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In rewatching FNL, it's definitely not a shock that Jesse Plemons has had the best career out of any of the kids - Reagen Sep 26, 18:17 2
- (OK OK Michael B Jordan but I was thinking original recipe) -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 18:21
- I was just looking at the cast list a few minutes ago. People in the cast who I thought would have the biggest career....didn't -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 18:19
55 degrees. Fireplace time for kittens? Or hold out till 10/1? -- nm - Telephone Jones Sep 26, 17:59 1
- i had to turn on the gas for the first time since june this week -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 18:11
"we'll over a billion dollars" ! - mud Sep 26, 17:34 [Attachment] 4
- But it's a hotel. Not a residential property -- nm - Telephone Jones Sep 26, 18:01
- 1 Billion Erik? we have to adjust your past property taxes and bill you. on the annual tax forms your daddy only claimed $3 Million. -- nm - IRS Sep 26, 17:57
- the last line is a confession. "it is all so corrupt and coordinated" -- nm - gort Sep 26, 17:56
- Eric is taking into account the "Stolen Document Intel" valuation. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 26, 17:35
especially compared to the shitty DGA deal, the WGA's is apparently as exceptional as advertised. so many gains on all fronts -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 17:30 13
- That AI company that scavenged all those books is getting itself sued for no gain at all. -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 18:10
- Im guessing this puts alot of pressure on Fran to get a deal done -- nm - eag Sep 26, 17:52 1
  - should make SAG’s lift much lighter since they’ll likely work off this as the template, leaving only the actor-specific issues to be resolved -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 17:55
- .. and the premiere dates for Rings of Power S2 & House of Dragon S2 will be announced by Friday afternoon!! -- (edited) - mud Sep 26, 17:43
- what an MBA? -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 17:33 8
  - minimum basic agreement (the three-year contract that governs all guild work for the studios) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 17:37 7
    - really a 1960-level game changer it sounds like -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 17:46 6
      - #4 gonna shake up some things. -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 17:57 3
        
        according to the summary, it's provided confidentially to the Guild for residual payments. aggregate numbers get released to members periodically -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 18:03 1
        
        so it could be pieced together after the fact from the cheques -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 18:08
        
        indeed. -- nm - mud Sep 26, 17:59
      - all we got was a rock -- nm - DGA Sep 26, 17:47 1
        
        typically all guilds have a handshake "most favored nation" status so they don't get fucked over by going first. but unclear whether DGA actually does -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 17:49
I like that Martin Short can't shake the Canadian pronunciation of "whores". -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 17:29 2
- "slappers"? -- nm - mud Sep 26, 17:48 1
  - "hoors" - Reagen Sep 26, 17:50
HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD! Moonlighting is coming to Hulu! -- (link) - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 17:24
Adam Wainwright has thrown his last pitch -- (link) - spamlet Sep 26, 17:19
Mets: When Citi Field has chicken tenders with ketchup and seemingly ranch -- (link) - budice Sep 26, 17:07 1
- There gonna be some thirsty Mets fans making improper comments re: that sauce. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 26, 17:09
McDonalds is going to launch Mambo sauce (inspected by the DC staple sauce) and sweet and spicy jam. -- nm - MDH Sep 26, 16:50
not sure daring Dems to bail out Big Kev on a motion to vacate is the threat Matt Gaetz thinks it is -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 16:46
Oh hey, DTL team, feel like playing some D this year? No? OK, just keep shooting 60% and we'll be fine. -- nm - Baron Hardcoden Sep 26, 16:24 1
- They watched last season's team do all that stair running - JD Sep 26, 16:47
Brooks was the opening day guest at my t-ball league in 1985…I had an autograph of his under that year’s cap brim. - Will Hunting Sep 26, 16:14
ST Survivor Time! Pick a round number between 1 and 18. GO! -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 26, 16:08 16
- 15 -- nm - Jovian Sep 26, 18:19
- Ten please. -- nm - Telephone Jones Sep 26, 17:58
- 4 -- nm - decline Sep 26, 17:39
- 14 -- nm - JaxSean Sep 26, 17:05
- 5 -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 26, 17:04
- 8 is round all over the place. -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 26, 16:58 1
  - Make it 18 -- nm - Volnelk 🍊 Sep 26, 16:59
- 2 -- nm - Dano Sep 26, 16:37
- 13 -- nm - the wrong element Sep 26, 16:31
- 9 -- nm - kelly Sep 26, 16:22
- 7 -- nm - Meg Sep 26, 16:11 3
  - RIF - make that 8 :) -- nm - Meg Sep 26, 16:12 2
    - I gave you 7 and i took 8; just to avoid confusion :) -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 26, 17:17
    - And I've apparently forgotten all the math I ever knew. Round does not = even :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 26, 16:35
- 11 -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 26, 16:11
- 17! -- nm - psilotum Sep 26, 16:09
Steve Martin’s Pickwick Triplets song is my everything. - The Allfather Sep 26, 16:02 4
- I only realized after he did it that the whole season was building to that. Only cow. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 17:24
- "I know what a fucking patter song is" -- nm - Reagen Sep 26, 16:08
- It's very clever, and must be really hard to rattle off -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 16:05 1
  - I think the other cast members were genuinely delighted while watching. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 26, 16:07
Yvette Nicole Brown reacts to the Chevy interview -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:56 2
- and Keith David -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:57 1
  - that is so Shirley -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Sep 26, 15:58
interesting mummification article -- (link) - Peglegpete Sep 26, 15:46
proof that WB execs have been dummies for a long time: wanted Marty to leave some people alive at the end of The Departed so they could franchise it - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:32 11
- I mean, he should know there were already three Infernal Affairs films when he started adapting the first one. -- nm* - The Allfather Sep 26, 15:39 5
  - oh wow have you told the namesake of NYU’s cinema program this? - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:55 4
    - Weird Flex: Scorsese and I had the same Faculty Advisor (many years apart) at NYU. - howie Sep 26, 16:38
    - He should, yes. After saying stupid shit about Marvel and the state of cinema, he’s now acting like he decides the fate of a story he didn’t create. -- (edited) - The Allfather Sep 26, 16:00 2
      - "No, it's Scorsese who's wrong" - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 16:06 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - The Allfather Sep 26, 16:07
- Departeder -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 15:33 4
  - The Disembarked -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 15:36 3
    - The Deplaned -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 15:48 2
      - The Decapitated -- nm - budice Sep 26, 15:56 1
        
        The Defenestrated -- nm - con_carne Sep 26, 16:54
You and me, both, Mark Hamill. -- (link*) - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 15:26
let's go to the rest of the GOP field for their reactions to this bombshell civil fraud ruling against the front-runner . . . -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:18
NFL Wk 4: 4 winless teams faceoff - 0-3 Bears host 0-3 Broncos and 0-3 Panthers host 0-3 Vikings. -- nm - budice Sep 26, 15:17 1
- Which one is going to end in a tie? -- nm - the wrong element Sep 26, 16:05
Seattle knows how to be interviewed by Fox N*** -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:11 1
- plus a nice SIFF hat -- nm - psilotum Sep 26, 17:25
Hey Brooks Robinson, you're next the contestant... -- nm - budice Sep 26, 15:08 1
- "Is kissinger even in this thing??" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 15:21
RIP Brooks -- (link) - spamlet Sep 26, 15:06 3
- I thought it was Mel until I saw the link said Orioles. -- nm - Krusty Sep 26, 15:08 2
  - Yup. I was really upset for a second. -- nm - Spawn Sep 26, 15:09 1
    - [sniff] -- nm - brooks koepka Sep 26, 15:11
US Product Safety Commission thanks Britney Spears the knives in her dance are not real -- (link) - budice Sep 26, 15:03 3
- Is that a pig? -- nm - JD Sep 26, 16:08
- Wait, she has a Twitter Tat? - Spawn Sep 26, 16:03
- I feel I have missed an important cultural moment. -- nm - Mop🧹 Sep 26, 15:31
Rep. Comer thinks he has something on Hunter Biden and cash from Chinese nationals. -- (link) - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 26, 15:01 1
- no he doesn't - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:02
damn RIP Brooks Robinson -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:59 4
- I was a huge fan of his as a little kid. -- nm - pmb Sep 26, 16:31
- I met him at the opening of a gas station where I grew up. Got a picture and an autograph. -- nm - MDH Sep 26, 15:13 1
  - lucky kid! -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:16
- A legend of the game. :-( -- nm - Krusty Sep 26, 15:10
I'm hoping this fraud ruling helps all the states that want to ban DT from running. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 26, 14:38 5
- "i hope this fraud ruling prevents trump ruling" -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 14:49
- If only, the King will not be denied! -- nm - Jovian Sep 26, 14:43
- Won’t have anything to do with that. -- nm - spamlet Sep 26, 14:40 2
  - Plus the ruling will get appealed so his entities will not be dissolved in 10 days. -- nm - spamlet Sep 26, 14:46 1
    - maybe not in 10 days but will likely survive appeal. and that typically triggers some nuclear options in any deals the orgs made under color of law - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 15:06
can’t believe the old “I could always name my price for this property to Saudi Arabia” defense didn’t fly with the judge -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:38
How bad was the don the con's fraud ruling? once again his lawyer's get sanctioned by the court for their ridiculous briefs $7,500 each -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 26, 14:19 6
- that's some really expensive underwear -- nm - Beryllium Sep 26, 14:22
- they have 10 days to recommend 3 potential 'receivers' to dissolve all LLC's associated with the donald crime syndicate -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 26, 14:22 4
  - Jake Bobo! -- nm - Dano Sep 26, 14:32
  - wow -- nm - mud Sep 26, 14:31
  - amusing. the receivers won't have accurate net worth of the properties, etc. for their buyouts. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 26, 14:30 1
    - Wouldn't they just auction the assets and that establishes the value -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 27, 13:36
the more former Obama WH Econ advisers who show their asses the less impressed I am by his judgment in hiring the best and brightest -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:19
Whether It's Trump Defrauding Banks For Years or Biden Not Receiving Any Improper Loans From China Ever, Both Parties Seem To Have Corruption Problems -- nm - NYT Pitchbot Sep 26, 14:08
days later TV celeb news is still talking about Taylor at the game, seems like there were multiple cameras aimed her the whole time. - zeitgeist Sep 26, 14:05 2
- nice comparison, zeit - mud Sep 26, 14:11
- I love that they caught her cleaning up the area after the game. - Spawn Sep 26, 14:07
Good: Luis Robert had a 5 WAR season. Bad: the White Sox position players had a total WAR of 3.5 - spamlet Sep 26, 13:48 1
- Well, the Ms seem committed to blowing the season, so soon I'll join you on the bench -- nm - crash davis Sep 26, 13:50
I'm just going to leave this here for Jovian -- (link) - crash davis Sep 26, 13:48 2
- :-D -- nm - mud Sep 26, 14:34
- she's just a gem. -- nm - Jovian Sep 26, 14:11
"NY judge finds Donald Trump committed fraud w financial statements that exaggerated his wealth and value of his assets. - Jovian Sep 26, 13:41 10
- I thought the ruling was that he refused donny's lawyer's rediculous request to dismiss case since the bank didn't loose in the deal... - zeitgeist Sep 26, 13:57 7
  - Zeit, is it too late for me to get into the pool today? -- nm - pmb Sep 26, 14:03 3
    - draw is wednesday... so you have 22 hours please put date of draw so we both know which pool it is. and nic of course -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 26, 14:06 1
      - Got it. Thanks. -- nm - pmb Sep 26, 14:10
    - send him $$$. tonight is Megamillions. Powerball drawing is tomorrow night. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 26, 14:06
  - defendants' motion for summary judgment has the function of dismissing any or all counts, if successful. apparently the judge denied Trump's -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:00 2
    - so will there still be a trial? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 26, 14:00 1
      - on damages (the fine) and other unresolved factual issues -- nm* - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:01
- damn that IM - sycor Sep 26, 13:47
- maybe Jeff Zientz will let Joe publicly call him an actual crook now -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 13:42
Trump ruled liable for decades of fraud on banks in civil suit brought by NY AG -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 13:39 5
- also sanctioned his attorneys for being unremitting shitheels in court filings -- nm* - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:15
- Is this the one that can ban him from doing business in New York? -- nm - decline Sep 26, 13:50 3
  - was reading at least some LLCs are being dissolved. not sure which ones -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 13:51 2
    - ex-NY judge being appointed as receiver for assets of the canceled LLCs (which appear to be any and all Trump-filed in New York) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:01 1
      - (MSNBC initial reading of the order is that it amounts to a dissolution of the Trump Organization) -- nm - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 14:02
pfm - we're in Richmond at the moment. -- nm - colin Sep 26, 13:36
I am very much not a Taylor Swift fan, but RW pundits picking a fight with her is really pretty hilarious - Reagen Sep 26, 13:32 5
- it's all so funny. Apparently Kelce is a beta male now. I dare those asshats say that to him -- nm - Remlik Sep 26, 13:43 4
  - Or he was the secret sauce that catapulted Swift to stardom -- (pic) - Jovian Sep 26, 14:09 [Attachment]
  - Jason Kelce would shatter them before they even looked his brother in the eye. - David Sep 26, 13:56
  - see the vid I posted this AM? : -- (link) - mud Sep 26, 13:55 1
    - oh yeah that's funny -- nm - Remlik Sep 26, 14:00
Athena's Ghost is back - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 13:23 4
- ~Ghost has got a gun.~ -- nm - Spawn Sep 26, 14:42
- Oh we need an update. -- nm - MDH Sep 26, 13:55 1
  - B2 -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 Sep 26, 14:39
- Who ya gonna call? -- nm - sycor Sep 26, 13:35
Marco Rubio also says Menendez shouldnt resign. - Jovian Sep 26, 13:23 1
- sang a different tune when the mere allegations were against Al Franken -- (link) - hollywood big shot Sep 26, 13:49
Word. -- nm - Jim Sep 26, 13:21

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