Plus 10cities up there doesn’t seem to understand how labor markets work. If you’re salaried and become more productive then the employer is more profitable. Some portion of that (as you saw) will flow to employees because otherwise they’ll leave for a competitor that values that productivity improvement.

Given what we’ve seen on the music side, I think an artist who saw an image that drew from their work would find a pretty sympathetic court.  Some expensive wrist slaps and studios will decide it’s not worth it to save five grand.

Dude cranks them out for sure, so they’re not all going to be winners.  Pre-covid it looks like he was in 2-3 features per year, and has returned to that pace.

I read someplace that he made something like $5 million all-in (which seems high given the screen time).  But even if it’s 20% of that he did okay.

Do you just lurk, waiting for reasons to insert politics into completely irrelevant conversations?

Okay, long as he gets it back.

“But what is this new Jurassic movie even going to be about? Nobody knows!”

I think House was a big Radiohead fan in general.

Obviously eras overlap but yeah, that one feels weird. Who’s Last was recorded and released after these dates. But Chronic Town (sticking with R.E.M. / RFE) feels like it’s of a completely different time.

“...filing for bankruptcy in 2013 even though it got $192 million in loans from the Department of Energy.”

Plus even at the current enterprise value it’s a rounding error relative to the amount of cash and short-term investments Apple has on-hand. And the price out of bankruptcy or an out-of-court restructuring would be even less.

I could see a larger maker picking it up out of bankruptcy for pennies on the dollar, which is about the only way anyone is going to take on the risk of keeping this thing going.

That’s a classic from John Maynard Keynes. Sage advice.

Easier to do from 30,000 feet.

Yeah but what an immune system the guy must have! He’s Rant from that Palaniuk noel!

Does that look like the photo of a drunk person to you?

Pfeiffer is an all-timer, but I liked Hathaway’s take as well.  I hope she kept the suit for special occasions.

That boat put up with a lot.

Especially when you’re talking about someone who’s been a movie star since they were a teen. No one’s gonna buy it.  She seems to have chilled a bit in that regard anyway but her shot selection hasn’t been great lately.