched this and for me this is so very much the precipice of the edge of the rabbit hole that it reminds why I don't dare go past BLACKPINK - JD Apr 18, 14:56 [youtube]
  - wHATEver want some cheese? I stood there and it was worth every minute until BLACKPINK was indeed in the area - JD Apr 18, 13:58 3
    - What did you think of BP live? From youtube it appears they are lipsynching like crazzy -- nm - rollo Apr 18, 14:01 2
      - I was sanely far back having seen their tent performance in 2019 and I was fine with whatever they were doing. - JD Apr 18, 14:17 1
        
        Thanks for answering, and thanks for JDing -- nm - rollo Apr 18, 14:22
Parking garage collapse reported in Lower Manhattan -- (link) - budice Apr 18, 13:42 1
- I hope no one was hurt or worse. Going to be some upset people from LI and NJ taking the train home, as they should have to being with. -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 13:49
"live look into fox news hq" -- (link) - mud Apr 18, 13:42 1
- Tapper having fun: -- (link) - mud Apr 18, 13:45
2023 update on how long it takes to hack your password -- (link) - oblique Apr 18, 13:41 2
- Enter your username and password in this field, and we'll let you know how secure it is. -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 13:54
- 15bn years for someone to hack the passwords I use. :-) - Krusty Apr 18, 13:52
osso bucco is in the oven. anyone who shows up between 3:30-6 gets a free meal. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 18, 13:40 2
- 🤤 -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 13:53 1
  - you wouldn't clear the TSA line before 3pm which would be 6 in vegas -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 13:55
$787M is 7% of Fox News 2022 revenue. -- nm - Volnelk Apr 18, 13:38 5
- but 88% of the assets under management last year by Dominion’s private equity owners -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 14:07
- but 50 to 75% of annual profit. -- nm - Reagen Apr 18, 14:07 1
  - Their bigger vulnerability here is how this impacts carriage fee renewals, which is the biggest story nobody knows yet. -- nm - David Apr 18, 14:09
- net or gross? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 13:57
- Dominion has annual revenue of $18M -- nm - Volnelk Apr 18, 13:38
I guess this is at least good news for Smartmatic, which still has a case pending -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 13:35 3
- (the reputational damage, if you can still damage Fox’s trash name, has already been done. even a jury award was never going to bankrupt them, alas) -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 13:38
- "Smartmatic will expose the rest." -- (link) - mud Apr 18, 13:38 1
  - "and then we too, will settle for 5-7% of Fox's yearly income." -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 13:39
What a pile of horseshit. Another massive loss for the American people. I cant even anymore. - Jovian Apr 18, 13:20 33
- firedrapistsayswhat? -- (link) - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 15:09
- Lol. - znufrii Apr 18, 14:31
- I suppose one remaining piece is that the judge appointed a special master to investigate Fox's failures to deliver required discovery and lying about - pmb Apr 18, 13:38 1
  - Fox still has the $2 billion+ lawsuit from Smartmatic to face -- nm - decline Apr 18, 14:16
- Dude, this IS a win. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 18, 13:21 21
  - a fine is a price. -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 13:32 4
    - Everybody's got a price. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 18, 13:43 1
      - Million Dollar man said this 35 years ago -- nm - eag Apr 18, 13:44
    - For defeatism's sake, I'm kind of looking forward to how fox weasels out of even paying it. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 13:34 1
      - Bye Bye Maria -- nm - eag Apr 18, 13:36
  - No, it's not exactly a win. Now Dominion has a war chest to build an electronic voting monopoly. - Beryllium Apr 18, 13:31 10
    - Nah, now the Private Equity firm that owns Dominion has a huge payday for its partners. The just made 10 times what they paid for the company -- nm - decline Apr 18, 14:14 2
      - oh no another thing I hate -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 14:15 1
        
        One would hope the Dominion employees who went through hell would see some of that cheddar, but we all know how PE wprks -- nm - decline Apr 18, 14:21
    - It is primarily a win for Dominion, Fox News anchors, and DJT. (in that order) -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 13:40
    - You're so pretty. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 18, 13:36 5
      - Hah -- nm - Beryllium Apr 18, 13:45
      - Sexual harassment is wrong, Jim. -- nm - David Apr 18, 13:37 3
        
        Not for us cis-gendered white men, it ain't! nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 18, 13:59 1
        
        Or Supreme Court Justice nominees -- nm - JD Apr 18, 14:00
        
        it's actionable! -- nm - mud Apr 18, 13:39
  - For Dominion (and for Fox, and the GOP and for DJT) -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 13:23 4
    - There not done though arnt they suing DJT scam lawyers? -- nm - eag Apr 18, 13:34 2
      - Yes -- (link) - mara Apr 18, 14:00 1
        
        Do they get to use Dominions evidence? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 15:09
    - Well that was disappointing. nm - Turd Ferguson Apr 18, 13:24
- Dominion reaction to settlement -- (link) - budice Apr 18, 13:20 6
  - Guess part of the settle was to allow Fox to make a false statement first? lol -- nm - Jovian Apr 18, 13:21
  - $787.5 million. -- (link*) - budice Apr 18, 13:21 4
    - that's a little less than Half.... an even billion would have been a better statement -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 13:54 1
      - the big question for me is, will dominion be able to talk about it or will they have to sign a NDA and sweep the bullshit under the carpet? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 18, 14:05
    - Well maybe they will let go of there propagandist some of them - eag Apr 18, 13:24
    - There's a presser being carried live of networks -- nm - budice Apr 18, 13:23
Actually things that go PVOD but also put out a physical release remain the only advantage of getting DVD’s from Netflix - Tim Apr 18, 13:17 7
- OMG there's a Redbox at the Safeway across the street from my office! -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 13:22
- I make fairly regular use of the grocery store Redbox because I'm there multiple times a week. -- nm - Max Apr 18, 13:18 5
  - You get out of your car at the grocery store? -- nm - oblique Apr 18, 13:20 2
    - You go to a store for your groceries? -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 13:22 1
      - You buy groceries? -- nm - mara Apr 18, 14:21
  - Grocery stores still have that? which one? -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 13:19 1
    - This one is Harris Teeter on Glebe and I think Giant has it too. -- nm - Max Apr 18, 13:23
Oh man, I had forgotten about this. Julian Sands is still missing after 3 months -- (link) - decline Apr 18, 13:10 2
- At this point, he may never be found. Awful. -- nm - loosilu Apr 18, 13:18
- :-[ -- nm - mud Apr 18, 13:11
Here's the most recent movies I got on Netflix Disc, and what's next in my queue. This is why I use the service. -- (edited) - MDH Apr 18, 13:07 18
- if they have an inventory of discs they're not using, someone will probably buy it up and continue a version of the service -- nm - hollywood big shot Apr 18, 13:53
- Make sure you option the movie rights to "The Last Discman" to Netflix -- nm - oblique Apr 18, 13:20 1
  - :-D -- nm - mud Apr 18, 13:46
- Discs really helped me complete the AFI Top 100 and full Best Picture list too -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 13:16
- I still get discs. Mostly of stuff not streaming anywhere, which is a lot of movies. -- nm - sycor Apr 18, 13:14 1
  - I currently have 107 movies in my Q. -- nm - sycor Apr 18, 13:20
- Need to load up that queue -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 13:10 1
  - That's just the first handful, there's a lot in there! :-( -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 13:10
- how'd you like 'Interview with '? You should watch The Day of the Jackal (1973)!! -- nm - mud Apr 18, 13:09 1
  - Loved Interview. -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 13:11
- Jesus. Netflix Disc's last day is my freaking birthday. -- nm - MDH Apr 18, 13:09 7
  - "You can keep that copy of RIPD 2. On us." -- nm - Mop Apr 18, 13:52
  - They know -- nm - Krusty Apr 18, 13:10 4
    - He might be their only customer under 75! -- nm - David Apr 18, 13:11 3
      - I asked our mail person how many people get discs. She said in the mid 2000s she had dozens in DC. Now it's me and 1 other person! - MDH Apr 18, 13:14 2
        
        She should swap your movies one day so you have a reason to meet. - the wrong element Apr 18, 13:19 1
        
        Underrated post. -- nm - David Apr 18, 13:54
  - happy birthday?? -- nm - decline Apr 18, 13:10

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