Interesting. I think the first thing I knew about Australia was that it was a former penal colony filled with British convicts. I’ve always seen them as a rough, rowdy, boisterous bunch and never really associated them with “sophistication.” Thank you for tracing back your thought process for me. It really left me…

“what sucks about the deal with Concord is that Grande’s track was written by 10 songwriters”

“until recently I thought of Aussie’s as rather sophisticated”

We should always root for every #1 seed to be upset by a #16 seed. Doing otherwise would be positively un-American...

Apparently, yes.

Anyone who remembers his stint on The Ultimate Fighter will not be surprised by these behaviors.

What an annoying outcome. Thanks for closing the loop for me.

What was the result of the woman’s lawsuit?

Yep. Agreed — the idea that size is somehow an asset that will overwhelm speed, strength, athleticism, stamina, reflexes, hand-eye coordination, explosiveness, fast-twitch muscle fibers, etc. demonstrates a marked lack of fighting knowledge.

He’s definitely had his share of high profile disasters (the talk show and coaching immediately come to mind) but I wouldn’t say that all his career paths have been flameouts: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/28/business/la-fi-mo-johnson-business-empire-20120328

Perspective: the view changes based on where you sit. For Ian McKellen, I’m sure he’s lived a life where much of the problems he’s encountered were filtered through the lens of whether someone was in the closet or not. These are his personal experiences, and they end up shaping his views. For other people who have had…

Yeah, I was not familiar with his hockey home bias. I remember him mostly for his USMNT World Cup soccer calls, have very fond memories of his announcing during those games. I can see how that doesn’t translate across all sports.

I think the games were on ABC when I was watching them. Here’s one link to that time period:

Ah, okay. I know him best from US Men’s National Soccer matches and really liked his work there, in a context where I guess homer-ism is mostly a benefit, and not a detriment.

“She became an associate producer on 30 Rock and SNL by 29, and her family isn’t in the entertainment industry.”

Is is a Spider-man suit... worn by Paul Giamatti?

Not sure why there’s so much skepticism about this. Roger Ebert famously said: “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.” The fact that a movie is based around a view-master doesn’t indicate whether it will be good or bad. It would be easy enough to say that the view-master is cursed and turn it into a…

(Warning and apology: Jack Edwards on the call.)

Why do people assume Netflix UK is responsible for the changes? Studios often shoot alternate endings to a movie. And a film like Blade Runner is famous for having multiple authorized versions that are quite dissimilar from each other. An assumption that this is the fault of Netflix UK without citing any sources feels…

Sounds like the effects of multiple concussion CTE.