Both Variety and HR are reporting it had nothing to do with the quality of the film. It’s more a continuation of Zaslav axing everything and wanting DC movies to only be big budget theatrical releases rather than streaming original movies on HBO Max. While also trying to wrangle the DCEU into a more unified universe.

According to Variety, whose sources I trust more than the New York Post, it wasn’t about the quality of the film but a continuation of Zaslov’s slash and burn reorganizing of the film and TV division. He wants all DC stuff to be huge theatrical releases, not mid-budget direct to HBO Max releases. Not only does not…

Let’s see minority directors (who just came off the successful bad boys 4 life and critically acclaimed Ms. Marvel), female screenwriter, female Latina lead. Reports from “sources” that it was irredeemable smell like racist, sexists executives making up excuses.

F you Warner. Disney better grab Leslie Grace for a…

Plenty of very attractive men have been #MeToo’d so if Pitt was a real asshole, it would have come out.

Tom Perrotta published a sequel to Election this year called Tracy Flick Can’t Win, so it wouldn’t surprise me if that will be optioned for an adaptation.

Swift is an extreme example of celebrity so ok. Most A-listers can fly commercial because they can wait in a first class lounge. They board last and deplane first. Some airports even have a separate terminal for rich and famous eg Private Suite at LAX. There is a membership fee and a fee each time they use it. They…

Is she loaning her jet out to fly organs for transplant or some other noble cause, or just letting people use her jet for whatever?

If you look at the full data, the average flight time for her jet was really short. So clearly people are taking it when they could easily be driving. Not great regardless of the purpose.

Maybe don't own a plane if your problem is you don't know where to keep it.

I don’t know. I think a lot of us are pretty exhausted with Dwayne at this point. The hyper positive super jacked bro act is just self promotion wrapped up in a motivational infomercial for the man we know most prominently as THE ROCK. I’m tired.

Considering how many celebrities and politicians take a “never ever ever ever admit you did anything wrong or show any remorse” approach, I’m actually a bit impressed with what Will said here.

Still think he’s a scientology kook married to an emotionally abusive a-hole, but at least he seems genuinely sorry and that’s…

“I always knew this guy was no good!” - person who never expressed this sentiment before the guy did the bad thing

honestly it’s also so powerful that she’s reclaiming Black ballroom culture that Gaga and Madonna have borrowed so much from, and bringing these lost AID related legacies back to life through a Black voice. She truly does feel unrivalled in todays pop star landscape, and this album just feels so big, so necessary and…

Paul Kinsey! I think this is the first time we’ve interacted on a comment. I have enjoyed reading your thoughts below the articles here for years.

I agree, but also I hate how we collectively analyze every celebrity apology for any possible way we can spin it negatively to further castigate the offender. It’s really toxic. He didn’t do anything to me. Why do I need my pound of flesh? Shouldn’t whether it’s an acceptable apology or not be up to the people he’s…

I don’t agree that he should have been arrested, but I agree with everything else you said. I get that it kind of comes off like he’s making himself the victim, but he’s just sharing his state of mind and trying to show how remorseful he is. And as you said, it’s good to let other people know that even someone as rich…

Have you never felt like shit after fucking up? It can be tough to thread the needle between holding yourself accountable and spiraling into shame and self-hatred.

At least he seems genuinely sincere and apologetic. Probably one of the best apologies I’ve seen from a celeb. 

I get ya, but the argument is even simpler than that: anyone who doesn’t realize that art is and has been intertwined with political discussion - and has been for all of recorded history - is a fucking moron, whether they’re actually stupid or just pretending to be.

I guess that might remind you of that, in the most facile way - but none of those Potter-related claims survived early dismissals. Even a cursory look at this claim tells you that it’s ‘more serious’ than those: claims of many specific narrative devices and individual characters and elements which, taken in totem,…