I think it would be wise to distinguish between what happened to Colbert and Kimmel and what’s happening here. In Colbert’s and Kimmel’s case, they took Paxlovid, which has a fairly standard side effect of basically postponing half of the illness, so instead of being sick for two weeks, you’re sick for a week, better…

A little late to the discussion, but I’m honestly surprised people like this stuff - I find the smell so vile that I literally can’t be in the same as it without getting nauseous. To each their own I guess....

The erstwhile Turd Ferguson too.

It really depends on the audience. I’ve been to some Con Q&As where the audience was informed and asked interesting questions. (I’ve even asked a couple myself, though I’m careful to keep it to *just* a question and not my own life’s story.) On the other hand, I’ve also seen some massive stinkers, where the celeb is…

*Cue lots of “fans” losing their shit because this doesn’t seem to match up precisely with their preconceptions or because it (gasp!) takes a few superficial liberties from the details of Tolkien’s writings (which he constantly revised and changed throughout his life anyway), and saying it’ll be terrible despite not…

It may not be an official residency, but they also had Rachael Price from Lake Street Dive (among other projects) join the band the other night. A slightly smaller name, but hardly a small one. (And someone on whom I definitely have a bit of a crush.)

That’s correct - they wrote all three together, though Hawke and Delpy didn’t get screenwriting credits until the third one, as I recall. A true collaborative effort.

We didn’t cover Black Wall Street in school either. I did know about it, but only because of some reading I did independently. (I’m white, but my father had a Ph.D. in history, so there were always a lot of books around to read). I think most white Americans learned about it the same way you did (if they’re aware of…

I’d agree, though I’d also say Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart is right up there with him and Grant. Vertigo and Rear Window are among the best work either the director or actor ever did. Especially since in Vertigo, Hitchcock did the otherwise seemingly impossible - make Jimmy fucking Stewart have a clearly visible dark…

Don’t forget Wes Anderson and Jeff Goldblum. Or Wes Anderson and Bob Balaban. Or Wes Anderson and the Voice of George Clooney. 

Damn, I wish I’d thought of Hawke/Linklater. That’s a truly great duo together.

Raimi and Campbell is a damn good choice. That said, for my money, right now I’ve have to go with Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan - they have both been among the best in their roles in the last decade, and both seem to bring out the best in the other. I’m not sure anyone tops them at the moment.

This would be The Correct Answer, except that it doesn’t really count as “current,” albeit for depressing reasons.

You do realize that most predators get away with it by “not seemingly like the type,” right? Or, rather, that combined with people willing to give them the benefit of the doubt because of a combination of that, power, status, and not bothering to actually learn about the situation before they comment on it?

I feel like this is coming to its own “Black Wall Street” moment in American awareness. Like the Tulsa massacre (at least until recently, when it finally became better-recognized), there has been some stuff out there about Partition (albeit mostly from British sources), but most people here still don’t know much about…

Pretty sure that would just qualify as “the people’s Exhibit A.”

Yup, and luckily it doesn’t have any scandal-linked people to taint it’s-

Seconded. I work on disability rights professionally, and this kind of lack of accessibility is the bane of my existence. I can hear, and I still want captions for videos like this - it just makes them easier to watch.

Hey, I can be a snob too, but quality is not zero-sum; something being mainstream (or - GASP! - even aimed partially at kids) does not mean it can’t be good, and it being good does not somehow diminish “higher-brow” work in the process. And a good performance is a good performance, no matter the package it comes in.…

Wow, Disney+ basically got shut out, eh? I thought we’d see something in an acting category from Obi-Wan, Moon Knight, or Loki (like Moses Ingraham or Tom Hiddleston, and I think May Callamaway definitely deserved a nod). I also think Iman Vellani deserves it for Ms. Marvel, but I assume it was released after the…