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Comcast Plans Massive Cable Spin-Off, Separating USA, MSNBC and More From NBC, Theme Parks -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 16:24 4
- that's gonna screw their Olympic coverage -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 19, 16:39 1
  - That's the point. They just decided that the Olympics belong on Peacock. The networks are no longer relevant in this case. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 16:46
- Guess which company gets all the debt? -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 16:35 1
  - I look forward to SITV saying exactly this. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 16:46
K-Pop Showcase The MAMA Awards To Stream Exclusively On Samsung TV Plus In U.S. And Other Big Markets -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 15:49
Rod Stewart is considering selling his sports cars because of potholes near his mansion. I wonder what the quote was for him to get the road fixed. -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 19, 15:37 2
- Didn’t he get a pretty penny for selling his music catalog rights? -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 16:26 1
  - $100 Million -- nm - Remlik Nov 19, 16:29
This is normal, right? Bozonaro's VP candidate is pointed out as planning a plan to assassinate Lula, his VP, and a Supreme Justice 2 years ago. - Marlowe Nov 19, 15:31 2
- Utterly and completely normal. - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 15:37 1
  - I just hope that, if true, they get to lock these bastards forever. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 16:46
NBA Steals Per Game Leader: Australian Dyson Daniels, The Great Barrier Thief -- (link) - JD Nov 19, 15:29 [youtube] 2
- Dyson Dingo. The Dingo ate your ball, boy. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 16:44
- Dyson Sphere. He drains all the stars of their power. -- nm - David Nov 19, 15:43
Nuggets offensive ratings with Jokic on/off the floor are both historic -- (pic) - Trending Nov 19, 15:22 [Attachment]
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Studio, on Apple TV+. -- (link) - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 15:11 [youtube]
Wicked 92%; Gladiator 2 75% (both certified fresh) -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 15:05
I expect Trump to name Megan Markle the ambassador to Great Britain next. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 19, 15:03 1
- After being told Guy Fawkes is dead. -- nm - VMan Nov 19, 15:09
Strongbad, are you around? - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 15:01 [Backboard] 1
- Thank you. Just saw this. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 18:59
what position should the Blue Chew gals get? (like should go to that nigerian witch doctor he boosted ivermectin with but she's not pretty enough now -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 14:17 2
- When I first saw those ads, I couldn't figure out what the product was. Later, they became a little more explicit and I was all "Oh...." -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 16:20 1
  - Really, took a while...probably planned to get the name in our heads first. -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 17:20
Denzel to do 2 more Equalizer films, the Equalizer tv show getting ready for a spinoff -- (link) - Remlik Nov 19, 14:05 2
- "Equalizer expanded universe". Who thought those words would ever be spoken? -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 15:29
- As much as I enjoyed the Equalizer movies, by the 3rd one Denzel looked like he was moving worse than Liam in Taken 5. -- nm - sycor Nov 19, 14:11
Honest Trailers | Megalopolis -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 13:53 [youtube] 4
- I didn't have much interest in watching this movie, but now I feel like it needs a good drunk watch to see how bad it really is. Because damn that - sycor Nov 19, 14:02
- I thought about watching this last weekend but it was $20 to RENT. wtf. -- nm - amanda Nov 19, 13:56 2
  - You really sound entitled! - Qale Nov 19, 14:27 [youtube]
  - between this and the pitch Meeting save yourself some time -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 13:58
NFL meeting week 11 with Annie Agar -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 13:51 [youtube] 2
- "Mike Tyson was so bad the Cowboys are thinking of offering a fourth for him" -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 13:51 1
  - Even Bronny James can make two field goals -- nm - JD Nov 19, 14:39
How the Jets Fired Joe Douglas -- (link) - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 13:49 [youtube] 1
- i was assured when you're a Jet you're a Jet all the way -- nm - mr mooch Nov 19, 14:51
"Wicked is a movie musical for people who like musicals — and it’s not trying to appeal to anyone else. " - ty97 Nov 19, 13:40 3
- Their casting choices would suggest otherwise -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 19, 16:12
- Related: I always assume Disney films are technically musicals. So, hearing Moana 2 is one isn't surprising. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:51 1
  - Tangentially: My only regret from the old site is not playing long enough to start a Musicals Fund. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 14:12
Jersey Mike's to get the Blackstone private equity treatment -- (link) - mr mooch Nov 19, 13:33 4
- do. not. want. -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 19, 14:29
- ugh, I should get myself a chicken philly before they ruin it -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 13:44
- This is bad right? I feel like anytime an equity firm buys something I like, it's bad. -- nm - sycor Nov 19, 13:36
- But can you do it for higher prices, lower costs, and fewer employees? Try anyway. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 13:35
Jeez, mom's wallet. Military ID is gone...she doesn't exist medically without it. I can't get her prescriptions...kill me now -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 13:31 6
- when you get a chance, photograph, scan, etc. all of mom's ID's and important stuff -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 19, 14:24
- Do you know who your Congressional Representative is? - ReluctantCynic Nov 19, 13:52 1
  - Not VA...retired military dependent...I found her state ID I can get her on the base and to the ID desk now -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 13:55
- ouch -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 19, 13:49
- oh, that's horrible. -- nm - Andie Nov 19, 13:31 1
  - How fn long dies it take someone to check the room, I remember putting it on the mirror you know so we know where it is..... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 13:35
Oregon has clinched a spot in the Big Ten championship game, per the conference. And thus the CFP Playoff spot -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:29 4
- "per the conference"? They have to confer to make this decision? How does this even work?! -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 13:34 3
  - Paper beat Rock. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 14:23
  - apparently there were several scnarios they had to double check. all cleared -- nm* - budice Nov 19, 13:38 1
    - "I dunno, it's their first year. Should it really count? Also, they're a bunch of assholes." -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 13:46
Sometimes Spotify offers me WWE entrance themes on my discover playlist. Pure Fusion Collective sounds generic as hell. - Qale Nov 19, 13:23 1
- Also from b2: Favorite Pet Shop Boys song. I think it's now Will-o-the-Wisp. -- (edited) - Qale Nov 19, 13:37
Stayin' Alive....er, not 8( -- (link) - JD Nov 19, 13:14
Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Head -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:14 9
- Offs. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 14:45
- Doc Oz is Official "Will work closely with RFK" -- nm - budice Nov 19, 13:54
- LET. IT. BURN. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 13:38
- how many tv personalities is that now? - amanda Nov 19, 13:22 4
  - Honestly his cabinet picks look like the cast of celebrity apprentice. -- nm - pmb Nov 19, 13:32 1
    - The best clowns the circus can hire. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 13:41
  - Marc Summers for the Department of Green Slime -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:23 1
    - You mean the CDC? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 13:52
- what could possibly go wrong? -- nm - Pippy aka Desparada Nov 19, 13:20
MC: Wicked mid-70s -- (link) - budice Nov 19, 12:57 1
- Slash film with a 40 rating…basically called it too long and too boring and one should listen to Pink Floyd, repeatedly, instead -- (link*) - Trending Nov 19, 12:58 [Attachment]
Spoilers: Pet and human lovers look away....NO!! not like humans loving pets but a much too good human -- (edited) - JD Nov 19, 12:50
So I did not watch the fight, and don't feel like reading a lot about it, can someone give me cliff notes on the Tyson-Paul fight? -- nm - sycor Nov 19, 12:48 11
- Tyson gave it a try for the first round or two. After that he went pure defense so he could collect his check without getting hurt. Paul did enough. -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 19, 16:16
- I believe Tyson showed his ass. Like, a lot of it. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:00 1
  - Literally—this really did happen (pre-fight) -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 13:00
- buffering.... buffering -- nm - Dano Nov 19, 12:59
- Tyson showed visible wear after3 rounds and basically couldn’t move the way he needed to—Paul landed 3.5X the punches and won by decision after 8 rds -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 12:51 4
  - and clearly Paul could have gone for the knockout if he wanted to. -- nm - Jovian Nov 19, 14:47
  - I would describe it as 1 round, not 3. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 13:21 1
    - word -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 13:52
  - Makes sense. I figured it would be something like that or Tyson lands a really good hit and knocks out Paul. - sycor Nov 19, 12:53
- Young bigger guy beats up geriatric smaller guy. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 19, 12:49 1
  - Also, old guy had almost died on a plane this year and shouldn't have been allowed to fight. -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:50
So this is Wickaditor week? - eag Nov 19, 12:47 8
- No one mourns Marcus Aurelius -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:52 5
  - Not nearly as much as the ladies miss Biggus Dickus. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:00 4
    - He has a wife, you know. -- nm - Bayronmax Nov 19, 13:19 3
      - Oh? -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:20 2
        
        I believe she's called Incontinentia. - Bayronmax Nov 19, 13:25 1
        
        *crawls away during the outburst of laughter* -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:54
- SNL: Gladicked -- nm - oblique Nov 19, 12:50 1
  - Oh..dear that doesnt sound good -- nm* - eag Nov 19, 12:51
Best Actress is STACKED this year (when it is not) and Erivo would have to fight to even get a nomination perhaps. - ty97 Nov 19, 12:44 2
- Zoe Saldana is probably getting a support nom because leading is so stacked. But she's definitely leading in Emilia Pérez -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 13:37
- The AVN awards would like to have a couple of words with you -- nm - JD Nov 19, 12:45
MTG wants everything released, -- (pic) - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:26 [Attachment] 18
- I'm sure there is a catch, but this sounds like the most reasonable thing she has ever said. - sycor Nov 19, 13:38 3
  - The catch is that nothing happens except further normalization of their criminal behavior -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 19, 16:21 1
    - Plus she is auditioning to be Gaetz's veep -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 19, 16:22
  - The catch is she gets to pretend that spurious MAGA ethics claims against democrats are as valid as the case against Gaetz, I’m guessing. -- nm - znufrii Nov 19, 14:08
- LET. IT. BURN. -- nm - Mop🧹 Nov 19, 13:38
- Don't threaten me with a good time. -- nm - pmb Nov 19, 13:35
- I thought one of them got primaried out, but both got reelected. boebert to a different district -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:35 1
  - are there any vulnerable democrats? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:37
- ~dancin in the sunlight~ -- nm - budice Nov 19, 12:30 1
  - I'm fairly sure she meant dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 12:33
- I'm apparently still politically naive as I thought this was gonna be about all the rule changes and the cards we never saw - JD Nov 19, 12:29 5
  - I found that someone opened and stole the contents of the new Foundations beginner box kit. And I'm like, you are a special kind of stupid. - Qale Nov 19, 12:33 4
    - And forever the optimist, I'm hoping that thief was somebody who really wanted to play but couldn't afford the $30 for a starter kit -- (edited) - JD Nov 19, 12:39 3
      - It's just a shame, because every Magic player in the world has enough bulk to bury them. -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 13:17
      - sounds like something a jr high kid would do -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 19, 12:41 1
        
        Tween. The goal posts for kids have largely moved. Jr. High is stealing far more pricy items these days. - Qale Nov 19, 13:20
- Yeah! Might as well reprint the reserve list too. Hasbro has already... *puts finger to ear* Wait. She's still in Congress? Really? -- nm - Qale Nov 19, 12:28 1
  - uh, wait.🫸🫷 -- nm - JD Nov 19, 12:30
ST Poll: Do you plan to see Wicked in theatre? Gladiator 2 in Theatre? Or both? -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 12:25 24
- Absolutely not -- nm - Fuzzy Nov 19, 16:25
- Maybe? Low energy as eff about both of them. (NM) - Marlowe Nov 19, 15:07
- Two hours, 40 minutes is just too long for the theater. - Dark Callisto 🦊 Nov 19, 13:24
- Going to be out of town this weekend so definitely not then. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Nov 19, 13:12
- Already seen G2, seeing Wicked Sunday. -- nm - LMS Nov 19, 13:11
- Gladiator looks good but I don't think it can live up to the original, so I'll wait. Thunderbolts might draw me in. Mission Impossible - sycor Nov 19, 12:56
- Nah. -- nm - David Nov 19, 12:50
- all 3 girls will see Wicked in theatre. Oldest and I may go to Gladiator. -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 12:46
- no. The only must-see in theater in the next 6 months are Nosferatu & Thunderbolts* -- nm - mud Nov 19, 12:43
- I do feel like seeing Wicked in the theater, though much of my family is musical-averse so we'll see -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:40
- I don't know that I'll ever go to a movie theater again, honestly. - nm - JaxSean Nov 19, 12:39
- Wicked, theater tomorrow night. No on Gladiator -- nm* - oblique Nov 19, 12:38
- Unsurprisingly Wicked is selling out the re-opened fancy River Oaks Theater. Gladiator II is selling, but not as strongly, thus far. But I don't care to see either. -- (edited) - Qale Nov 19, 12:34
- No. Unlikely, but I'll admit the marketing has taken me from zero interest to genuine curiosity. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 19, 12:33 2
  - I really hate those glasses. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:40 1
    - That's a take that definitely never crossed my mind 8-) -- nm - JD Nov 19, 12:52
- No and Maybe -- nm - JD Nov 19, 12:33
- neither -- nm - mr mooch Nov 19, 12:32
- Wicked - I think so. Gladiator, I had no plans to, but I think Carrie does - which means we probably will. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Nov 19, 12:32
- No, and no plans but possibly. -- nm - Roger More Nov 19, 12:31
- Neither. I didn't like Gladiator so no interest in a second one. -- nm - Krusty Nov 19, 12:28 1
  - Can't I make you understand you're having delusions of grandeur? -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:41
- No (but kids do), yes. -- nm - Reagen Nov 19, 12:27
- Yes. No. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:26
Wicked 96% after 74 reviews -- nm* - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 12:18 9
- More importantly the RT audience rating is 99% after 2500+ ratings. It's a crowd pleaser. -- nm - Inigo Nov 19, 12:45
- rut Roh 93% @ 95 -- nm - budice Nov 19, 12:36 2
  - *does the math* at this rate it will be at 50% later tonight. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 19, 12:51
  - anything above 90% is a win given the haters and musical and such -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 12:42
- 78/95% -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:23 2
  - 92% after 88 -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 12:26 1
    - GASP! -- nm - ty97 Nov 19, 12:27
- Boom—called it -- nm - Trending Nov 19, 12:21
- Gladiator 2 76% after 180 reviews -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Nov 19, 12:19

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