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4 votes
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Albert Pyun, cult filmmaker behind ‘Cyborg,’ ‘Nemesis’ and ‘Captain America,’ dies at 69
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Disney’s ‘Strange World’ to lose $100 million in theatrical run
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Netflix’s ‘Glass Onion’ slays in limited release with estimated $15 million
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 21
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
8 votes -
Inflation, part 2: Shelter in Canada and the United States
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‘Strange World’ is a historic bomb for Disney on a weak Thanksgiving box office weekend
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Irene Cara, ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer, dies at 63
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Gunman kills five in Colorado LGBTQ nightclub before he is stopped by patrons
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Congress passes law banning non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases
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FDA approves most expensive drug ever, a $3.5 million-per-dose gene therapy for hemophilia B
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US Navy forced to pay software company for piracy
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The secret skills of US Coast Guard rescue swimmers
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The nine best Thanksgiving songs I definitely didn’t just make up
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Nancy Pelosi embodied America's gerontocracy problem
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US Congress to hold hearing after Ticketmaster-Taylor Swift fiasco
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Before his battery behemoths, Rivian’s billionaire founder made an eco sports car
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Amazon plans to invest $1 billion a year in movies for theaters
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New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind.
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Let's unpack some of America's most popular myths while I make early American cocktails. Our founding fathers sure knew how to have a good time.
2 votes -
Harvey Weinstein gloats from his prison cell that She Said box office bomb 'isn't a surprise'
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Two pro wrestlers developed ‘The Progressive Liberal’ to be the bad guy at matches. Then the atmosphere turned far darker.
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2023 Independent Spirit Award nominations
These are the real nominations, not my predictions. Here’s the article about it: https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/2023-independent-spirit-award-nominations-1234784758/ Best Feature Bones and All...
These are the real nominations, not my predictions. Here’s the article about it:
https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/2023-independent-spirit-award-nominations-1234784758/Best Feature
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, the Devil
TÁR
Women Talking
Best Director
Todd Field, TÁR
Kogonda, After Yang
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best First Feature
Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett - TÁR
Dale Dickey - A Love Song
Mia Goth - Pearl
Regina Hall - Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza - Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope - The Inspection
Taylor Russell - Bones and All
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Supporting Performance
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
Nina Hoss - TÁR
Brian d’Arcy James - The Cathedral
Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Trevante Rhodes - Bruiser
Theo Rossi - Emily the Criminal
Mark Rylance - Bones and All
Jonathan Tucker - Palm Trees and Power Lines
Gabrielle Union - The Inspection
Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio - Aftersun
Gracija Filipovic - Murina
Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Lily McInerny - Palm Trees and Power Lines
Daniel Zolghardi - Funny Pages
Best Screenplay
After Yang
Catherine Called Birdy
Everything Everywhere All At Once
TÁR
Women Talking
Best First Screenplay
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Emergency
Emily the Criminal
Fire Island
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Cinematography
Aftersun
Murina
Neptune Frost
Peal
TÁR
Best Editing
Aftersun
The Cathedral
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
TÁR
Robert Altman Award
Women Talking
Best Documentary
A House Made of Splinters
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Midwives
Riotsville USA
Best International Film
Corsage
Joyland
Leonor Will Never Die
Return to Seol
Saint Omer
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Looking for lessons in the ‘She Said’ box-office beatdown
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The world depends on this government warehouse's collection of strange Standard Reference Materials. They're not cheap.
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How long would society last during a total grid collapse?
4 votes -
Mormonism and the rise and fall of mutual aid
3 votes -
The return of James Cameron, box office king
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'Power Rangers' Jason David Frank dead by suicide at 49
10 votes -
How Brendan Fraser made it all the way back
8 votes -
Boxplot - Human Again (2022)
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Finnish astronomers acquitted in defamation case related to protesting harassment – astrophysicist Christian Ott argued protests cost him postdoc position
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Who has served the most time? Ex cons rank themselves
5 votes -
How Jell-O lost its spot as America's favorite dessert
5 votes -
Elizabeth Holmes gets more than eleven years for Theranos scam
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California approves large, controversial desalination plant for Monterey Peninsula
9 votes -
US Justice Department said to investigate Ticketmaster’s parent company
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Brittney Griner moved to Russian penal colony, lawyer says
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 14
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
11 votes -
‘Fast X’ budget has ballooned to $340 million – Can it still turn a profit for Universal?
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Carrying out executions took a secret toll on workers — then changed their politics
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Margot Robbie says her female-led ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie is dead at Disney: ‘I guess they don’t want to do it’
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Brendan Fraser won’t attend the 2023 Golden Globes: ‘My mother didn’t raise a hypocrite’
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Artemis I mission takes flight in historic leap forward for NASA’s moon program
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Casper Ruud qualified for the semi-finals of the ATP Finals for the second year in a row after beating Taylor Fritz in three sets
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Taylor Swift fans are in the trenches against Ticketmaster
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All-terrain wheelchairs arrive at US parks: ‘This is life-changing’
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‘Babylon’ first reactions are all over the place: Responses for Damien Chazelle’s film range from a ‘daring Hollywood epic’ to ‘truly monstrous’
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Grammy Nominations 2023
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105 years ago, a savvy candy company created the most divisive holiday dish ever
9 votes