Saturday, January 9, 2021

Dern Down For What

Inside George Clooney And Laura Dern's Long-Lost Horror Movie, A Guy Whose Tweets Endangered Ken Jennings's 'Jeopardy!' Career And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character', The Case Against $2,000 Stimulus Checks, The Tyranny Of The Pandemic Office
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STRANGER THAN FICTION
BEANS, BEANS, THE MUSICAL FRUIT
A Guy Whose Tweets Endangered Ken Jennings's 'Jeopardy!' Career, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's main characters include a man offended by a tampon, a hot dog enthusiast, a guy who didn't pay attention in 6th grade health class, a bean-obsessed father, a US Senator getting more blame for the Capitol riot than Trump and a Vox writer who doesn't wash his dishes.
CURIOUS GEORGE
Inside George Clooney And Laura Dern's Long-Lost Horror Movie
news.yahoo.com
A day after George Clooney, Laura Dern, and Charlie Sheen arrived, my producing partner Joe Proctor made an official announcement, that there is no money to make "Grizzly II: Revenge."
'MAYBE DEATH ISN'T THE END'
Can A TV Series Prove The Existence Of An Afterlife?
theguardian.com
In the Netflix docuseries "Surviving Death," a "non-believer" filmmaker explores the possibility that something else might be waiting for us at the end.
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PICTURE THIS
Monks Living The Oldest Form Of Monastic Life, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
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Also featuring photos of Japan after dark and the unique culture of Arctic drifting.
EDITOR'S PICK
EVER SEEN HANNAH AND MILEY IN THE SAME ROOM?
Throw Away Your iPhone Box, New Greta Just Dropped, And Other Best Tweets Of The Week
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This first full week of January has felt like a year, rounded off with an attempted coup. Let's dive in.
THANKS, I HATE IT
TOO Q TO BE TRUE
King Arthur's Camelot Castle Is Now Ground Zero For Brit QAnon
news.yahoo.com
"The more we dug, the more disturbing it all became."
NONESSENTIAL WORKERS
The Tyranny Of The Pandemic Office
newrepublic.com
Why are workers being called back for nonessential work in the middle of a pandemic? Because their bosses can get away with it.
MORE TARGETED RELIEF INSTEAD
The Case Against $2,000 Stimulus Checks
newrepublic.com
Now that Democrats have won the Senate, there's a better way to spend that money.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
TRAINING DAY
This Subway Story From A Comedian Is A Perfect Demonstration Of Why New Yorkers Are The Nicest Assholes
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Stand up comedian Gus Constantellis recalls the time New Yorkers reacted to a subway passenger coughing one time too many during pre-COVID-19 days.
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That's A Great Question, Swedish Chef
teepublic.com
We too would like to know "Vert der ferk?"
FROM THE ARCHIVES
AUTO-STAR
How An Oil Engineer Created Auto-Tune And Changed Music Forever (2016)
vice.com
An interview with the revolutionary audio processor's inventor Andy Hildebrand.
QUANTUM CERTAINTY
My Grandfather Thought He Solved A Cosmic Mystery And It Ruined His Career (2018)
theatlantic.com
His career as an eminent physicist was derailed by an obsession. Was he a genius or a crackpot?
2021 seems not to be working very well. Let's try turning it off and on again.