Beg to differ, 2016's “The Nice Guys” by Shane Black was really good and he was the main star of that. And he was really funny, also his middle aged bod kind of fit his character’s role. However, an earlier film, “The Water Diviner” had an opening scene featuring shirtless Russell Crowe digging a hole for water and he…

I remember “Agents of Shield” had a joke about that where Agent May had to go undercover as like a young tech expert with Coulson and the first joke was that they were fogeys and needed FitzSimmons to explain the lingo but the second was that they wondered if people would buy a couple of middle aged people as up and…

I mostly agree that disclaimers and teachable moments are better than just sweeping racist moments of the past under a rug. WWE already did a lot of that, pretending they fixed racism or sexism by having Kofi and Becky get the spotlight for a minute and then just going back to business as usual. I can get editing out…

Oh yeah, he’s a complete failure and an example of how not to use your fame, or rather, how to use your fame in a toxic fashion that shouldn’t be swept under the carpet or ignored.

I guess that depends on how you feel about one-night stands in general. Some are more memorable than others, just because you go into it knowing you likely won’t see one another again doesn’t mean you will just forget them the next day. Some rock stars or actors definitely might enjoy the sex in a cheap and mechanical…

That’s great that Jon Hamm is Tony Stark because his old pal John Slattery played Howard back in the Marvel films. I’m sure if Howard ever cameos in a flashback or something, he’ll remind Tony that he’s still young and virile and strangers would definitely mistake them for brothers instead of a father/son.

Defeated the Dominion through shrewd strategy, powerful leadership, gray moral methods, a brilliant crew, and authority derived from that sweet goatee and chrome dome combination.

Defeated the Dominion through shrewd strategy, powerful leadership, gray moral methods, and authority derived from that sweet goatee and chrome dome combination.

Yeah it is a bitter pill to swallow. Especially since at this point he has his fingerprints in a lot of different parts of the comics industry as well as Netflix and other adaptations.

Oh yeah I definitely agree that comedy has a lot of boys club gatekeeping and circles of silence and lack of support for women being harassed. I was just saying that this comedy was supposed to critique the tech industry, whereas another comedy show, “Louie” that was supposed to critique the comedy industry also had…

As long as he didn’t use any false pretenses of “I’m going to let you live in my mansion forever” or “I’m totally going to jumpstart your career” then I don’t see any problem with having a bunch of one-offs with consenting adults. Using your fame to get a bunch of one night stands has more inherent responsibility than…

Oh yeah I totally agree with Bloom in this. I think he was self aware about being out of touch. My issue was more with how the article tried to frame him and how the American Psycho references were funny at first, but that I thought Andrew Paul’s joke about Bloom advocating for a women and minority version of American…

Yeah and it also implies that they are an “alpha” who doesn’t have to care about a woman or her problems in life, they’re just such a stud any woman would be lucky to have them. Whereas people who care about things like gender inequality and pay/power disparity as a result, and are vocal about it, just do it because…

I completely agree, I think Bloom is a good actor even if his biggest roles seem sort of interchangeable, but the basic tenet of each of them is “athletic pretty boy who is super capable” and a lot of that is having the physique of a fit blacksmith or elven ranger. So yeah, it is like a job. Though at least with Bloom…

I did think the “American Psycho” comparisons were pretty funny because I’ve seen that movie often enough that I can picture Christian Bale’s voiceover during his morning routine, only describing the stuff that Bloom is doing and not his whole, “I’m simply not there” closing remark.

That’s a good point about the discrepancy between Paltrow and Bloom, as far as one being unhealthy snake oil inveigling and the other just being a rich dude doing rich guy things. At least he seemed somewhat self-aware about the process, saying it was “very LA” and not acting shocked that the rest of the US isn’t able…

That’s a really thoughtful look at the fan/celeb relationship. I know that an actor or athlete etc. has a lot more power than a random person, though unless they make some promises about leveraging their fame to help a non-celeb out in exchange for sexual favors, and the people they sleep with are of age, it shouldn’t…

For sure! And if I may add another step, Step 2: don’t pat yourself on the back just for having common decency towards fellow humans. I’m not suggesting you’re doing any of that at all, I just have noticed since #MeToo a lot of men want to brag about how they are such paragons of virtue they haven’t raped or harassed…

That was the impression I got from your post as well, that lumping in group sex and hooking up with one’s fans with his other, actually reprehensible behavior was sort of an odd take. Had the article been more specific and mentioned that he used his fame and bullying tactics to coerce his ex into those situations, it…

Starr has played that role with many of his characters, but there’s no way of knowing if he’s really awkward around women or if that’s just a persona he’s been typecast into on many occasions. At this point, he’s had a bunch of female coworkers and unless he’s into some serious Jared Leto or Daniel Day-Lewis type…