Is it really “easy to forget,” as the article asserts, that Justin Timberlake is a really famous popstar? And has his career really “cratered,” or “crumbled?” My sense is that it’s not especially surprisingly that a 42-year-old who has been famous for more than two decades is no longer the hottest name in music, but…

Maybe he could use ChatGPT to write the novel on his behalf.

But wouldn’t Martin have to actually publish something first?

I hope Emma Roberts stubs her toe really bad today, like to the point where the nail folds back and it looks all weird and gross and it’s painful for over a week.

Nice that you included Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express. Because for movies, he’s the best Poirot, hands down. (Ustinov was fine, Branagh is a bit campy for my taste.)

Obviously this is limited to movie adaptations, but I think the fact I’d rank most of David Suchet’s Poirot above all the films on this list I’ve seen is partially down to the fact that Christie’s works generally work best on the small screen. You can lavish up the production design, but fundamentally whodunnits are…

It’s possible to make Poirot consistently interesting, as the Suchet adaptations demonstrated. In fact, he was so perfect in the role I’m not sure why anyone else bothers.

Gotdamn it!

Want to feel old?

Ed Robertson and Steven Page would like a word.

Well, the years stopped coming.

Why do you continue to deadname X? It’s very obvious that X has gone through gender reassignment. The shape of the Twitter bird was very Y-like which implies male (not 100%) and X implies female (again, not 100%). Regardless, please don’t deadname X.

It’s good this was the result. More random legally required disclaimers is not what society needs. Which is what would have been the result.

As someone said on Twitter, he got as close as he could to 100 without going over.

I could watch Barker’s cameo in Happy Gilmore 99 times, and laugh just as hard every time.

Sort of like how legendary Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat’s real name is Richard Blood. Dick Blood could’ve been an even cooler wrestling name!

I forgot about Lesnar but he got there around the same time as Cena. Nakamura should be a big star but will be forever mid-card in WWE, Heyman is probably the last great manager but he didn’t come into the company as a wrestler and he was first hired there well before the new name mandate really took hold, and Adam…

It really is such a cruel coincidence. Brodie Lee/Luke Harper passing away from a rare lung infection and now Bray due to heart attack stemming from heart issues due to covid. Makes it even sadder that both had young children and despite their scary looks, were regarded as some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

Sure.

“In a decade will my electric car be as obsolete as an iPhone 5?”

Probably. But at least it won’t be as obsolete as the flip phone gas car you would otherwise own.