Thank you for the additional information. I’ll ask this (since I don’t know the results of the tournament).

Was Niemann knocked out before or after the new security implementations were instituted? Even if he was knocked out after, that’s a bit of a post hoc fallacy because there’s still nothing conclusively showing…

Also, why is everyone so obsessed with these D List celeb affairs?

Seems like this has raised a bigger stink.

Magnus (and the other competitors) presumably know both who is gonna be in the tournament, as well as their seeding, prior to the tournament taking place.

If Magnus had such a great issue with playing against a cheater (or having a cheater in the tournament at all), why not make a stink about it prior to playing?…

Very true.

However, I do think that much of this current issue is due to the promotional efforts of the studio behind the movie (along with the powers-that-be behind Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde in particular).

They have been ginning up so much attention towards this movie (and specifically Harry and Olivia) that it’s…

Add in George Clooney punching David O. Russell on the set of Three Kings, or pretty much the entire cast against James Cameron on The Abyss.

Granted, those happened pre-social media, but given those blowups were far more serious (Ed Harris also punched James Cameron), they’d certainly get a lot of press if happened…

GTA IV had the ability to have your directions be given verbally, but I don’t think you had the option to remove the minimap directional line (granted, I may be wrong about that since it’s been a few years since I played IV).

Unfortunately, there’s almost no good way to make it work, particularly when it comes to…

Do you realize how many racists justify their racism by pointing to their sexual proclivities (and in particular a significant other) as proof that they aren’t racist.

“Viola’s General Nanisca takes it upon herself to tell the king that they need to take action now before the colonizers continue enslaving and destroying their people.”

The imperative part of that statement is “their people”, literally meaning fellow Agojie (or their fellow Fon within Dahomey).

The concept of being…

You’re absolutely right.

I have a friend who is a Britney superfan (seen her multiple times, taken pictures at meet and greets, literally his favorite artist of all time), and he has always said that she’s loopier than a box of cereal and doesn’t really function highly as an independent adult.

It’s very easy for people…

Three problems with this.

1. The price of Bitcoin fluctuates, so it’s quite possible that the $1k or so in Bitcoin could, relatively quickly, become only $750 worth of Bitcoin in the near term. One must note that there’s also a significant upside available, but given how quickly economic circumstances can change in…

How someone in her position, presumably with a team of people whose job it is to manage her life, gets to this state I don’t know. Really sad.

Yeah.

It might be easier and more efficient on all counts (especially financially) for Red Bull to use the intervening 3 1/2-4 years and negotiate with Honda to try to keep them in, rather than give up a lot for Porsche, who may or may not end up being successful, regardless of their engineering know-how and vast…

Seriously. They’re reaching here.

Let’s assume in an alternate universe that Beanie was a great singer but still decided to step away. The new person coming in is gonna want outfits that, at the end of the day, they like and are flattering to them. Unless the outfits are absolutely critical to the character, that still…

You’re more than welcome. Cheers.

It was Hugh Grant who said it that he hates acting, but apparently he’s warmed up a bit since he’s no longer looked at as a leading man.

Monroe’s story is primarily interesting because of who she was involved with, and the seeming mysteries surrounding her death.

I find the entire life stories of Ava Gardner and Rita Hayworth much more interesting in totality. “Unfortunately” they both lived rather long lives and don’t have the “what if’s” attached to…

20 years ago, he was still playing Stringer Bell on The Wire, and Pierce Brosnan was still playing Bond.

Oh, that’s exactly my point. It’s a need, but merely an externally (or extrinsically) motivated one. As a condition of this contract (your employment) you will agree to do such-and-such press for the movie. Don’t want the role (or don’t have a good enough agent to negotiate it out)? Fine, we can’t force you to take it.

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Whether the need is internally motivated (“I truly believe this”) or externally motivated (“I’m being paid to do these junkets”), the actors are still the ones answering the questions. It’s still an interplay that they engage with; those that don’t, don’t. They can’t be held up as witless automatons merely responding…