I’m surprised no one posted the actual video of his performance:

You can sign up and cancel right away, they’ll still honor your trial length.

I see why HBO greenlit all these shows, but I just don’t see them succeeding. GOT succeeded because its story turns were completely unexpected. But personally, I find the world to not be super interesting, and not completely internally consistent either. (Take the haphazard rules around magic as an indication of this.)…

Agreed. The Knick is a great show, but it’s great because of its impeccable tone, its score, and some showstopping directorial flourishes. The story though doesn’t really rise above the “brilliant white man who’s an asshole” prestige drama thing.

I was about 90% sure this was an elaborate April Fools shaggy dog story.

You say that as if this review didn’t contain the line “Still, there was hope that, after all that, Lana Del Rey would make an album so mesmerizing that any controversy would be overshadowed by her artistry.”

Yes, Snyder should be very proud of winning over a majority of the 12 critics who logged a review for this incremental iteration. Maybe feels good enough to splurge on the frame he’ll use to mount his rave review from RachelsReviews.net.

(Spoiler alert for Borat 2) I’ve thought for a while that the only good thing that came from COVID is that it gave Borat 2 a great ending.

Love Cedar Rapids. I wish Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor continued down the path of comedies like this and Sideways instead of going more maudlin / Oscar-baity with Descendants and Nebraska.

Reading about Boss Level just makes me want to re-watch Edge of Tomorrow, which I think is a masterpiece. 

Hate to break it to you, but Peter Luger has been on the downswing for a while:

It’s funny that there’s a spoiler warning for the article, but there’s already a spoiler in the title. The Youtube video does the courtesy of blanking out the spoiler.

The last ten years have made me sick of sarcastic jokes that are word for word what a bigot would say unsarcastically.

I don’t want to put words in Scorcese’s mouth, and I certainly don’t want to put down your honest and forthright opinions. But I’m suspecting that your interpretation of his words doesn’t line up with what he’s intending.

Has there been a thread speculating who will replace Chris Harrison?

Is hamantaschen ever made with schmaltz? That sounds like it would be amazing.

Julie Ormand, Juliette Binoche, and Juliana Margulies walk into a bar. The bartender says, “I’m seeing triple here! Nine Julies!”

Judging by the description, the fetus was the musical instrument, not the artist. 

Just want to point out that this person’s performance is just so good, particularly the comedic timing. Hope there’s more of this.

Wait, how is that true? He left his show for Africa because he thought the network executives were taking advantage of him as an artist. See his set, titled 8:46 on Youtube, where he talks about this. How is this an example of that?