I don't think enough people will understand what a risk he's taking here.
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Russian tennis player Andrey Rublev writes "No war please" on the camera following his advancement to the final in Dubai.
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Cancel culture has always existed, it's just that it's historically punched down at women & people of color who dared rise above their station. It wasn't until it started punching up at powerful white men (and some white women) that it suddenly became a problem. Weird, right? 🤷🏻♀️
Michael Phelps was caught in photos smoking a bong and arrested for drunk driving TWICE; Ryan Lochte lied about being robbed at gunpoint DURING the 2016 Olympics and were still allowed to compete in the Olympics. twitter.com/thefrankiedlc/
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A grown man made us call him "Meat Loaf" for decades but TERFs and transphobes have decided the line is "Elliot Page." K.
What are small things that characters do or don't do in movies & TV shows that bother you? I am insanely bothered when a character is driving and they take their eyes off the road to talk to the passenger. It stresses me out. 😭
If Tom Cruise and Christopher Nolan ever did a movie together, it would 100% end with them actually killing Tom Cruise.
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Everyone's dragging J-Law for this, but it's pretty clear she's sharing (with great derision) what was told to her and her team by studio execs, not what she thought at the time.
Pretty sure the minute we started calling it "content" is when everything started going downhill.
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If you don't already know, there's a reason she's not telling you.
It's you. You're the problem.
Elizabeth Warren always knows exactly what she wants when she gets to the front of the Starbucks line and never holds everyone else up. twitter.com/KosokoJackson/
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Everyone saying Doctor Strange doing the spell even though it was dangerous seems out of character apparently forgot that Stephen Strange's foundation in the MCU is arrogance and the desire to test limits.
Since Twitter loves a good "I vaguely knew they were big but I didn't realize they were THIS BIG," I present the northern elephant seal.
Every week I watch #Andor and there's a part at the back of my brain that wonders how many hard right-wingers watch it and don't realize they're the Empire.
Random reminder that Mads Mikkelsen had an entire life as a gymnast and dancer before be became an actor.
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"Just circling back on this" = "I just need you do answer. A goddamn 'yes' or 'no' will do, JUST ANSWER."
My friend made this (he isn't on Twitter; I'm sharing with his permission): The Villeneuve Scale of Air Pollution. It is perfect and I love Denis Villeneuve.
Omg, not you too. I don't know how many celebs need to hear this but - *takes deep breath* - NFTS & CRYPTO ARE HORRENDOUSLY BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, WORSE THAN THE ENTIRE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF SOME COUNTRIES, SO BAD IT'S TEARING KAZAKHSTAN APART IN CIVIL WAR.
Please, PLEASE stop.
Wednesday: No work, only coup
Thursday: Some work, mostly coup
Friday: Half work, half coup
Saturday: Do a little work, read a little coup stuff
Sunday: Do a little work, read a little coup stuff
Monday: Do a little work, read a little coup stuff
Tuesday: Do a little work, read a
You will never convince me that Chet Hanks is anything but an elaborate prank designed by Hollywood execs to test the limits of Tom Hanks' marketability.
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A more simplified way to frame what's happening now: This isn't cancel culture. This is consequence culture. And some people hate the sudden accountability while others worry the focus will turn to them because they have much to be accountable for.
The 4 seasons in LA:
- Wildfires e'erywhere
- Oh it's kinda chilly I guess?
- spring spring spring...still spring
- HAHAHA WELCOME TO THE SURFACE OF THE SUN MOTHERFUCKERS
#LAHeatwave
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How the hell does getting a vaccine keep you from living? Sweet Jesus, I am so over people who think that drinking water and eating, like, a fuckin' salad is going to magically shut a virus down. Herd immunity isn't a hard concept to grasp but it apparently is for selfish people.
*sees SHES 40 trending*
*clicks*
Ah, yes, another hashtag full of people who apparently think women shrivel up and turn into desiccated hags the minute they turn 40.
“I may be a pretty shitty boyfriend, but it turns out I'm actually a pretty damn good babysitter." - Steve Harrington, #BestTVLines2017
I am begging people in 2023 to understand that a movie or TV show depicting a controversial or taboo thing isn't the same as normalizing or condoning that thing. Context changes everything. Media literacy, get into it.
Halle Berry is boutta be real confused at all the "Congrats on The Little Mermaid!" messages heading her way.
Happy birthday to Mary Shelley, who invented sci-fi & beat two famed Romantic poets at their game to see who could write the best horror story. She did it when she was pregnant & not yet 20. Then couldn't even get her name on her own book until the 2nd ed. 5 years later.
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"I'll let you two take it from here." = "I'm not a part of this and don't want to be."
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Who'd have thought a policy of "Unceremoniously cancel every show after season 1 or 2 to avoid having to pay out bigger contracts" wouldn't be a viable, longterm strategy? 🙃
Seth Rogen's pandemic pottery journey culminating in him making a custom tray to roll joints and teaching people how to do it while wearing a Mister Rogers sweater is the most beautiful species of "that tracks."
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People dismissing comic book movies as "kiddie shit" and completely failing to realize superhero stories are essentially a collective American mythology and the closest thing to a shared lore we have. Eastern European folk tales & Nordic mythology were largely "kiddie shit," too.
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My personal favorite: "I'm not good enough for you."
What men think: I'm showing vulnerability and flattering her
What women think: Ugh, this tired line. 🙄 How about grow up, handle your shit, evolve, and make an attempt to be a better man, maybe?
I don't know why Stephen King is trending, but it gives me the excuse to share my favorite quote of his ever. I loved it when I read "The Body" when I was 11, and I love it now.
Brian Williams really don't get enough credit for his desert-dry sarcasm. The man is hilarious if you're a fan of deadpan humor and sly shade.
My friend just summed up NFTs as, "NFTs are literally like if plato had figured out how to charge those fuckers in the cave for the shadows," and I can't think of a more perfect explanation.
"Republicans are willing to shoot themselves in the foot if that shot can go through and hit a Black person." - with a spot-on dagger of a line
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Imagine being an asshole on main and thinking it's a W.
Then again, with your stats, I can see why you're confused.
Yes, Kevin Feige is a genius & arguably the best producer in Hollywood right now. He just doesn't miss. But Twitter needs to start putting respect on Jac Schaeffer's name, dammit. She's the creator and showrunner. Same with Matt Shakman directing all 9 episodes, a rarity in TV.
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In rural Sackets Harbor, N.Y., where COVID-19 affected the local volunteer ambulance service, local high school students took the required training and picked up the slack. cbsn.ws/33WMY0W
His entire foundation in the MCU is literally based on him being arrogant and pushing boundaries. And the spell would have worked if Peter had been quiet.
Will Smith is officially the first actor to score the Gordie Howe hat trick at an #Oscars: a fight, a win, and a nomination.
Love how so many women were told we were being "hysterical' and "overreacting" when we said that Trump being elected would lead to Roe v. Wade being overturned.
My God, how do you not give Elizabeth Olsen an Emmy after this episode? #WandaVision
You "decide" to freelance like you "decide" to get a root canal.
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Millennials are now the largest demographic in the American workforce, and they’re increasingly deciding to freelance:
42% now freelance, up from 38% in 2014. buff.ly/2DdutGY
Because it's a spoof so it's making fun of the titles of other murder mysteries.
It floors me there are people out there griping that Avengers: Endgame might - might - be three hours. My dudes, if any franchise has earned the right to ask for our attention for three hours, it's the culmination of ten years of the MCU.
There is a difference between actual queerbaiting and a ship that only exists in a collective headcanon and I don't think fans are able to separate those two things.
I've been thinking a lot about why #WandaVision's "But what is grief if not love persevering?" line has rocked so many people. I suspect it's that we're now a world of grieving deferred & that line, and episode, offered a tiny bit of catharsis that's been collectively denied us.
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Enjoy destroying our education system. Good luck with your incompetence.
Since Stan Lee is trending, it's time for my periodical reminder that he wrote this back in 1968. I think Stan the Man would be joyously and emphatically supporting the protests happening all over were he still alive today.
It always floors me that people still think major multimillion dollar companies hire some inexperienced kid to run their social media accounts. Trust that this is a well-paid person with experience. And please stop with this wrongheaded belief.
MTV News got an entire generation of Gen Xers and older millennials to start paying attention to global events, politics, the world. Kurt Loder & the MTV News crew expanded a part of my brain that living in small-town rural America never could.
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MTV News is shutting down
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There's been a weird "Let's not glorify Oppenheimer & the atrocities he caused" thread on Twitter which...
That's...that's the entire point of the movie? Literally the entire movie is about how the scientists felt forced into an impossible position & the moral horror of it all.
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See also: Characters taking multiple punches to the face without being annihilated or even bloody (Looking at you, Supernatural) or characters who take a shot to the gut or multiple bullet wounds who get up and keep running (looking at you, every action movie ever).
Friendly reminder that Barron Trump is a kid who has nothing to do with his family's corruption and it's a shitty thing to use him as the springboard for or butt of a joke. 😉👍🏻
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HAPPY UPDATE: I just burst into tears at my desk. My mom got the call - my dad is approved to be on the transplant list and is getting all his prep work done over the next few weeks!! 😭❤️🤞🏻
I know Elizabeth Olsen is doing some next-level work in #WandaVision but Paul Bettany's work shouldn't be overlooked, either. The subtle facial expression work he does as Vision is stellar. He's been heartbreaking for two episodes straight.
Colin Farrell doesn't get nearly enough credit for how weird and smart and all over the map his choices of projects have been over his career.
I don't know how tell Gen Z this but you don't suddenly start turning into a desiccated husk once you hit 35. twitter.com/meismic/status
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Mystery boxing has killed modern audiences' collective ability to read narratives and understand where they're going and where they're not.
If you're looking for a villain between WB and Nolan, turn your ire toward the incompetent evil of the administration that allowed a pandemic to run unchecked through our country with no plan, no compassion, and no support and the GOP Senate that refused to pass relief bills.
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Just say you don't like reading and lack an imagination and go.
Andy Serkis & Stellan Skarsgård are both getting all the credit for their turns in #Andor (as they should be), but I'd like to note that Genevieve O'Reilly is also doing incredible work as Mon Mothma. She's just not getting the credit as her performance has to be so understated.
So many people who will immediately start using "King Charles" tomorrow are the same ones who claim they can't possibly remember when someone asks them to use their preferred pronouns.
Forget flowers, give her her MONEY. And her roles.
Everyone: You wanna come in?
Bran: No imma stay here
Everyone: But it's freezing
Bran: I'm good
Everyone: You SURE?
Bran: I'm waiting for an old friend
Jamie Lannister: [shows up, immediately gets got]
Nobody's petty is operating on the same level as Bran Stark. #GameofThrones
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I am willing to bet these two had an awfully big part to play in the demise of their relationships.
There were exactly 3 things '90s kids respected:
1. ABC's Friday night TGIF lineup
2. The killing power of slap bracelets (which our parents convinced us they had) and
3.) The Pizza Hut pan pizza skillet (after failing to respect it & searing your flesh with a 2nd-degree burn)
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Remember when Pizza Hut pan pizzas were basically a goddamn culinary delicacy? They’d bring them out in a real fucking skillet that was piping at about 700 degrees Fahrenheit right as your third song kicked in on the jukebox after you’d played a game of Galaga. We were kings.
The East Coast is buried under historic floods.
The Gulf Coast is devastated & without power from a hurricane.
The West Coast is burning in wildfires so massive they have their own storm systems.
Richest country on Earth and we're completely unprepared for climate change. 🤡
*whisper* Maybe it's not "superhero fatigue," but "white, male superheroes only fatigue", pass it on.
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Black Panther Ticket Pre-Sales Set Superhero Movie Record - screenrant.com/?p=1172758
Hawkeye, Katniss, Oliver Queen: regular humans with 50 years experience combined, max
Legolas Greenleaf: 2931 years old and a FUCKING ELF who can see riders on horseback almost 20 miles away when he's not trying twitter.com/ImranSZN/statu
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Between The Green Knight, Eternals, The Batman, and The Banshees of Inisherin, Barry Keoghan has had himself a hell of a past year.
He's Marvel's philosopher because he views humanity differently, with a bit of distance.
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I'm glad that one fan-demanded cameo casting that everyone is talking about in #DoctorStrange2 played out as it did because as much as I like the actor, I think he is an incredibly boring choice for this particular role. Dev Patel, Rahul Kohli, John Cho are right there, people.
Friendly reminder for anyone wanting to trash-talk Garth Brooks right now: Put some respect on his name. The man was out there fighting for LGBTQ+ rights and against racism in the country music industry 30 years ago.
Friendly reminder AGAIN: The vaccines were not meant to make you bulletproof and immune to Covid but to make it far milder if you do get it, same as a flu shot. That a major news network is spinning it like this is how we get misinformation and fearmongering.
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I mean sure, maybe it could be some evil variant and/or Skrull Strange but... Stephen Strange being told "no" and immediately going, "Pfft bitch, please, I've got this" is completely in line with his character.
Congrats Elon. You've officially done to the blue check what cops did to the Punisher logo.
Literally the entire Western U.S. is on fire and not in the figurative sense of literally. By the way, that isn't cloud cover off the West Coast. Those are smoke plumes combining into one mega-smoke cloud.
Am I into the waiter who defended a pregnant lady getting harassed by racists, the waiter who then did a SPINNING HEEL KICK in the middle of a street fight? Reader, I am. Yes, I am. twitter.com/BluntMan____/s
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I see a TERF embarrassing herself with this tweet.
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And yet we never saw T'Challa train. I wonder what the difference is... 🤔
The Lion King is a dazzler. Gorgeous score, spot-on voice acting, but mostly, yeah, those visuals. 😍 #TheLionKing
I don't know who need to hear this, but the last Twilight movie was released eight years ago. Robert Pattinson has done 14 feature films since then.
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2019: 🎶Toss a coin to your Witcher🎶
2020: [vague screaming, background sobbing]
2021: 🎶It was #AgathaAllAlong🎶
Don't EVER tell me that these characters are silly or stupid and that they don't matter. They can be lifelines. #NationalSuperheroDay
I don't care how old or how jaded you are, if you watched this moment and didn't get a big, kid-like grin on your face, I feel for you and your deadness of the soul.
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Also, let's not take moral lessons from the dude hiding in Ecuador to avoid rape charges to heart.
And let's be real: Those billionaires aren't pioneering space for the betterment of humanity but to save themselves & other rich people when the time comes. It's every sci-fi trope where the rich escape a planet ravaged by climate change & the poor are left to scrape by on Earth.
Viola Davis is the truth.
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Viola Davis ain’t playin with y’all.
Someone give @violadavis her flowers.
Queen.
I will get 57 more vaccines for $9 million. Turn me into a pincushion, make me Weapon X, I don't care.
#BirdsofPrey is like if John Wick were run through a crazy funhouse filter and stuffed full of glitter and f-bombs. It's everything you could ever want from #HarleyQuinn and her badass girl gang. Into this movie completely. 🤘🏻
