I imagine he’s not saying that European-derived names are the “normal” ones (and I agree with you), but using Shang or Chang or Chen is indeed lazy. It’s never Jinping or Zi Han, for example.  It’s similar to how in movies Asian women characters are frequently named ‘cute’ names like Kim or Mae, never something like…

My high school was majority Chinese/ABC, and those dudes had names like ‘Wilson’ and ‘Dave’.

They grew up in Paul Mescal’s neighborhood.

I did CTRL+ “Vanilla Ice” and it turned up nothing.

So I guess Dre got the opposite of canceled following his long history of violence against women.

Molly Tuttle should but doesn’t need to win Best New Artist because it’s way cooler that way.

YES!  We did it, everyone!  We did it!

Haley Lu Richardson and Molly Gordon would be perfect.  I’m sure Steven Yeun would be great, but I don’t want him getting distracted from doing all the cool stuff he’s already doing.

Got it. I haven’t seen the second Avatar, but if the first installment is an indication, then I imagine I also won’t end up caring at ton about the characters in Way of Water.

No argument here on whether or not Cameron even watches MCU movies (it’s a “not”), but I’m not sure I completely understand what you mean in the first part of your post.  I read a lot of Marvel until my early teens (Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, Power Pack, X-Men), but I’m not sure how…

Ah, you’re right!

I finally saw the first one because my kid wanted to, and this first one at least is truly generic.  Funnily enough, I thought the final battle was similar to the 30 minutes of CGI punching and lasering that I often complain about when it comes to MCU movies.  Feige should call Cameron one of these days and just tell…

So, are her former costars gonna be a little annoyed that she’s pooping on the movie they’re in?

Huge arenas seem to be terrible venues for solo acoustic shows, but I suppose Ed Sheeran does that all the time. He’s way too big for 2,000-seaters I guess?

Was Jagged Little Pill his album?

But unlike other bands, these people surely won’t find commercial and artistic success only to be taken down and destroyed by drugs, money, and/or romantic relationships the band members.

But unlike other bands, these people surely won’t find commercial and artistic success only to be taken down and destroyed by drugs, money, and/or romantic relationships the band members.

I agree with that as well. I don’t think rationally about all this either. I’m writing about awards like one of those fools saying “Just throw away your iPhone and get off the internet! It’s so easy!” but we all know it’s not that easy. It’s hard to not enjoy an award, but we and Hollywood should know who is doling…

I’m ambivalent about this because I don’t really know if the “normal” way is necessarily a good way to do things. It’s still not really merit-based, just as Riseborough’s/CAA’s campaign wasn’t.

She also can’t top Truth or Dare.