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  • Popular British actor 'formally offered role of James Bond' as he takes over from Daniel Craig

    A popular British actor has reportedly already been offered the role of being the next James Bond - taking over from Daniel Craig. None other than Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is said to have been the favourite choice for movie bosses after thousands of avid fans of the 007 franchise had put their money on Idris Elba taking over the iconic role from Craig, who last starred as the iconic spy in 2021's No Time To Die. Elsewhere, Cillian Murphy insisted last week that he's 'too old' to play the role, shooting down feverish excitement surrounding...
  • Reasons Why American Idol Might Be Fake

    03/17/2024 7:59:34 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 54 replies
    Nicki Swift ^ | 5/7/19 | Stassi Reid
    The nation became hooked on American Idol when it made its debut on Fox in 2002. The singing competition featured an array of talented entertainers ... as well as a few contestants who definitely could've used some voice lessons. Either way, we fell in love with the winners, from Kelly Clarkson, to Fantasia Barrino, to Carrie Underwood. Even a few of the runner-ups won us over, as well (hello, Clay Aiken!). But over time, something shady started to happen. The show — which appeared to be so authentic when it first aired — took a weird turn. Suddenly, we weren't...
  • "Spaceman" (I watched it so you don't have to.)

    03/17/2024 7:04:13 PM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 45 replies
    Self | March 17, 2024 | PJ-Comix
    I just got done watching "Spaceman" starring Adam Sandler and the only good news is that I am here to I report that you can spare wasting an hour and a half of your life on it. Since it starred Adam Sandler and was about space travel, I thought it would be some sort of funny space comedy. WRONG! Instead it was an exceedingly maudlin and sad story that pretty much goes nowhere.I can break it down to Man meets Giant Spider who acts as his shrink to make him appreciate his wife. I kid you not. Also we are...
  • "The Best Years Of Our Lives" (1946) aircraft graveyard scene

    03/16/2024 6:13:21 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 68 replies
    Youtube ^ | 01/01/2016 | Boeing B-17 Resource
    The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell. The film is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to societal changes and civilian life after coming home from World War II. The three men come from different services with different ranks that do not correspond with their civilian social class backgrounds. The film was a critical and commercial success. It won seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (William Wyler), Best Actor (Fredric March), Best Supporting Actor...
  • And Then There's Maude Lyrics by Dave Grusin and Andrew Bergmen

    03/16/2024 6:00:49 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 29 replies
    Lyrics on Demand ^ | 1972 | Lyrics on Demand
    Lady Godiva was a freedom rider, She didn't care if the whole world looked, Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her, She was a sister who really cooked, Isadora was the first bra-burner, Ain't ya glad she showed up? (Oh yeah!) And when the country was fallin' apart, Betsy Ross got it all sewed up.
  • Jimmy Kimmel mocks Aaron Rodgers with ‘body double’ bit after Sandy Hook report

    03/15/2024 10:44:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 15, 2024 | Erich Richter
    Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t going to let a chance to mock Aaron Rodgers slip by. “I hate to do this because I’m not the conspiracy type,” the comedian said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.“ “But I have my own issues with Aaron Rodgers. I’ve spent the last couple of months looking into this, and I think it’s time to share something with the world. It’s going to shock you, so buckle in.”
  • Bill Murray Reveals Who He Wants to Play Him in Upcoming ‘Saturday Night Live’ Movie

    03/15/2024 9:38:38 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    Far Out Magazine ^ | Fri 15 March 2024 | Joe Taysom
    omedic actor Bill Murray has shared names of four actors who he would like to see portray him in the upcoming Saturday Night Live biopic, SNL 1975. Last year, it was revealed director Jason Reitman had been lined up by Sony Pictures to create a new movie depicting the inaugural episode of the hit comedy programme which aired in 1975. The show, devised by Lorne Michaels, is currently in its 49th season on NBC. While Murray was not part of the initial cast for Saturday Night Live, instead joining in 1977, the comedy talent played a pivotal role in shaping...
  • Surrogates

    03/15/2024 8:27:06 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 5 replies
    IMDB ^ | 2009 | IMDB
    People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates -- sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
  • Q: Why aren't color reruns shown of "The Andy Griffith Show"? It's the same black and white reruns over and over again!

    03/15/2024 5:30:34 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 64 replies
    TV Tabloid ^ | none given | Adam Thomlinson
    can unpack this a little bit, but the basic reason why the color episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" don't run as often is because people don't like them as much. "Stations have historically recognized that the first five seasons ... are the most popular and considered, as a grouping, better than the final three seasons, which happen to be the color seasons," Jim Clark of the Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club (yep, that's a real thing) said in an interview with the Winston-Salem Journal. Recognizing this, stations often choose not to air the latter three seasons, instead just...
  • Bill Maher Fires CAA After Oscar Party Snub (Exclusive)

    03/15/2024 4:56:29 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 36 replies
    The Hollywood Reporter ^ | MARCH 15, 2024 | Kim Masters, Lesley Goldberg
    Sources say the ‘Real Time’ host was furious after he wasn’t invited to Bryan Lourd’s Academy Awards bash.Sources say the host of HBO’s Real Time fired CAA, his reps for more than two decades, on Monday after he was not invited to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party at his home on Saturday night. Maher, according to sources, was furious that he was snubbed for the event — which was scheduled opposite the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash. The party at Lourd’s home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger,...
  • They fund public broadcasting on PBS. They also fund the abortion industry.

    03/15/2024 7:15:27 AM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    Live Action News ^ | March 14, 2024 | Carole Novielli
    If you or your children have ever watched programming on PBS, you are probably familiar with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s name. But what you may not know is that the foundation doesn’t just support public broadcasting; it is a large contributor to Big Abortion, and has also been funding media outlets and/or their key foundations and a host of journalism schools and projects. Media outlets taking grants from MacArthur Foundation include NPR Radio, Poynter, and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). While the MacArthur Foundation claims online to “boldly” invest in “creative solutions to urgent challenges, sparking...
  • Pro-abortion singer Lily Allen says daughters ‘totally ruined’ her career

    03/15/2024 6:51:48 AM PDT · by Morgana · 37 replies
    Live Action News ^ | March 13, 2024 | Bridget Sielicki
    Singer Lily Allen appeared on the Radio Times podcast this week, where she claimed that her children have stopped her from having a successful career. “I never really had a strategy when it comes to career, but yes, my children ruined my career,” she told host Kelly-Anne Taylor. “I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop-stardom, they totally ruined it.” Allen has two children from a previous marriage — daughters Ethel Mary, age 12, and Marnie Rose, age 11. Allen is currently married to “Stranger Things” star David Harbour. Allen went on to say that she...
  • Amy Schumer show ‘Life & Beth’ denigrates marriage, says abortion is ‘like taking a nap’

    03/15/2024 6:42:23 AM PDT · by Morgana · 18 replies
    Live Action News ^ | March 14, 2024 | Cassy Fiano-Chesser
    Amy Schumer, a notoriously pro-abortion actress, is currently starring in the comedy-drama series “Life & Beth” on Hulu… and a recent episode tried, and failed, to turn abortion into a laughing matter. On the show, Schumer’s character, Beth, is pregnant, but takes her friend Jess to get an abortion. “Yes. We always wanted to be pregnant at the same time,” Beth says as they walk through a crowd of protesters. “I’m having a geriatric pregnancy; you’re having a geriatric abortion.” Beth is visibly pregnant, and as they arrive at the facility, protesters heap abuse on her, thinking Beth is the...
  • ‘The Girls on the Bus’ solves the problem of making a show about Hillary Clinton

    03/14/2024 8:43:54 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 14 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 03/14/2024 | Lili Loofbourow
    No one wants to relive the 2016 presidential election. (Or, indeed, the 2020 one.) That was always the challenge facing “The Girls on the Bus,” Max’s compulsively watchable and startlingly apolitical dramedy about the agony of political reporting. Inspired by former New York Times reporter Amy Chozick’s memoir “Chasing Hillary,” which chronicles her years following Clinton on the campaign trail, the series explores the beat’s grubby compromises, temptations and rewards by fictionalizing almost every aspect of the source material. In so doing, it turns a memoir about a globally significant event — and missteps that contributed to the outcome —...
  • Robyn Bernard, ‘General Hospital’ Star, Dies at 64

    03/13/2024 10:02:22 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    The Hollywood Reporter ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | Carly Thomas
    She played Terry Brock on the ABC soap opera in the 1980s.Robyn Bernard, who starred on General Hospital for several years in the 1980s, has died. She was 64. According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office, the actress’ body was found in a field behind a business in San Jacinto, California, early Tuesday morning. The cause of death was not immediately available, and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate. Bernard, the older sister of Wings actress Crystal Bernard, was born on May 26, 1959, in Gladewater, Texas. She landed her first acting role in Diva in 1981....
  • Gerald Levin, Architect of Disastrous AOL-Time Warner Merger, Dies at 84

    03/13/2024 9:59:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    The Hollywood Reporter ^ | MARCH 13, 2024 | Paul Bond
    He had battled Parkinson's disease since being diagnosed in 2006.Gerald Levin, the visionary executive in the early days of HBO whose career will be forever marred after he orchestrated the merger of Time Warner and AOL, a debacle that destroyed the value of employees’ retirement accounts and culminated in a historic $100 billion write-down, has died. He was 84. Levin died Wednesday in a hospital, his grandchild Jake Maia Arlow told The New York Times. He had battled Parkinson’s disease since being diagnosed in 2006. Arlow added that he lived in Long Beach, California. Levin was an attorney who worked...
  • Neil Young Grudgingly Returns to Spotify

    03/13/2024 9:54:47 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 47 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | March 13, 2024 | Martin Kielty
    Neil Young has grudgingly returned his catalog to Spotify. He removed his music in 2022 in protest against the streaming service’s exclusive Joe Rogan podcast, accusing the production of spreading “misinformation.” In a new post on his website, Young made no bones about his dislike of Spotify, but explained his move was a reaction to Rogan’s show becoming available on other platforms too. “Spotify, the number one streamer of low-res music in the world – Spotify, where you get less quality than we made – will now be home of my music again,” he wrote. “My decision comes as music...
  • Star Wars actor Michael Culver dead at 85: Fans heap praise on 'unforgettable' talent as Empire Strikes Back and A Passage To India star passes away

    03/13/2024 12:31:01 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 13, 2024 | Jason Chester
    British actor Michael Culver, famed for his cameo role in iconic science fiction epic The Empire Strikes Back, has passed away aged 85. Culver's passing was announced by his agent on Wednesday and comes after the actor suffered a long battle with poor health. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Confirming the actor's passing in a statement, they said: 'We are very sad to confirm the passing of our friend and client Michael Culver. 'A career spanning over 50 years with notable roles in Sherlock Holmes, A Passage to India, Secret Army and of course one of the...
  • Watch: Madonna Slams Fan for Sitting During Concert Before Realizing They Were in Wheelchair

    03/11/2024 8:09:05 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 34 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11 Mar 2024 | ALANA MASTRANGELO
    Pop star Madonna publicly called out a fan for sitting during her Thursday night performance at Kia Forum in Los Angeles, before realizing that the concertgoer was in a wheelchair. “What are you doing sitting down over there? What are you doing sitting down?” Madonna demanded, singling out a fan while the crowd went wild with cheers. VIDEO AT LINK.................. The “Material Girl” singer then walked to the edge of the stage to get a better look at the fan, before noticing the wheelchair and amending herself. “Oh, okay, politically incorrect. Sorry about that,” Madonna said. “I’m glad you’re here.”...
  • Academy Awards 2024 (Live Thread)

    03/10/2024 4:32:45 PM PDT · by L.A.Justice · 104 replies
    ABC 7 L.A. ^ | 03/10/24 | self
    Academy Awards show...On the air... I am waiting to find out if Oppenheimer will win the best picture... The black lady in THE HOLDOVERS just won best supporting actress award...It was a good movie...