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ST Poll: Barbie movie - will it hit big? or bomb? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 09:23 10
- Big -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 09:57
- Big! -- nm - jnine Jul 5, 09:56
- Depends on whether ken has a nude scene. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 09:43
- big big -- nm - colin Jul 5, 09:39
- Nukular 312.90 -- nm* - budice Jul 5, 09:35
- *whispers* One weekend hit, then a massive drop off. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 09:28
- It'll do well. -- nm - David Jul 5, 09:26 1
  - this -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 09:29
- Avatar type numbers -- nm - decline Jul 5, 09:25
- Big. - Andie Jul 5, 09:25
Speaking of WaPo, here's an amazing story about Evert and Navratilova. -- (link) - David Jul 5, 09:15 1
- I respect the friendship that evolved. -- nm - budice Jul 5, 09:19
hide your sons and daughters, Allison Mack is out. -- (link) - mud Jul 5, 09:15 3
- DEADLINE: -- (edited) - mud Jul 5, 09:16 2
  - I watch clips from the Michael Rosenbaum at times, and it's remarkable how many Smallville realm women describe themselves as NXIVM near-misses. -- nm - David Jul 5, 09:26 1
    - interesting. -- nm - mud Jul 5, 09:30
i might buy Barbie tickets today for opening weekend. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 09:15 18
- Barbie may become a blockbuster... ironically. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 09:17 17
  - depends how ironic Greta & Noah are about it. Barbie Moms probably don't want to take their kids to see 2 hrs of their childhood torn down -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 09:24 15
    - why does anyone think this is a kids movie? -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 09:25 14
      - It's being marketing across demos, and will hit both audiences differently. And then in 15 years you're gonna have people going - Reagen Jul 5, 09:48
      - Because Barbie is a toy for kids. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 09:47
      - Forza has a partnership and some of the forums members are constantly bellyaching that it's subverting a game for serious adults with kids stuff - Max Jul 5, 09:28
      - They trailed it in front of Elemental, fwiw -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 5, 09:28 1
        
        yup -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 5, 09:30
      - it's being marketed very family friendly! -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 09:26 8
        
        which either it is or WB knows it's definitely not so gotta squeeze all they can out of O.W. before that word gets around -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 09:27
        
        is it? "Do you ever think about dying?" -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 09:26 6
        
        but delivering the line like "Math is hard!" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 09:28 5
        
        sure, Barbie-esque, but, that's an adult line. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 09:29 4
        
        Kids don’t know about death? -- nm - znufrii 🦄 Jul 5, 09:31 3
        
        is it a common theme in children's comedic movies? -- (edited) - Andie Jul 5, 09:35 2
        
        She didn’t seem interested enough in the trailer, so probably not. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 Jul 5, 09:41
        
        It's a common theme in children's movies. Up, Onward, Bambi, and so forth. - Beryllium Jul 5, 09:39
  - Just did it - for the VIP screening on Saturday (more than 2 weeks away). It's half sold out already. -- nm* - Andie Jul 5, 09:20
WaPo picked up on GQ burying the Zaslav story. How's that working out for you, GQ? -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 09:14
Indy absolutely roasting Conan on this week's pod -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 09:01 [youtube] 2
- That's great! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 09:19
- Well shit, I may listen to my first podcast (by choice). -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 09:03
Tom Cruise: Sexy or Not sexy? - budice Jul 5, 08:50 13
- Like when Rosamund Pike is all :O when he's shirtless in Jack Reacher? Come on, lady, you need to get out of Pittsburgh. -- nm - Max Jul 5, 09:13 1
  - and then - this is exactly it - they're in her office, kind of brushing together almost sexy, and he's like 'open this post-it for a surprise' - Max Jul 5, 09:15
- He always looks like he's waiting for you to get past the chit chat so he can spring a big surprise on you. In bed. And not something sexy. - Max Jul 5, 09:09
- More attractive than sexy, but he's had his moments. - ReluctantCynic Jul 5, 08:59 3
  - I vote this. -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 5, 09:31
  - This is accurate. He has next to no chemistry with his on-screen pairings save the occasional Vanessa Redgrave. Can't be sexy without chemistry. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 09:03
  - Bad guy gets him closer. Collateral. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 09:01
- Incredibly charismatic. I dunno about sexy. -- nm - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 08:58
- I agree with her. Handsome but not sexy. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 08:55 1
  - yep -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 08:59
- He was pretty sexy as Lestat, but I mean, kind of hard not to be when you’re vamping it up. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 08:53 1
  - Yeah, super sexy in that role. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Jul 5, 09:00
- not, especially when he runs - Spawn Jul 5, 08:51
B2: ty, I'm jealous. I've always wanted to know what it was like flying in a DC-3. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 08:38
pfm: my condolences to you and your family at this time. You're a great guy and I wish you all the best. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Jul 5, 08:37 5
- thanks, crash and everyone else -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 5, 08:48 4
  - sorry, hugs for you and the family -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 5, 10:23
  - I am just now seeing this. Wishing you and your family heartfelt condolences. He sounds like he was awesome. -- nm - Diva Jul 5, 08:49 2
    - Same here. I'm so sorry, TK. -- nm - David Jul 5, 09:48
    - Thank you, he was. The family will always have terrific stories to tell about him. -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Jul 5, 08:56
LOL -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:28 [mastodon]
They brought back the Volcano Taco and Burrito to Taco Bell! -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 08:28
Help me write 10 questions for a trivia category called "Canadian actors named Ryan". - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:26 27
- gotta be one in Degrassi -- nm - hollywood big shot Jul 5, 08:54 1
  - Or breaker high -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 09:17
- Is "Working Moms" a show anyone knows there? If it is, Ryan Belleville should be your bonus question. -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 08:54 1
  - Have you hung on with that one until the end? We bailed two seasons ago. Loved the first two or three. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 5, 09:04
- who co-starred in a movie with Randy from My Name is Earl? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:52 1
  - Earl has been hot in my family this week. My brother and my BIL both mentioned starting to watch independently of the other -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:54
- Which one received a life sentence for killing his mother? -- (link) - Reagen Jul 5, 08:50
- Your snubbing of Ryan Stiles will not stand! -- nm - Coach Bearond Jul 5, 08:43 4
  - (Who is Colin Mochrie's best friend?) -- nm - Strongbad Jul 5, 08:48 2
    - Whose Ryan Is It Anyway? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:50 1
      - there's the trivia title right there -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:51
  - this should absolutely be an answer! -- nm - Andie Jul 5, 08:48
- once worked for Beacon Street Pizza -- (edited) - tRuMaN Jul 5, 08:42 1
  - i like this one -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:48
- Hold onto your butts, folks. Because you just triggered a Dis or Dat! -- nm - Cookie Jul 5, 08:42
- Who was born in London? -- nm - decline Jul 5, 08:41 1
  - Cheeky. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:47
- who co-owned Aviation Gin? -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:40
- met his wife on a movie set. Dated Sandra Bullock. Who has been nominated for an Oscar. Who has a star on walk of fame -- nm - Pippy Quintas Jul 5, 08:31 4
  - i like this - the 'dated Sandra Bullock' one will mislead people i bet. - Andie Jul 5, 08:49
  - I suspect that both Ryans met their wives on a movie set. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:34 2
    - Oooh! Technicality! Gosling isn't *married* to Eva Mendes! -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:34 1
      - (which I'm sure goes over famously whenever he's seen out with another actress) -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:35
- Which Ryan has recently worn cyan? -- nm - Max Jul 5, 08:30
- He began his career starring in the Canadian teen soap opera Hillside - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:29 2
  - or made acting debut in Remember the Titans. - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:30 1
    - I feel we know a lot more about Ryan Reynolds than we know about Ryan Gosling. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:36
Avocado trees typically reach heights of 15-30 feet or more and have a spread of 10-20 feet when mature - decline Jul 5, 08:21 4
- Lateral thinking: Move your condo into the branches of the avocado tree. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jul 5, 08:26
- That's a lot of guacamole. -- nm - sycor Jul 5, 08:23 1
  - Holy quacamole, decline! -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 08:24
- You can do it. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 08:22
The Orioles are calling up Colton Cowser, who has laid waste to AAA this year. If he does well, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Santander and a young - Will Hunting 🍔🍟🍔🍹🍷 Jul 5, 08:21 1
- Padres called up some Relief Pitcher yesterday, gave up 4 runs in 1/3 of the 9th inning. Almost blew 7-run lead -- (link*) - budice Jul 5, 08:26
Why is this vocab study list in this book considerably shorter than online recommendations? Oh, there aren't any verbs on it. - Coach Bearond Jul 5, 08:20
Would the hottest day ever recorded please step forward....NOT SO FAST JULY 3RD! July 4th now the hottest day ever -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:20
started rewatching Lower Decks last night. God damn that show is great. When do they show up on SNW? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 08:12 1
- Not yet. Maybe this week? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:13
Xbox wireless headphones are on sale at Walmart for $49 (50%+ off) -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 5, 08:08 3
- That's pretty sweet. Although Honey tells me that BJ's (a warehouse club that's not near me) is selling them for $20. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Jul 5, 08:32 2
  - whoa (sold out here too) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 08:36 1
    - I am selling them for $1, but I am sold out. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 08:42
How to sign up for Threads, Meta’s new Twitter competitor -- (link) - budice Jul 5, 07:46 29
- I did it, Jax is correct - Apple only so far it looks like. Screenshot: -- (pic) -- (link*) - Andie Jul 5, 08:10 [Attachment] 2
  - There was a copy of the binary that leaked on android, so it's not far off. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:19 1
    - And the analyzers report ... it'll have ads. Of course. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:45
- Threads reminds me of the horrific nuclear fallout drama that traumatised a nation. -- (link) - LMS Jul 5, 08:02
- I think bluesky might actually move the needle on breaking down twitter. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 5, 07:52 14
  - clarifying --> I think twiter is moving the needle on breaking down twitter. I think bluesky might move the needle on getting people to leave. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 5, 07:53 13
    - The most pressing need is a "space" for verified company brands to go now, IMO. Treads can be that. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 08:13 2
      - ... they can literally own their own mastodon servers if they want. Can't get more verified than that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:53 1
        
        Right, but no one seems to be willing to do that, so maybe a centralized server on the decentralized network. -- (edited) - JaxSean Jul 5, 08:56
    - Mastodon isn't doing too shabby. "Mastodon currently has around 12 to 13 million users across the decentralized social network" -- (link) - JaxSean Jul 5, 08:03 2
      - And because it's not a VC-backed or megacorp-backed hypergrowthery, it doesn't matter if it keeps growing month over month or increasing ARR. - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:13 1
        
        I mean, who hasn’t said that inner message a few times? -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 08:13
    - I'm not sure as it's still invite only and while people are looking for somewhere to go right now they're not open for business. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 07:56
    - Which reminds me. Imagine being such a thin skinned crybaby that you ruin Twitter over it. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:55
    - I was gonna say, Elon broke it. Just no one can decide where to go next. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:54 4
      - if media goes, I think people will go. and I see media moving to blue sky in a more meaningful way than they moved prev to like post or mastodon. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Jul 5, 07:55 3
        
        One benefit of Instagram’s Threads is Media is already there. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 08:12
        
        Good to know. I actually haven't heard of blue sky before. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:56 1
        
        It sorta belongs to Jack Dorsey and it can be abbreviated to "BS", so I think that says all that needs to be said. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 08:20
- eww, no -- nm - decline Jul 5, 07:49
- As far as I can tell, it's only iPhone users currently, with Android "coming soon." -- nm - JaxSean Jul 5, 07:49
- is it tied to FB login? cause if not they are stupid -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 07:47 6
  - They would have to make FB not required. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:52 2
    - oh for sure. but linking it to FB makes it instantly accessible, but not required -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 07:54 1
      - Fair statement. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:54
  - disagreed -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 07:50 2
    - I mean, who wants a billion customers to have an easy time signing up for something. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 07:53 1
      - I like Insta. I hate FB. This could be one or the other, but if you tie it to one, there you go. -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 08:05
- Nope, not gonna do it. -- nm - Krusty Jul 5, 07:47
I know it’s The New York Times, but what is this sentence? - Qale Jul 5, 07:42 15
- ALL THE COMMAS! -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 07:45
- Rubber chicken circuit means party events (dinners). -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:44 12
  - Yes, I got that after searching for that. But who outside the Beltway would even dream of knowing that? The article is worthless Biden bashing anyway. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 07:46 11
    - Is it a news article, or opinion section? -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 08:00 4
      - It’s portrayed as a news article. It’s hand-wringing about changing the primary to South Carolina. Didn’t make it 6 paragraphs before invoking Kennedy - Qale Jul 5, 08:06 3
        
        Looking up this dude, he's a columnist. So different expectations apply. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 08:10 2
        
        They should state after the byline more often stuff like that. Maybe even include if they’ve ever been a head-in-a-box on TV too. -- nm - Qale Jul 5, 08:15 1
        
        I think if it's in the magazine, you can make that assumption. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 08:19
    - I knew the term, probably from watching McLaughlin Group. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jul 5, 07:48 4
      - this guy? -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Jul 5, 07:55 [youtube] 2
        
        50 Baron points for Beak. I was wondering who would reference that first. -- nm - Coach Bearond Jul 5, 07:59
        
        Nice. Man, imagine actual political discussion on TV. Those were the days. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:57
      - I would guess any political talk show would mention it at some point. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:49
    - I knew. My dad was into state politics when I was growing up. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:48
- Sounds like they are talking about state committee leaders. -- nm - loosilu Jul 5, 07:43
HAPPY HAPPY!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 5, 07:38 1
- joy joy -- nm - mud Jul 5, 07:40

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