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The Oscar Winners Who Got Their Awards Before the Show
The only constants in this world are death, taxes, and jokes about the Oscars being way too long. No matter how much they try to play the winners off during their acceptances speeches, no matter how carefully they try to pare down the montages that celebrate “the magic of the movies” until there’s just six or seven of them left, the show always winds up stretching until close to midnight East Coast time. For some folks, that’s just too many Oscars.
This year, in an attempt to expedite the proceedings, the Academy made the surprising (and controversial) decision to hand out eight awards prior the start of the official Oscars telecast. The winners in these categories were announced during the show, but their acceptance speeches were heavily truncated.
Dune was the big winner of these pre-show Oscars; it was nominated in all five of the categories it was eligible for and won four of them: Best Score, Best Editing, Best Production Design, and Best Sound. The shorts categories for live-action, documentary, and animation were handed out prior to the official start of the show as well.
Here are all the winners of this year’s untelevised Oscars. I really hope we never have to type that sentence again. It’s very silly. (You can find a full list of the winners that were deemed important enough to make the telecast here.)
Animated Short Film
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
“The Windshield Wiper” - WINNER
Documentary Short Subject
“Audible“
“Lead Me Home“
“The Queen of Basketball“ - WINNER
“Three Songs For Benazir“
“When We Were Bullies“
Editing
Don’t Look Up
Dune - WINNER
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Live Action Short Film
“Ala Kachuu - Take and Run”
“The Dress”
“The Long Goodbye” - WINNER
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
Makeup and Hairstyling
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye - WINNER
House of Gucci
Original Score
Don’t Look Up
Dune - WINNER
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Production Design
Dune - WINNER
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Sound
Belfast
Dune - WINNER
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
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Bruce Willis ‘Stepping Away’ From Acting Due to Medical Condition
Bruce Willis, one of the most famous and prolific movie stars of the last 50 years, is stepping away from acting due to a medical condition that affects his cognitive abilities.
In a post on Instagram, Willis’ daughter, actress Rumer Willis, wrote that he her father has “been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities.” Because of that condition, she continued “Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.”
According to Wikipedia, aphasia “is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions” and its major causes are “stroke or head trauma” although it can also be the result of tumors, infections, or neurodegenerative diseases. (Rumer Willis’ post does not specify what caused her father’s aphasia.) Those suffering from aphasia can have “occasional trouble finding words,” or more seriously they can lose “the ability to speak, read, or write.” It’s not hard to see how even a relatively minor case could cause problems for someone who works as an actor.
Willis broke through as an actor first with his leading role on the television series Moonlighting and then as the star of the long-running Die Hard action series, where he played heroic New York cop John McClane. He remained one of the biggest stars in Hollywood all through the 1990s and early 2000s. His other popular movies include Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense, 12 Monkeys, and The Fifth Element.
Rumer Willis closed her note on Instagram writing “As Bruce always says, ‘Live it up” and together we plan to do just that.”
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Chris Rock Ticket Sales Spike After Oscar Incident With Will Smith
So you know how they say all publicity is good publicity? It’s true!
While observers might look at Will Smith slapping Chris Rock after Rock made a joke at the Oscars at Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense as a PR nightmare, Rock himself seems to be reaping the benefit. He’s about to go on a standup comedy tour starting later this week and he’s seen a huge spike in both ticket sales and ticket prices in the immediate aftermath of the incident at the Oscars.
According to the ticket marketplace website TickPick, they sold more tickets in the night after Smith slapped Rock on stage at the Dolby Theatre than they had in the entire previous month.
Not only is he selling more tickets, the price for available tickets is going up on the secondary market. Rock’s Ego Death World Tour kicks off at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on Wednesday. Tickets for the show were selling for around $45 dollars ten days ago. Yesterday, the cheapest ticket you could find was going for about ten times that amount.
It’s similar story up and down his tour; if you want to buy a ticket in Atlantic City it’ll cost you at least $240 on Stubhub. At that website, you won’t find available tickets on the tour for less than $100 until April 22, when Rock is performing in Baltimore.
Rock has yet to make a public statement about Smith slapping him; yesterday Smith publicly apologized to Rock and the Academy in a statement on Instagram. (“I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”) One imagines — and all those ticket buyers imagine — Rock will have plenty of stuff on his mind when he takes the stage in Boston tomorrow night. Let’s just hope the audience stays in their seats to hear it.
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Chris Rock Doesn’t File Police Report After Will Smith Oscar Slap
The Oscars made a lot of breaks from Academy Awards tradition this year in an attempt to boost the show’s ratings. They gave out a bunch of awards before the show even began, they threw in some extra musical performances, and they had extreme sports athletes show up to honor the 60th anniversary of James Bond for some reason. No one is going to remember any of that. What they’re going to remember is the shocking moment that Will Smith reacted to Chris Rock making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair by walking onto the stage, hitting Rock square in the face, and then returning to his seat.
It seemed at first like a strange comedy bit, until Smith continued screaming at Rock from his seat, “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth!” and you saw how shocked Rock was by the whole thing. Afterwards, the show continued as if nothing had occurred and a short while later Smith was allowed to accept his Oscar when he won the award for Best Actor for his work in King Richard.
If you’re wondering about whether Rock could have theoretically pressed charges against Smith, you’re not alone. According to Variety, the LAPD released a statement confirming their awareness of the incident of the event at the Oscars — and stating that Rock “declined to file a police report.” Here’s what they said:
LAPD investigative entities are aware of an incident between two individuals during the Academy Awards program. The incident involved one individual slapping another. The individual involved has declined to file a police report. If the involved party desires a police report at a later date, LAPD will be available to complete an investigative report.
Rock wasn’t hurt; he was able to hand out the Best Documentary Award to Questlove for Summer of Soul just a few minutes later. So a police report might have been extreme given the outcome. Still, you have to believe if a random audience member at one of Chris Rock’s comedy shows had walked on stage and slapped him in the middle of his set, they would not be allowed to return to their seat and watch the rest of the show.
You can read a full list of the night’s winners — including Will Smith — here.
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Disney Plus Will Offer a Cheaper Subscription With Ads
The competition between streaming services will get even more intense later this year, when Disney+ will look to expand its membership — the company claims its goal is to have 230 to 260 million subscribers by 2024 — by introducing a cheaper option that will offer the site’s movies and shows with commercial interruptions.
In a press release, Disney claimed the ad-supported Disney+ option will debut “in late 2022, with plans to expand internationally in 2023.” Kareem Daniel, Chairman, Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, had this to say about the announcement:
Expanding access to Disney+ to a broader audience at a lower price point is a win for everyone - consumers, advertisers, and our storytellers, More consumers will be able to access our amazing content. Advertisers will be able to reach a wider audience, and our storytellers will be able to share their incredible work with more fans and families.
Disney did not announce how much the ad-supported Disney+ tier will cost, or give an exact launch date for the new offering, Currently, a monthly subscription to just Disney+ is $7.99 a year or $79.99 for an annual subscription. They also offer the service as part of a bundle with Hulu and ESPN+ which costs $14 a month.
Even without a cheaper ad-supported tier, Disney+ is already on the less expensive end of subscription service prices, at least among the major players in that sphere. Netflix raised its prices in January of this year, with a standard plan now costing $15.49 a month. Paramount+ is $9.99 a month, although there is an option for a $4.99 a month plan that doesn’t come with live local CBS and includes limited commercial interruptions.
Streaming with ads seems to be growing in popularity, at least among corporations looking to generate as much revenue as they possibly can. Ad-free HBO Max costs $14.99, but the company recently started its own ad-supported subscription at a significantly discounted price. Peacock is free with ads for anyone who wants to sample their programming; to get full access to their library you have to pay $4.99 a month. Then to get rid of the ads completely you have to bump up your subscription fee to $9.99 a month.
Basically, right now the streaming world is all about a race to collect the most subscribers as humanly possible, and to get as rooted into customers’ monthly buying viewing habits as cable television was for decades. If offering a subscription at a cheaper price with a few ads is the way to do it, that’s what they are going to do.
Sign up for Disney+ here.
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Emilio Delgado, ‘Sesame Street’s Luis, Dies at 81
A man who brought joy to generations of children has died. Emilio Delgado, who played Luis the handyman on Sesame Street for over 40 years, has died. Delgado was 81 years old — meaning he spent half his life entertaining and education kids on Sesame Street.
Delgado’s wife Carol told TMZ that he passed away on Thursday “surrounded by family at his home in NYC.” He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a kind of blood cancer, in December of 2020.
Born in California and largely raised in Mexico, Delgado got into acting in the late 1960s. He joined the cast of Sesame Street in 1971 as one of the first new additions to the original cast. Luis ran the Fix-It Shop on Sesame Street, and while Delgado only thought the role would last for a couple of years, he wound up spending the next 40+ years hanging out with Big Bird, Oscar, and the rest of the Sesame Street crew.
In the finale of Season 19, Luis married another longtime Sesame Street character, Maria (Sonia Manzano), in an episode that became a very famous moment on the show.
Beyond his skills as an actor, Delgado also had a lovely singing voice, which he used in many memorable Sesame Street moments like this one.
Delgado’s role on Sesame Street ended in 2016, but he remained an ambassador for the show and the Children’s Television Workshop into his final years. Just about any child born in America in the last half century grew up watching Delgado on their television; a lot of those kids grew up to be parents too, and then they watched the show with their kids. Through the years, Delgado was one of those dependable, lovable presences they found still hanging out on Sesame Street. With many classic episodes now available on YouTube and HBO Max, even more generations will get to appreciate and enjoy his timeless work.
The Best TV Shows Of 2021
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Every Batman Movie Ranked From Worst to Best
Darkness. No parents. Continued darkness. The opposite of light. Black hole. Curtains drawn. In the basement. Middle of the night. Blacked-out windows. Other places that are dark.
This is the world of the Batman, in all of its bleakness (and darkness, obviously). And for over 70 years, it’s been a world explored in movies as well as comic-books. That expansive history makes the Caped Crusader one of the most enduringly popular heroes in all of American cinema, if not all of fiction. People loves them some Batman, whether he’s cast as a walking figure of vengeance or a walking action figure of adorableness.
With The Batman now in release, we decided to go through all seven decades of Batmania onscreen and rank the entire series from worst to first. Only theatrical films qualified though, so you won’t find some of Batman’s better direct-to-video animated adventures (like Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, or any of the recent DC Animated Original Movies, which we’ve already ranked in a separate post). After nearly 75 years, here is the state of the Bat-franchise, for better, for worse, and Forever.
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Everything New on Disney+ in April
Let’s cut to the chase: April is sort of a light month on Disney+. There are new episodes of Marvel’s Moon Knight each Wednesday, and new episodes of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder as well. There’s also a bunch of new specials for Earth Day, including the new wildlife movie Polar Bear and Explorer: The Last Tempui from National Geographic.
Then you’ve got a handful of library titles, the Disney+ original Better Nate Than Ever, and a new series called Sketchbook that teaches viewers how to draw their favorite Disney characters. Aaaaand ... that’s about it. If that stuff doesn’t appeal to you, well, maybe this is a good month to catch up on a Disney+ series you missed or just to watch Flubber 35 times.
Here’s everything coming to Disney+ in April:
Friday, April 1
New Library Titles
- Herbie: Fully Loaded
Disney+ Originals
Better Nate Than Ever - Premiere
Wednesday, April 6
Disney+ Originals
Moon Knight - Episode 2
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder - Episode 8, “Home School”
Friday, April 8
New Library Titles
- Chasing Mavericks
Wednesday, April 13
Disney+ Originals
Scrat Tales - Season 1 Premiere - All Episodes Streaming
Moon Knight - Episode 3
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder - Episode 9, “Raging Bully”
Wednesday, April 20
Disney+ Originals
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder - Season 1 Finale, Episode 10, “Old Towne Road”
Moon Knight - Episode 4
Friday, April 22
Disney+ Originals
Polar Bear - Premiere
Bear Witness - Premiere
Explorer: The Last Tepui - Premiere
The Biggest Little Farm: The Return - Premiere
Wednesday, April 27
Disney+ Originals
Sketchbook - Season 1 Premiere, All Episodes Streaming
Moon Knight - Episode 5
Sign up for Disney+ here.
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‘Flash’ Star Ezra Miller Arrested For Disorderly Conduct
A real-life superhero has gotten in trouble with the law.
Ezra Miller, the star of Justice League and the upcoming The Flash solo movie, was arrested in Hawaii on Monday and charged with disorderly conduct and harassment following an incident at a bar.
According to a social media post by the Hawaii Police Department, police were called after reports of a “disorderly patron at a bar on Silva Street.” The police determined that the man in question “later identified as Ezra Miller, became agitated while patrons at the bar began singing karaoke. Miller began yelling obscenities and at one point grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing karaoke (disorderly conduct offense) and later lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts (harrasssment offense).” Miller was allegedly asked to calm down multiple times and refused.
Miller was arrested, charged, and released on bail of $500. The unnamed bar where the incident took place is located on the Big Island in Hawaii.
This is not the first time this year that Miller has been in the news. Back in January, he made headlines after posting a strange video to social media in which he ordered the North Carolina Ku Klux Klan to kill themselves with their own guns. This is situation is obviously different, and arguably a lot worse, because it involves interrupting another person’s karaoke performance, which is a major offense in my book. (If it’s not a felony, it should be.)
After repeated delays, The Flash is currently scheduled to open exclusively in theaters on June 23, 2023. Miller will also be seen in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, which opens in theaters on April 15.
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The Franchises With The Most Bad Movies
The one complaint I hear more than any other about the movies these days: “Why do they make so many sequels? Is Hollywood totally out of ideas?”
First of all, yes they are. But there’s an even simpler and more important reason why the vast majority of the film studios’ productions come out of franchises these days: They make a lot of money. Of the top ten movies in the country last year, nine of the ten were either direct sequels or indirect ones as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (The only non-sequel on the list was Free Guy, a movie that contained numerous references to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.)
So people may complain about sequels, but they also pay to see them — even when they’re awful. And that got me to thinking about bad sequels, and particularly about those franchises that have endured for years (or sometimes decades!) cranking out one crappy installment after another. What, I wondered, is the franchise has produced the most bad movies? I decided to find out.
First, though, I needed to set some ground rules. After a bunch of research, I decided to only include franchises that have generated at least one new film in the last 30 years. Crass sequalization is not a modern Hollywood innovation; the medium’s supposed Golden Age was littered with franchises that produced way more movies than is typical today. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen a lot of those movies. In a perfect world, I would like to be able to tell you how many of the 24 Bulldog Drummond movies or the 51 (!) Three Mesquiteers movies are bad. But I think we are all well aware by now that this is not a perfect world.
I also decided to include only franchises (and movies from those franchises) that got released to theaters. No one expects much out of low-rent sequels that go straight-to-video, so it felt wrong to compare, say, the 13 Land Before Time movies that got dumped on VHS to a major tentpole series like Transformers.
Based on my calculations, here are the modern franchises with the most bad movies. (I also included the list of bad movies in every franchise so you see my picks and, no doubt, disagree with me about them.) Just remember: Every time you pay for a ticket to one of these you are helping to ensure they’ll continue a little bit longer.
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‘G.I. Jane’ Is Better Than a Bad Punchline
My first reaction to Chris Rock making a G.I. Jane joke at the Oscars about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair was shock.
Not because I was offended on her behalf — I didn’t even know Pinkett Smith suffered from alopecia until later — but because I couldn’t believe a comedian as talented and as smart as Chris Rock would stoop to such a dated, hackneyed reference. G.I. Jane first opened in theaters almost 25 years ago, in August of 1997. (The 2022 Oscars inexplicably decided not to honor its silver anniversary alongside its endless tributes to The Godfather, Juno, Pulp Fiction, and every James Bond movie ever made.)
Invoking G.I. Jane to take a shot at a woman with a bald head is not exactly cutting-edge comedy in 2022. If I had to hazard a guess, I’d estimate that two-thirds of the people watching the Oscars didn’t even knew what the hell Chris Rock was talking about when he brought it up. Back in the late ’90s, of course, that sort of wisecrack about the film’s star, Demi Moore, and her authentically-shaved head were everywhere. It feels extreme to call Moore’s G.I. Jane haircut a scandal, but it certainly was a huge deal in the media.
When Moore appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman in the summer of 1996 while shooting G.I. Jane, for example, the audience reacted with audible surprise when she peeled off a bandana and revealed her shaved head. Letterman was intrigued too; he spent the next minute of the interview vigorously rubbing Moore’s head and quipping “don’t take this the wrong way but you look like a guy I went to high school with.“
People loved making fun of Moore and G.I. Jane. (The Razzies even gave Demi Moore their award for the Worst Actress of 1997 over the likes of Sandra Bullock in Speed 2 and Fran Drescher in The Beautician and the Beast.) Maybe Moore made a compelling target because she was pivoting from a string of erotic thrillers like Striptease, Disclosure, and Indecent Proposal and she didn’t seem like the type to play a military hero. Probably G.I. Jane’s subject matter, the integration of women into the U.S. Military and the question of whether both genders were equally qualified to serve in combat, had something to do with it too.
Whatever the reason, while G.I. Jane got okay reviews (it scored a 50 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and was the #1 movie in America the weekend in opened in theaters, in the minds of the public at large the film was basically just a bad punchline — and enough of one that it was still Chris Rock’s go-to reference for a bald woman joke 25 years later.
That’s unfortunate, because Moore’s haircut is really just a small facet of her strong, convincing performance in the film. (The Razzies, as usual, got this one completely wrong.) She plays Lt. Jordan O’Neil, a dedicated Naval officer who becomes a pawn of several politicians battling for control of the military. During a conformation hearing for the new Secretary of the Navy, a female U.S. Senator (Anne Bancroft) publicly complains about the lack of gender equality in the Armed Forces. Behind the scenes, she uses the controversy to get the military to agree to a handful of test cases that would determine whether women are physically and mentally qualified to fully integrate into the Navy.
Frustrated by her inability to advance her career in the military because of her lack of combat experience, O’Neil agrees to serve as one of the senator’s test subjects, and enters the brutal and hyper-competitive training program for Navy SEALs. She is initially an object of mockery and scorn by many of her peers, and even a few of her superiors. But little by little, O’Neil wins over her teammates as well as the Master Chief of the school, Jack Urgayle (played by Viggo Mortensen in a performance that suggests what it might look like if Christopher Walken imitated R. Lee Ermey).
G.I. Jane was directed by Ridley Scott, who seems to have taken more than a few cues from his brother Tony in conceptualizing the movie. Essentially, G.I. Jane is the other Scott brother’s version of Top Gun; a tale of brotherhood and intrigue inside a cutthroat military training facility. Many of G.I. Jane’s shots of combat are eerily reminiscent of Top Gun and the late Tony Scott’s gauzy wartime visuals. (Both movies also end with the heroic cadets drafted into legitimate combat for an explosive action climax.)
G.I. Jane’s feminist material is important — and for that reason it would make a good choice for a double feature with Scott’s Thelma and Louise or The Last Duel — but it’s ultimately less central to the movie than Scott’s depiction of the grueling realities of Navy SEAL training. Filmed mostly at night in the midst of torrential downpours, these sequences make O’Neal’s prep for SEAL work look like absolute hell on earth. Forget the abuse from sexist peers or commanding officers; no man or woman alive would want to subject themselves to the officially sanctioned parts of SEAL training, which includes waterboarding and other forms of simulated torture.
Scott might actually emphasize the horrifying training sequences a little too much. The scenes between Moore and Bancroft, and between Bancroft’s character and various other Washington power players, are interesting, and so is O’Neal’s drive to prove herself. But once she gets into the swing of competing with her fellow SEAL recruits (including a young Morris Chestnut and Jim Caviezel), the movie sort of loses O’Neal’s inner life.
Scott might have wanted to show the way military schools strip people of their individuality until all that’s left is ruthless, single-minded killer instinct. But a compelling drama could use a little more focus on what that process is doing to its hero, and to her relationship with her hunky Naval officer boyfriend, played by Jason Beghe, who mostly exists in the film to confirm to her bosses that O’Neal’s not a lesbian (which would be bad PR for the military in 1997) and to provide an important piece of evidence to O’Neal at a crucial turning point in the story that she could never get on her own.
With so little of O’Neal’s emotions or motivations onscreen in its second half, G.I. Jane feels more like a formulaic military thriller than like a fully realized study of this character and a complex social issue. Still, the movie is well-directed and well-acted. It’s not a joke, and it doesn’t deserve its reputation as one. In all honesty, there are much worse films (and performances) to be compared to than this one.
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A Marilyn Monroe Biopic Will Be Netflix’s First NC-17 Movie
The NC-17 rating was created in 1990 by the Motion Picture Association of America as a less-stigmatized alternative to the X, which was the previous “Adults Only” rating for American movies. While X was initially treated like any other rating, and the X-rated Midnight Cowboy even won the Academy Award for Best Picture, it was quickly co-opted by the porn industry. Pretty soon it was synonymous with smut and, more importantly, legitimate theaters refused to book X-rated movies because they did not want to be associated with that stigma.
While porn never got into the habit of advertising its products by hyping up their “hot NC-17 rated action,” the rating nonetheless suffered much the same fate as the X. NC-17 just became a classier code for X. Movie theaters and large video stores like Blockbuster refused to carry NC-17-rated movies, which made it commercially unviable. Within a few years of its introduction, the NC-17 was basically dead. Today, you are far more likely to see serious films with adult content released unrated than with an NC-17.
So this news is very unusual. Netflix’s upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde has been rated NC-17 by the MPAA. When you search for the film on their official film rating website, Blonde comes up listed as “Rated NC-17 for some sexual content.”
Netflix has streamed sexually explicit films before, including the steamy erotic thriller 365 Days, (which is listed on Netflix’s site with a “TV-MA” rating). However, this would be the company’s first NC-17 rated original feature according to The Hollywood Reporter.
While it might seem surprising that Netflix would stream an NC-17-rated movie, Blonde’s director Andrew Dominik anticipated the rating last month in an interview with Screen Daily. At that time he described Blonde — which is based on the fictional novel about Monroe by Joyce Carol Oates and stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe — as “an NC-17 movie about Marilyn Monroe, it’s kind of what you want, right?” He also claimed Blonde is “a demanding movie [and] If the audience doesn’t like it, that’s the f—ing audience’s problem. It’s not running for public office.”
As for when you might see this potentially controversial motion picture, there have been rumors that Blonde will premiere in May at the Cannes FIlm Festival although that has not been confirmed. Netflix has not yet announced a premiere date for the film on streaming.
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Michael Bay Criticizes Some of the CGI In His New Movie
Michael Bay is one of cinema’s foremost purveyors of spectacle. You don’t necessarily buy a ticket to one of his movies for the intricate plot mechanics or the incredible characters; you go to a Bay movie because you want to see stuff get blown up real good — and for those explosions to look absolutely sensational.
Bay’s latest effort is called Ambulance, and it follows Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a pair of brothers who rob a bank and then take an ambulance hostage, leading authorities on a wild chase through Los Angeles. Sounds like a perfectly agreeable setup for a Bay movie full of incredible stunts and jaw-dropping visuals, right? Right. But according to Bay himself, he may not have entirely delivered the goods in one of those two key categories.
Speaking to Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont — you can see the video below — Bay was critical of some of Ambulance’s visual effects. “All those explosions and cars flipping, that’s all real,” he said. “That’s all live, real, ratchets. It looks very dangerous [and] it could be very dangerous if you don’t know what the hell you’re doing. But most of it is real stunts. There’s very few blue screen shots on the movie. There’s not a lot of CGI. There’s a couple ... some of the CGI is s— in this movie. There’s a couple shots that I wasn’t happy with, okay? Alright.”
Well, at least he’s honest. Elsewhere in the interview, Bay notes that they spent just $40 million on Ambulance — a far cry from the massive blockbuster budgets of his Transformers movies. (His last project, Netflix’s 6 Underground, had a reported budget of $150, nearly four times as much.) Clearly, the best visual effects don’t come cheap.
Ambulance is scheduled to open exclusively in theaters on April 8. You can watch Bay’s comments below:
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Netflix To Start Cracking Down On Password Sharing In Some Countries
If you’re one of the many Netflix users who shares your account with a family member or a friend — or you happen to be the family member or friend who uses someone else’s Netflix account — your days of free Netflix piggybacking may soon come to an end. The streaming service is now testing a feature that would encourage people to share their Netflix account — but only after they pay a few extra bucks to add additional members to their account.
According to a blog post on Netflix’s website, the company is initially trying the concept in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. In those countries, users will have the option to “add an extra member” for up to two people outside their household. The pricing varies by country but it’s basically a couple of extra dollars per additional user, as opposed to those people paying upwards of $10 or $15, depending on the level of Netflix membership they want, for their own separate account.
“While [allowing accounts to have separate profiles] have been hugely popular, they have also created some confusion about when and how Netflix can be shared,” Chengyi Long writes in the blog post. “As a result, accounts are being shared between households - impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films for our members.” Netflix users in these countries will also have the ability to transfer their profile from another user’s account to one that they create — so if Netflix Freeloader X was using Netflix Subscriber Y’s account, but then wants to get their own subscription, Netflix Freeloader X won’t lose all the titles in their queue or their viewing history.
The goal of the feature, according to Long, is to allow people to share their account “easily and securely, while also paying a bit more” — in other words, to get at least a few extra bucks out of the thousands upon thousands of people who are currently getting Netflix for nothing.
The post doesn’t say how Netflix plans to police users who share their accounts with people outside their household, and it also doesn’t say when or even if these features will be brought to the United States or other countries. But it’s clearly something Netflix is thinking about and working on, so keep that in mind the next time you ask your mom if you can have her password.
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New on Netflix in April: All 110 Movies and Shows
Once again we come to a new month, and once Netflix has outdone itself. They list over 110 new films, shows, and library titles coming to the service next month. That works out to more than three new things to watch every single day in April. Who has time to do all that? Even the guy who started Netflix, famed tech pioneer Roger P. Netflix, does not have enough time in his day to watch all this stuff.
So here are the highlights: Judd Apatow has a new comedy about the making of a movie during Covid, titled The Bubble. Richard Linklater’s back with a new movie too; his is an animated feature loosely based on his own childhood called Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure. April also sees the long-awaited return of Russian Doll, starring Natasha Lyonne as a woman who can’t stop looping through time, and Netflix’s first interactive trivia game show, Trivia Quest. There’s new episodes of Ozark! A David Spade comedy special! A documentary series about the National Parks featuring former President Obama! And on and on and on.
Here’s everything coming to Netflix in April. Thank you again, Roger P. Netflix.
Avail. 4/1/22
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood -- NETFLIX FILM
A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.
Battle: Freestyle -- NETFLIX FILM
Amalie is elated when her and Mikael's dance crew is selected to compete in Paris, but becomes distracted when she reunites with her estranged mother.
The Bubble -- NETFLIX FILM
Comedy about a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a sequel to an action franchise film about flying dinosaurs.
Captain Nova -- NETFLIX FAMILY
A fighter pilot from a desolate future unexpectedly transforms into her younger self while traveling back in time on a mission to avert global disaster.
Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain -- NETFLIX COMEDY
Jokes and improv take center stage as comedian girl group Celeb Five brainstorms material for a comedy special in this behind-the-scenes mockumentary.
Forever Out of My League -- NETFLIX FILM
Life hangs in the balance after Marta's operation, with true love just within reach. But can the heart prevail against old secrets — and fickle fate?
Get Organized with The Home Edit: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
Clea and Joanna return to tame the clutter of celebrities and everyday clients with their signature rainbow style — and open a door into their lives.
The Last Bus -- NETFLIX FAMILY
After embarking on a life-changing field trip, a group of whip-smart students fight to save humanity from an army of ruthless drones.
Tomorrow -- NETFLIX SERIES
Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man joins a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special life-saving missions.
Trivia Quest -- NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes daily)
Test your knowledge of history, art, science and more across varying levels of difficulty in this interactive trivia series.
A Cinderella Story
Abby Hatcher: Season 2
Any Given Sunday
Argo
Blade
Blade II
Blade: Trinity
The Blind Side
Blow
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Catch and Release
CoComelon: Season 5
Delta Farce
Eagle Eye
Four Brothers
Full Metal Jacket
Grown Ups
Heartland Season 14
Her
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Love Actually
Molly's Game
Monster-in-Law
New York Minute
The Nut Job
Polly Pocket: Season 4: Part 1: Summer of Fun
Puss in Boots
The Rental
The Ring
Rumor Has It...
Saving Private Ryan
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Shrek Forever After
Something's Gotta Give
We The Animals
Avail. 4/4/22
Better Call Saul: Season 5
Avail. 4/5/22
Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy -- NETFLIX COMEDY
In this stylish follow up to his highly acclaimed debut Netflix stand-up comedy special, Ronny Chieng performs live in New York City in the intimate setting of the Chinese Tuxedo bar and restaurant. With a unique blend of intelligence, rage and physicality, Ronny shares his take on the pandemic, race relations, cancel culture and stories from his experiences as an international touring comic. Directed by Sebastian DiNatale and produced by All Things Comedy, Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy premieres globally on Netflix on April 5.
Avail. 4/6/22
Furioza -- NETFLIX FILM
A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: Either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.
Green Mothers' Club -- NETFLIX SERIES
Five moms in a competitive grade school community keep their enemies close, and one another closer, as envy and secrets tangle and unravel their lives.
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
TV star Jimmy Savile charmed a nation with his eccentricity and philanthropy. But sexual abuse allegations expose a shocking unseen side of his persona.
Michela Giraud: the Truth, I Swear! -- NETFLIX COMEDY
Career success. Fame's shortcomings. The cringeworthy label of "curvy" and tough ballet days during her youth. Michela Giraud has a whole lot to unpack.
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On -- NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes weekly)
Six different couples, on the verge of marriage. One partner is ready to get married, the other isn’t quite as sure. An ultimatum is issued - and in just over eight weeks, they must commit to marriage, or move on. In the meantime, each will choose a new potential partner from one of the other couples, in a life-changing opportunity to get a glimpse of two different possible futures
Avail. 4/7/22
Queen of the South: Season 5
Return to Space -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Elon Musk and SpaceX engineers embark on a historic mission to return NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and revolutionize space travel.
Senzo: Murder of a Soccer Star -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Soccer player Senzo Meyiwa was a national hero before his killing shocked South Africa. Who did it, and why? This docuseries dives into the evidence.
Avail. 4/8/22
Barbie It Takes Two: Season 1
Dancing on Glass -- NETFLIX FILM
When immense pressure threatens a ballerina in a new lead role, she and another dancer escape into a friendship that isolates them from the real world.
Dirty Lines -- NETFLIX SERIES
In 1980s Amsterdam, an enterprising college student stumbles into a new career at a phone sex line started by two wildly different brothers.
Elite: Season 5 -- NETFLIX SERIES
At Las Encinas, a new semester means a new victim, a new perpetrator and a new mystery as the students find themselves drowning in secrets.
Green Eggs and Ham: Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
A secret story, an unsolved mystery, a new beginning — and spies! Settle in for a second helping of Seuss-inspired fun and epic adventure.
Metal Lords -- NETFLIX FILM
For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods.
Tiger & Bunny 2 -- NETFLIX ANIME
Mismatched hero duo Wild Tiger and Barnaby lead the way in keeping the peace and getting sponsors as heroes from around the world enter the fray.
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations -- NETFLIX FILM
On assignment in a perilous city to inspect a Black Ops team and its notorious leader, an upstanding prosecutor steps into a deadly war between spies.
Avail. 4/9/22
My Liberation Notes -- NETFLIX SERIES
Three siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their unremarkable lives.
Our Blues -- NETFLIX SERIES
Romance is sweet and bitter — and life riddled with ups and downs — in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island.
Avail. 4/10/22
The Call
Nightcrawler
Avail. 4/12/22
Hard Cell -- NETFLIX SERIES
Events planner-turned-women’s prison governor Laura Willis documents the thrills and spills of life behind bars in this delightfully dry comedy series.
The Creature Cases -- NETFLIX FAMILY
Special agents Sam and Kit hop the globe with their sleuthing skills, science facts and cool gadgets to solve the animal kingdom's many mysteries.
Avail. 4/13/22
Almost Happy: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
Sebastián gets another chance to romance Pilar, who's now pregnant with Rocha's twins. But many life lessons still await him.
Our Great National Parks -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
An epic five-part series narrated by President Barack Obama that invites viewers to celebrate and discover the power of our planet’s greatest national parks and wild spaces.
Smother-in-Law -- NETFLIX SERIES
Living with her family since the pandemic struck, the meddling Isadir does her best to disrupt the lives of her bumbling son and rival daughter-in-law.
Today We Fix the World -- NETFLIX FILM
After workaholic Diego learns that he might not be the father of young Benito, the duo sets out on an emotional quest to find the boy's biological dad.
The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On -- NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes weekly)
Avail. 4/14/22
Ultraman: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ANIME
Ultraman is joined by Seven, Ace, Zoffy, Jack and Taro and together, the united Ultraman brotherhood takes on a new alien threat.
Avail. 4/15/22
Anatomy of a Scandal -- NETFLIX SERIES
An insightful and suspenseful series about sexual consent and privilege set in London. Based on the international bestselling novel “Anatomy of a Scandal” by Sarah Vaughan.
Choose or Die -- NETFLIX FILM
Tempted by a chance to win unclaimed prize money, two friends reboot a mysterious 1980s video game and step into a surreal world of next-level terror.
Heirs to the Land -- NETFLIX SERIES
Resourceful young Hugo Llor works to make a name for himself in 14th-century Barcelona while keeping a vow he made to the Estanyol family.
Mai -- NETFLIX SERIES
A grieving mother discovers the criminals behind her daughter's tragic death, and transforms from meek to merciless to get the real story.
One Piece Film Z
Strawberry Shortcake Berry in the Big City: Season 1
Avail. 4/16/22
LEGO Friends: Girls on a Mission: Seasons 1-4
Man of God -- NETFLIX FILM
Samuel forsakes his harsh religious upbringing to live his own life — but his soul remains caught between the world and the faith he left behind.
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Van Helsing: Season 5
Avail. 4/19/22
Battle Kitty -- NETFLIX FAMILY
A warrior kitten must defeat all the monsters on Battle Island in order to be crowned a champion. An interactive animated adventure from Matt Layzell.
Pacific Rim: The Black: Season 2 -- NETFLIX ANIME
The epic series conclusion! Piloting Atlas Destroyer with Mei and Boy in tow, Hayley and Taylor continue their journey to Sydney, but first, they must get past a bloodthirsty cult.
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Abercrombie & Fitch conquered malls in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s with gorgeous models, pulsing dance beats and a fierce scent. But while the brand was running white hot, its popular “all-American” image began burning out as controversy came to light surrounding its exclusionary marketing and discriminatory hiring.
Avail. 4/20/22
The Marked Heart -- NETFLIX SERIES
A man hell-bent on exacting revenge on the organ trafficking organization that murdered his wife becomes involved with the woman who received her heart.
Russian Doll: Season 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
After enduring the wildest night of their lives — over and over — Nadia and Alan stumble into another bewildering existential adventure.
The Turning Point -- NETFLIX FILM
A slacker who does his best to avoid confrontation strikes up an unlikely friendship with a dangerous thug who suddenly forces his way into his life.
Yakamoz S-245 -- NETFLIX SERIES
After disaster strikes Earth, a marine biologist on a submarine research mission must fight to survive with the crew as a conspiracy comes to light.
Avail. 4/21/22
All About Gila -- NETFLIX COMEDY
Popular Spanish comedians take the stage — and pick up the phone — to honor the esteemed Miguel Gila, recreating his most beloved stand-up performances.
He's Expecting -- NETFLIX SERIES
When an ad executive who thinks he's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequalities he's never considered before.
Avail. 4/22/22
Along for the Ride -- NETFLIX FILM
The summer before college Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on a nightly quest to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted.
Heartstopper -- NETFLIX SERIES
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.
Selling Sunset: Season 5 -- NETFLIX SERIES
New loves. Old foes. An exciting fresh face. With the luxury market on fire, competition comes to a boil at the brokerage. Who'll shine — or stumble?
The Seven Lives of Lea -- NETFLIX SERIES
Léa wakes up in the past seven times, in different bodies. Plunged into the mystery of a young man's death, she tries to prevent it — with consequences.
Avail. 4/25/22
Big Eyes
Avail. 4/26/22
David Spade: Nothing Personal -- NETFLIX COMEDY
Hot off the beach from his guest hosting duties on Bachelor In Paradise, David Spade makes his Netflix comedy special debut with Nothing Personal. From sharing his disdain for crabs to his unique approach to turning down drugs, David proves that no topic is off limits. Filmed at the Pantages Theater in Minneapolis, David Spade: Nothing Personal premieres globally on Netflix on April 26, 2022.
Avail. 4/27/22
Bullsh*t The Game Show -- NETFLIX SERIES
Hosted by Howie Mandell, Bullsh*t The Game Show will offer contestants a chance to win big money, even when they don’t know the correct answer. Throughout the game, players will work their way up a money ladder either by answering questions correctly or by confidently giving incorrect answers – and persuading their opponents that they are accurate. To win big in this game you don't have to be the smartest person in the room to cash in, you just have to convince everyone that you are.
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this documentary, an investigative journalist reexamines the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe, sharing his extensive audio interviews with the people who surrounded her.
Silverton Siege -- NETFLIX FILM
Tensions collide when a bank heist goes awry after an anti-apartheid strike. Based on a true story.
Avail. 4/28/22
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles -- NETFLIX FAMILY
An impulsive, samurai-wannabe rabbit and his new warrior friends join forces to protect their city from monsters, ninjas, gang members and evil aliens.
Bubble -- NETFLIX ANIME
In an abandoned Tokyo overrun by bubbles and gravitational abnormalities, one gifted young man has a fateful meeting with a mysterious girl.
Avail. 4/29/22
Grace and Frankie: Season 7 - The Final Episodes -- NETFLIX SERIES
Seven years ago, Grace and Frankie’s lives turned upside down when their longtime husbands left them for… each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie formed an unlikely and unbreakable bond as they faced uncertain futures head-on, and hand-in-hand. They’ve laughed together, cried together, did shrooms together, and twice-over became successful entrepreneurs together. A history-making 94 episodes later, Grace and Frankie continue to show themselves, their families, and their fans what it means to live life to the fullest, fearlessly and unapologetically. Here’s to seven seasons of laughs, tears, mood-enhancers, and good vibes. And, as Grace and Frankie would say, fuck it. This may be their final chapter, but they’re just getting started.
Honeymoon with My Mother -- NETFLIX FILM
Dumped at the altar, a brokenhearted man is coerced into going through with his honeymoon... with his overbearing mother.
Ozark: Season 4 Part 2 -- NETFLIX SERIES
Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro's empire. They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won't stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.
Rumspringa -- NETFLIX FILM
Traveling to Berlin, a young Amish man on his rite of passage connects with his roots, falls in love and makes a big decision.
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Oscars Announce ‘Formal Review’ of Will Smith Chris Rock Incident
In the immediate aftermath of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the stage of the Dolby Theatre at the 94th Oscars, the Academy released a curiously-worded statement.
“The Academy does not condone violence of any form,” they tweeted from their official account. “Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and move lovers around the world.”
It’s pretty indicative of the madness of the world we are living in that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences needs to put out a public statement condemning violence. But it’s even more surreal that their official statement insisted that they wanted the night to be about celebrating their Oscar winners — which includes the guy who committed the violence they were going out of their way to condemn.
Rock himself declined to press charges about the incident, but now the Academy has announced that they will be conducting their own “formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law.” According to the Academy’s bylaws “any member of the Academy may be suspended or expelled for cause by the Board of Governors.” After Harvey Weinstein was expelled from the Academy in 2017, the organization created a code of conduct that members were expected to abide by under penalty of losing their membership. Presumably suspension or expulsion from the Academy would therefore be theoretically possible in Smith’s case, depending on the outcome of the review.
Whether or not the Academy has the power to take back Smith’s Oscar is murkier; and it seems even more unlikely to me even if they could they would. But we’ll see what the Academy decides when the results of their review are eventually announced.
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‘Play-Doh’ Is the Latest Toy To Get Its Own Movie
Yet another of your favorite childhood toys is getting its own big-screen version. This time the toy making the jump to movies is Play-Doh, the “modeling compound” — as it’s described on the box — that’s been enjoyed by kids for generations. Hasbro is turning Play-Doh into an animated movie through its film studio, eOne.
According to Deadline, the movie is being written by Emily V. Gordon of The Big Sick fame, and produced by Jon M. Chu. In a statement, they said “the team looks forward to bringing the audience a moldable, pliable, iconically scented story about the importance of imagination.”
(They’re not kidding about that iconic smell. I really hope Play-Doh is not presented in Odorama.)
Hasbro has spent the last 15 years turning their beloved action figures and games into various movies. Some have been hugely successful; the Transformers franchise is now six movies deep with another on the way, while the horror movie based on Ouija did well enough to get a sequel. Others have petered out quickly and quietly. Remember Battleship? I do not, and I’m pretty sure I saw it.
Most of these productions have been in live-action, although there have been plenty of Hasbro-related animated movies through the years. Remember Transformers: The Movie? Of course you do, because it was so violent and filled with robot death that it scarred you for life.
Play-Doh might seem like an odd fit for a movie since it’s an arts and crafts toy that has no stories and no characters. But think about it; LEGOs have no stories or characters and that turned into an enormous franchise for Warner Bros. a few years ago; in a handful of years they cranked out four big-screen LEGO Movies before losing the license to Universal.
Play-Doh, with its endless options for creativity (not to mention its many licensed products based on other concepts) would seem like it has the potential for a similar cinematic concept. At the very least, you know that the toy line based on the movie based on the toy line will be a lot of fun.
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Ryan Reynolds Now Stars In Three of the Ten Most Popular Netflix Films Ever
For the third straight week, the most watched movie on Netflix around the world was The Adam Project, the sci-fi action movie starring Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and its handsome, wisecracking, Canadian leading man, Ryan Reynolds. Netflix users watched 31,700,00 minutes worth of The Adam Project last week, nearly double the amount they watched of the second-most popular movie on the streaming service, Rescued By Ruby (17,030,000 minutes).
With all those millions and millions of minutes spent watching the adventures of a time-traveling soldier from the future who loves to make sarcastic quips while the fate of the planet hangs in the balance, Reynolds now holds a special distinction: He has starred in three of the ten most popular films in Netflix’s history. (The other two, in case you’re not an expert in the Netflix filmography of Ryan Reynolds, are Red Notice and 6 Underground.)
That’s according to Netflix’s Top 10s website, which publishes weekly lists of the site’s most-watched movies and shows. It also has a running list of the most popular Netflix films ever, based on the total hours the movies were viewed in their first 28 days on streaming.
Here, according to Netflix, are its ten most-popular movies ever.
The Most Popular Films on Netflix
Nothing on there is terribly surprising; the biggest Netflix movies are generally the ones with the biggest stars, like Reynolds or Sandra Bullock (who’s got two big Netflix hits, Bird Box and The Unforgivable). The Irishman is the only one on there that seems the least bit artsy or difficult, but that one still had the hook of big stars (Robert De Niro and Al Pacino) plus it was really long, which helps when you’re measuring popularity by the sheer number of minutes consumed.
With a Red Notice 2 and 3 supposedly already in the works, Reynolds could dominate this list for a long time to come. Plus, all of these Ryan Reynolds movies are still streaming on Netflix and they will be basically forever. So there’s no rush to get to them, really. They’ll be there when you get around to it if you’re among the few who haven’t watched them yet.
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Streaming TV Is Still Missing One of Cable’s Best Features
A couple of nights ago, I got into a mood that I’m sure every person reading this understands: I was too wired to go to sleep but I was also too tired to watch anything too serious or mentally taxing. Generally when I’m in that kind of headspace I want to watch some kind of televisual comfort food, and for me that’s one of the shows I watched as a kid: The Simpsons, Mystery Science Theater 3000, or especially Seinfeld. I’ve seen every episode already, and know many of them by heart. I just want to zone out and laugh for 30 minutes at some random episode of something I love.
Thanks to streaming, all of these shows are available instantly on demand. The full run of The Simpsons is streaming on Disney+, dozens of episodes of MST3K are available on Shout!FactoryTV, and Seinfeld is over on Netflix. That’s not the problem. The problem is the word random. On streaming, random can be frustratingly difficult.
That’s partly because random is the opposite of everything streaming television stands for and was built to satisfy. These sites and apps were created as an alternative to traditional broadcast and cable television, where viewers are held at the mercy of programmers and schedules. 20 years ago, if you wanted to watch an episode of Seinfeld, you had to know when and where it was on. You had to plan your viewing or program a VCR to record the show (and hope that the VCR actually worked). Later, most of these classic sitcoms were released on home video, but that still meant if you wanted to watch them on demand you had to leave your home and drive to a video store to rent or buy a copy.
These sites are designed to offer customers unlimited choices and easier access, and that is a wonderful thing in many cases. Binging The Sopranos is a lot easier these days when every single episode is available on HBO Max, compared to the ancient times when you had to rent the episodes one disc and a handful of episodes at a time, then pray when you returned to the store for the next disc that someone else hadn’t already taken it out. (You know you’re getting old when you start telling “Back in my day!” stories to your children, and they involve racing to the video store before it closed to rent the last disc of Alias Season 4.)
But too much choice can actually be sort of exhausting. It may sound strange but it’s true; part of the appeal of watching Seinfeld or The Simpsons in the old days was not choosing the episode, and simply accepting whatever the roulette wheel of syndication offered. Sure, sometimes you got stuck with a bad show. But with these series, basically all the episodes were good. Plus, shows like Seinfeld were not designed for systematic binging. They were meant to run in any order, and to be consumed casually.
Admittedly, there are times when a syndicated rerun of “The Contest” is preferable to, say, “The Puerto Rican Day Parade.” But watching an episode you wouldn’t necessarily pick has its upsides too. Sometimes it reminds you of some classic moment that you’d forgotten, or you appreciate a joke you didn’t even get the first time around. And it’s definitely more interesting than just watching the same handful of favorite episodes over and over.
If you want to recreate the syndicated Seinfeld experience on Netflix, you’re basically out of luck. The same goes for shows on Disney+, Prime Video, Paramount+, or Peacock. There are some free streaming sites that do mimic old cable television; Pluto TV offers entire “channels” dedicated to endless reruns of shows like Family Ties or Happy Days and there’s no pausing or fast forwarding or skipping to the next episode. It’s close to ideal, but not quite; there are also commercials, the part of the cable television experience I don’t miss.
At least one streaming service is getting the hint that sometimes you don’t want to choose what to watch. HBO Max recently added a shuffle button for series like Friends. I just clicked it and it sent me to Season 4 Episode 1, “The One With the Jellyfish.” That’s great. This sort of feature should be standard on every streaming site. Now if we could make sure these shows are all shown in their original aspect ratio rather than cropped for 16:9 televisions we’d really be getting somewhere.
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‘We Own This City’ Trailer: The Creator of ‘The Wire’ Is Back With a New Baltimore Cop Show
Nobody tells Baltimore crime stories quite like David Simon, the former Baltimore Sun journalist turned author and TV producer who wrote the book Homicide: Life on the Street was based on, and then went on to create The Corner and The Wire, maybe the greatest police TV show in history. His recent projects have taken him to different times and places around America — Treme took place in post-Katrina New Orleans; The Deuce was a clear-eyed look at Times Square in its seedier days — but now he’s back in Baltimore with a new crime series called We Own This City.
This show, based on a book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, is a true story about the inner workings of a corrupt unit within the Baltimore Police Department called the Gun Trace Task Force. The cast includes familiar faces from The Wire like Jamie Hector and Delaney Williams, along with other stars like Jon Bernthal, Wunmi Mosaku, Darrell Britt-Gibson, McKinley Belcher III, Treat Williams, Gabrielle Carteris, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Josh Charles. The trailer looks like a typically gritty piece of pulp from Simon, who co-created the show with author and The Wire and The Deuce producer George Pelecanos.
Here is the show’s official synopsis:
Based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, WE OWN THIS CITY chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.
Not sure how any fan of The Wire can watch that trailer and not be excited to see that show. We Own This City premieres on HBO Max on April 25.
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Will Smith Apologizes to Chris Rock; Read His Full Statement
Will Smith has had quite a last 24 hours. He won an Oscar, slapped Chris Rock in front of tens of millions of people live on the Academy Awards, and now, about a day later, has issued a public apology for his behavior on the show.
“Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive,” Smith wrote in a statement on his Instagram account. “My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about Jada’s medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally.”
Smith continued with a direct apology to Chris Rock, the Academy, and to the Williams family.
I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness. I would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my King Richard Family. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us.
Shortly after the Oscars ended, the LAPD confirmed that Rock had declined to file a police report about the incident involving Smith, which started with a joke Rock made on the Oscars about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair. After Smith struck Rock in the face, he was allowed to return to his seat, and the show continued on. A short while later, Smith won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in King Richard.
Even with his apology, Smith may not be in the clear. Today, the Academy announced they were launching a “formal review” of the incident that will explore “further action and consequences in accordance with our Bylaws, Standards of Conduct and California law.”
Smith’s full statement is below:
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Academy Says Will Smith Was Asked to Leave Oscars And Refused
I can’t be the only person who, after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face in the middle of the Oscars after Rock told a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s bald head, wondered how Smith was allowed to stay and watch the rest of the show — and then was permitted to get on stage a little while later to collect an Academy Award for Best Actor to a huge standing ovation. Surely if any other person anywhere in the world walked on the stage in the middle of a Chris Rock standup show, slapped him in the face, and returned to their seat, he or she would immediately be escorted out by security, if not arrested.
It’s now Wednesday, and while the Academy has released a bunch of statements and apologies about what happened on Sunday night, they have never once said that they attempted to remove Smith from the show. But today the Academy released a statement announcing that they had “initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct,” they also claim “that Mr. Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused.”
As part of these disciplinary proceedings, the Board of Governors of the Academy will vote at their next meeting on whether Smith should be punished for his behavior at the Oscars. Potential outcomes of the vote “may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct.”
On its face, it’s a little hard to believe that the Academy (or their security) asked Will Smith to leave the show and we’re just hearing about it now. If they did ask, they certainly didn’t ask very forcefully, since he didn’t leave and they allowed him to stay and accept his Oscar. Regardless, the Academy’s statement claims “we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently.” So it’s a statement and an understatement.
The Academy’s vote on Smith’s behavior and potential disciplinary actions will take place on April 18.
UPDATE: Several sites, including Variety and TMZ, are reporting that their “sources” dispute that Smith was “ever formally urged to leave the show.” (In TMZ’s case, their info comes from “sources with direct knowledge who were present.”) So this drama is far from over.
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Will Smith Resigns From the Academy Over Chris Rock Incident
Later this month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors is set to meet to vote on disciplinary actions for Will Smith over his behavior at last weekend’s Oscars. Slapping Chris Rock over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair wasn’t just shocking and inappropriate, it may have also violated the Academy’s Standards of Conduct. On the basis of that upcoming vote, the group could have moved to suspend or even expel Smith from the Academy.
Before they could, Smith has decided to resign from the group. In a statement, Smith announced that his behavior at the Oscars was “shocking, painful, and inexcusable” and claimed he wanted to “put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements” following a week in which Smith’s actions — and the Academy’s inaction — along with an ongoing debate about whether Smith was asked to leave and refused, has overshadowed pretty much every story coming out of the Oscars, including the surprising wins by smaller films like Coda.
While Rock did briefly address the incident on the opening night of his new standup tour, he’s largely avoided commenting in detail on the slap. According to Will Packer, the producer of the Oscars telecast, he went to Rock to see if he wanted Smith removed from the show, and Rock said no. Packer claimed on Good Morning America that Rock was also “dismissive” of the idea of arresting Will Smith over the incident, saying he was “fine.”
After conferring with Rock, Packer told GMA he “went to the Academy leadership that was on site and I said: ‘Chris Rock doesn't want [to kick Smith out] ... Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse.’”
Even with Smith’s resignation, the saga is not over. The Academy board will still vote about the incident later this month, and could determine more penalties are warranted. (In his statement, Smith also said he would “accept any further consequences” they choose to impose.)
Smith’s full statement about his resignation from the group is below (via Deadline):
I have directly responded to the Academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable. The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home. I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken. I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film. So, I am resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will accept any further consequences the Board deems appropriate.
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William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies at 71
An Oscar-winning actor and a fixture in movies for more than 40 years has died. William Hurt passed away on Sunday. He was 71 years old.
His son Will posted a statement announcing his father’s death: “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes. The family requests privacy at this time.” According to Deadline, Hurt was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in 2018.
Hurt’s film career got off to an auspicious start, with 1980’s Altered States. In the film he played a scientist who uses a sensory deprivation tank to study the origins of humanity — and inadvertently begins regressing into a caveman. It’s a wild trip of a film.
Hurt quickly became one of the most in-demand actors of the 1980s. He received Oscar nominations in three consecutive years in the middle of the decade, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for 1985’s Kiss of the Spider Woman.
The following year he was nominated again for the romantic drama Children of a Lesser God. Then the next year he was nominated a third time for the classic romantic comedy Broadcast News, where he played a handsome television news anchor who gets into a love triangle involving two co-workers (Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks).
Hurt’s fourth and final Academy Award nomination came in the Supporting Actor category, for his work in David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence. In recent years, younger audiences knew him best as General Ross, the adversary of the Hulk and later all of the Avengers, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hurt played Ross six different times in the MCU, including five films and one short. His most recent appearance came in 2021’s Black Widow.
Hurt’s best films also include the erotic thriller Body Heat, the cult sci-fi classic Dark City, and Steven Spielberg’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. He also began working frequently in television in recent years, working on shows like Goliath and Condor. He had an incredible career and it ended far too soon. We should have gotten many more years of elder statesman William Hurt.
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There’s Now a Wordle For Movie Lovers
Since its launch in October of 2021, Wordle has become one of the internet’s favorite time wasters. Every day, users have to guess a five-letter word in six tries, with colored tiles indicating whether letters are correct or in the word but placed in the wrong spot. The game was invented by software engineer Josh Wardle, who sold his creation to The New York Times at the start of 2022.
Wordle has proven so popular that it’s spawned a whole bunch of imitators and copycats. There’s Quordle, where you have to guess four five-letter words in nine tries, and Heardle, a Wordle-style guessing game based around music. If movie lovers were feeling left out of the craze, now they can get in on the fun with a Wordle-style daily game centered around guessing the titles of movies.
It’s called Framed, and you can play it at Framed.wtf. As in Wordle, you get six guesses to correctly identify a movie based entirely on screengrabs from the film. Unlike Wordle, you don’t get any feedback based on your guesses; if you guessed Die Hard but the correct response was actually Die Another Day, Framed will not tell you that you got the word Die correct.
I got today’s puzzle in two tries. Here was clue #1...
Any idea? I didn’t know it. I tried to guess Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (based on the statues and the atmospheric setting) but you can only try movies that are in Framed’s database of choices and for whatever reason, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil wasn’t in there. So I just typed in “Blade Runner,” which I knew was wrong, so I could see Clue #2.
That one gave it away for me, see if you recognize it...
Recognize that face? It’s [SPOILER ALERT] David Bowie in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige. To me, that clue was a dead giveaway. The other images from the rest of the six, which you can look at even after you win, seemed a bit less easily identifiable. Here’s one other sample frame...
There’s a new puzzle every day, and like Wordle, Framed tracks your states and allows you to share your results on social media. I doubt the game will take off the way Wordle did, but it’s a fun way for cinephiles to kill a couple minutes.
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The Worst Oscar Best Picture Winners Ever
The Oscars are supposed to honor each year’s greatest achievements from the world of cinema. But as the famous line from Some Like It Hot goes, nobody’s perfect. Want proof? Just look at Some Like It Hot. Today, it’s considered one of the greatest movie comedies ever made. In 1959, it didn’t win a single Academy Award.
There are two kinds of mistakes at the Oscars: Those by omissions (like Some Like It Hot) and those by giving awards to less-deserving winners. Obviously there is no scientific formula to these prizes; it’s not like the movie that earns the most money at the box office or winds up on the most critics’ top ten lists is declared the official winner. The Oscars are based on the votes given by the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As such, they are at the mercy of the whims, moods, and questionable taste of human beings.
In some cases, Best Picture winners look worse with the benefit of hindsight, as some films fade into obscurity while others remain relevant and rewatched decade after decade. In others, it was tough to justify the Academy’s choices from the very first moment the winning title was pulled out of the envelope on the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Out of the 90+ Best Picture winners so far, here are our picks for the 15 most egregious choices, ranked from movies that are okay but not worthy of the title of Best Picture to films that are flat-out bad and not worthy of being watched at all in any context. And if you don’t agree with our picks, well, just remember: Nobody’s perfect.
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‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Wins Fans’ Favorite Movie Moment at Oscars
The Oscars did things a little differently this year during the official Academy Awards telecast. In addition to the traditional, official, voted-on-by-the-Academy categories, two new unofficial awards were given out, as determined entirely by users on Twitter.
One of those awards was dubbed the #OscarsCheerMoment Award, which was given to honor a favorite cheer-worthy moment from a movie. The winner was the film that got the most tweets on social media within a set amount of time, using that #OscarsCheerMoment hashtag. And the votes were tabulated and the award was announced, it turned out that Zack Snyder’s Justice League was the winner, for the moment “The Flash Enters the Speed Force.”
In case you missed it, here is the number one cheer moment in cinematic history according to the users of Twitter:
The film and that moment won over every single movie in history, including the other movies and moments cited as runners up for the #OscarsCheerMoment award, Spider-Man: No Way Home (the three Spider-Men teaming up), Avengers: Endgame (Captain America saying “Avengers: assemble!”), Dreamgirls, and The Matrix (Neo and bullet time). I’m not entirely sure why the Oscars didn’t limit the category to just films released in 2021; The Matrix, Dreamgirls, and Avengers: Endgame are obviously all older films. (Zack Snyder’s Justice League wasn’t even released in theaters, but I guess that’s less of an issue these days than it used to be.)
You can find the rest of this year’s Oscar winners here. As of this writing, Zack Snyder hasn’t commented on his film winning the vote for #OscarsCheerMoment.
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The Winners of the 2022 Razzie Awards
Amidst all the hubbub of legitimate awards and celebrities slapping one another in front of a multinational audience, we completely missed the fact that the Razzies, the annual celebration of the worst movies in the world, were also handed out over the weekend.
This year, the awards were dominated by two films: Diana: The Musical and Space Jam: A New Legacy. (Not a great year for movies with colons in their titles at the Razzies.) The former was a recorded version of an already-closed Broadway musical that premiered in October on Netflix. (In our review of the movie we said it was “so bad it makes Cats look good.”) Diana took home the “prize” for Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Supporting Actress, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay.
Space Jam: A New Legacy surely needs no explanation; it was like the original Space Jam only much worse, with LeBron James replacing Michael Jordan as the human lead opposite the Looney Tunes characters. James won Worst Actor and Worst Onscreen Couple with “any Warner cartoon character,” and the film itself won the Razzie for Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.
Here is the full list of this year’s Razzie winners. May we all see better movies in 2022.
Worst Picture
Diana: The Musical - WINNER
Infinite
Karen
Space Jam: A New Legacy
The Woman in the Window
Worst Actor
LeBron James, Space Jam: A New Legacy - WINNER
Scott Eastwood, Dangerous
Roe Hartrampf, Diana: The Musical
Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Mark Wahlberg, Infinite
Worst Actress
Jeanna de Waal, Diana: The Musical - WINNER
Amy Adams, The Woman in the Window
Megan Fox, Midnight in the Switchgrass
Taryn Manning, Karen
Ruby Rose, Vanquish
Worst Supporting Actress
Judy Kaye, Diana: The Musical - WINNER
Amy Adams, Dear Evan Hansen
Sophie Cookson, Infinite
Erin Davie, Diana: The Musical
Taryn Manning, Every Last One of Them
Worst Supporting Actor
Jared Leto, House of Gucci - WINNER
Ben Affleck, The Last Duel
Nick Cannon, The Misfits
Mel Gibson, Dangerous
Gareth Keegan, Diana: The Musical
Worst Performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 Movie
Bruce Willis, Cosmic Sin - WINNER
Bruce Willis, American Siege
Bruce Willis, Apex
Bruce Willis, Deadlock
Bruce Willis, Fortress
Bruce Willis, Midnight in the Switchgrass
Bruce Willis, Out of Death
Bruce Willis, Survive the Game
Worst Screen Couple
LeBron James & Any Warner Cartoon Character, Space Jam: A New Legacy - WINNER
Any Klutzy Cast Member & Any Lamely Lyricized Musical Number, Diana: The Musical
Jared Leto & EITHER His 17-Pound Latex Face, His Geeky Clothes or His Ridiculous Accent, House of Gucci
Ben Platt & Any Other Character Who Acts Like Platt Singing 24/7 Is Normal, Dear Evan Hansen
Tom & Jerry, Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
Space Jam: A New Legacy - WINNER
Karen
Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Twist
The Woman in the Window
Worst Director
Christopher Ashley, Diana: The Musical - WINNER
Stephen Chbosky, Dear Evan Hansen
“Coke” Daniels, Karen
Renny Harlin, The Misfits
Joe Wright, The Woman in the Window
Worst Screenplay
Diana: The Musical - WINNER
Karen
The Misfits
Twist
The Woman in the Window
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Chris Rock Addresses Will Smith Incident at Standup Show
A couple minutes after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, and it became clear that the whole thing was not some kind of elaborate joke gone very wrong, a friend texted me to ask what I thought about what had happened. My response:
“Chris Rock’s next standup special is going to be incredible.”
While Rock did his first standup comedy gig since the Oscars tonight at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, he’s not quite ready with that special just yet. Mostly, he performed a new set of unrelated material that he’d written and developed before the Academy Awards. So any kind of jokes about Will Smith or King Richard are still a ways off.
Still, Rock did briefly address the controversy and the incident publicly for the first time. As he first came on stage for the evening, Rock quipped “how was your weekend?”
“I don’t have a bunch of s— about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend,” he continued, adding “I’m still kind of processing what happened.” Aren’t we all.
Shortly before Rock took the stage in Boston, the Academy released a statement saying it had “initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct” and that after a vote by the Board of Governors of the Academy next month, Smith could face suspension or expulsion from the group for his actions. They also claimed that Smith had been “asked to leave the ceremony and refused.” Instead, he remained at the show, and when his name was announced as the winner of this year’s Best Actor Oscar, he was allowed to collect it and give an acceptance speech.
Back in Boston, before launching into his planned material, Chris Rock promised “At some point I’ll talk about that s—. And it will be serious and funny.” We can’t wait.
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Netflix’s Longest-Running Series Is Ending
Netflix is not one to let a show linger around. Whether viewership drops off past a certain point, or because the company has some secret data that’s guiding the decision, most of the company’s original series get canceled after just a handful of seasons. Even “hit” Netflix shows are often wrapped up after Season 3 or 4; only the biggest of the site’s series, like Orange Is the New Black and House of Cards, have broken through that unofficial threshold and gotten close to 100 total episodes. (Surprisingly, no Netflix show has run for more than 100 episodes.)
The current record-holder for Netflix’s longest running series is Grace and Frankie, the sitcom starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin whose lives are thrown upside when their respective husbands announce they are leaving them to marry each other. The next batch of episodes coming to Netflix next month will bring the show to seven full seasons and 94 episodes, pushing it past the aforementioned Orange Is the New Black, which ran for seven seasons and 91 episodes.
But that’s going to be it for Grace and Frankie, with Netflix confirming that this will be the series’ final run of shows. (As for what might ultimately replace it as Netflix’s longest-running series, that’s tough to say; most of the few shows that have been around for about as long as Grace and Frankie have produced far fewer seasons and even less episodes — like Stranger Things, which will release its fourth season later in 2022).
Here’s the official synopsis for the final 12 episodes of Grace and Frankie:
Seven years ago, Grace and Frankie’s lives turned upside down when their longtime husbands left them for… each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie formed an unlikely and unbreakable bond as they faced uncertain futures head-on, and hand-in-hand. They’ve laughed together, cried together, did shrooms together, and twice-over became successful entrepreneurs together. A history-making 94 episodes later, Grace and Frankie continue to show themselves, their families, and their fans what it means to live life to the fullest, fearlessly and unapologetically. Here’s to seven seasons of laughs, tears, mood-enhancers, and good vibes. And, as Grace and Frankie would say, f— it. This may be their final chapter, but they’re just getting started.
The final 12 episodes of Grace and Frankie premieres on Netflix on April 29.
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Everything New on HBO Max in April 2022
April is a good month for new and returning shows on HBO Max. There’s new seasons of Bill Hader’s Barry and The Flight Attendant, plus the premiere of the new crime series Tokyo Vice, whose first episode was directed by Michael Mann, along with the new Baltimore cop saga We Own This City, from The Wire and The Deuce creator David Simon. Also returning with new episodes: A Black Lady Sketch Show, Close Enough, and The Great Pottery Throwdown. Plus, there’s the conclusion of the doc miniseries The Way Down: God, Greed, And The Cult Of Gwen Shamblin and a documentary about skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
HBO Max is also adding Beetlejuice, Five Easy Pieces, On the Waterfront, and The Incredible Hulk to its library, along with several dozen more titles. Here’s the full list of what’s coming to HBO Max in April:
April 1:
10, 1979
Annabelle, 2014 (HBO)
Armed and Dangerous, 1986
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach, 2009
Battle Los Angeles, 2011
Beetlejuice, 1988
Bells Are Ringing, 1960
Black Gold, 1947
Blood Ties, 2014 (HBO)
Boys' Night Out, 1962
Brewster McCloud, 1970
Brie's Bake Off Challenge, 2022
Capote, 2005 (HBO)
Captains Courageous, 1937
Chicago, 2002 (HBO)
Children of the Damned, 1964
Czech It Out!, Max Original Premiere
Dances With Wolves, 1990 (HBO) (Extended Version)
Erased, 2013 (HBO)
Fantastic Beasts: A Natural History, 2022
Five Easy Pieces, 1970
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, 2009
Girl Most Likely, 2013 (HBO)
Graffiti Bridge, 1990
Hugo, 2011 (HBO)
Insidious, 2010
Iron Eagle, 1986
Iron Eagle II, 1988
Kin, 2018 (HBO)
Krull, 1983 (HBO)
Larry Crowne, 2011
Les Miserables, 1998
Limitless, 2011 (HBO)
Moon, 2009 (HBO)
Moscow on the Hudson, 1984
Nobody's Fool, 1994 (HBO)
Odd Man Out, 1947
On the Waterfront, 1954
One True Singer, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Only Lovers Left Alive, 2014 (HBO)
Original Sin, 2001 (HBO) (Extended Version)
Peggy Sue Got Married, 1986
Point Break, 2015 (HBO)
Rain Man, 1988 (HBO)
Red, 2010 (HBO)
Rendez-Vous, 2020 (HBO)
Revolver, 2007 (HBO)
Salt, 2010
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954
Sex Drive, 2008 (HBO) (Extended Version)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 1949
Show Boat, 1936
Six Degrees Of Separation, 1993 (HBO)
Slc Punk!, 1999 (HBO)
Spartan, 2004 (HBO)
Special Agent, 1935
Summer of '42, 1971
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania, 2017
Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962
The Asphalt Jungle, 1950
The Big Chill, 1983
The Big House, 1930
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, 2009 (HBO) (Director’s Cut)
The Break-Up, 2006 (HBO)
The Brothers Solomon, 2007 (HBO)
The Chosen, 1982 (HBO)
The Freshman, 1990 (HBO)
The Heartbreak Kid, 2007 (HBO)
The Incredible Hulk, 2008 (HBO)
The Informant (aka A Besugo), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Ladies Man, 2000 (HBO)
The Last Airbender, 2010 (HBO)
The Last Detail, 1973
The Last Dragon, 1985
The Raid: Redemption, 2012 (HBO) (Extended Version)
The Relic, 1997 (HBO)
The Secret In Their Eyes, 2010 (HBO)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, 2013 (HBO)
The Thaw (aka Odwilz), Max Original Season 1 Premiere
The Thirteenth Floor, 1999
The Toy, 1982
The Wackness, 2008 (HBO)
Tootsie, 1982 (HBO)
Under the Cherry Moon, 1986
Universal Soldier: The Return, 1999
Vice Versa, 1988
Welcome To Collinwood, 2002 (HBO)
Who’s Harry CRUMB?, 1989 (HBO)
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, 1996 (HBO)
Winter Meeting, 1948
Wrath Of The Titans, 2012
April 2:
Batwoman, Season 3
Chad
April 4:
The Invisible Pilot, Documentary Series Premiere (HBO)
April 5:
Man of Steel, 2013 (HBO)
Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off, Documentary Premiere (HBO)
We're The Millers, 2013 (HBO)
April 7:
Close Enough, Max Original Season 3
Queen Stars, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Tokyo Vice, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Trinity of Shadows, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
April 8:
A Black Lady Sketch Show, Season 3 Premiere (HBO)
Crabs In A Barrel, 2022 (HBO)
Mi Casa, 2022 (HBO)
The Night House, 2021 (HBO)
When You Clean A Stranger's Home, 2022 (HBO)
April 12:
Black Mass, 2015
April 14:
The Garcias, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Gensan Punch, Max Original Premiere
The Great Pottery Throw Down, Max Original Season 5 Premiere
Not So Pretty, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
April 17:
The House, 2017
April 21:
Amsterdam, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners, Max Original Special Premiere
The Flight Attendant, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
April 22:
A Tiny Audience, Season 3 Premiere (HBO)
Toy Aficiao, 2021 (HBO)
April 24:
Barry, Season 3 Premiere (HBO)
The Baby, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)
April 25:
We Own This City, Limited Series Premiere (HBO)
April 27:
The Survivor, 2022 (HBO)
April 28:
Ana Emilia Show (aka Desafío Influencer con Ana Emilia), Max Original Premiere
DoDo, Max Original Season 1 Premiere
Lamput, Season 1-3
Made for Love, Max Original Season 2 Premiere
Up Close with Ana Emilia, Max Original Special Premiere
The Way Down: God, Greed, And The Cult Of Gwen Shamblin, Max Original Season 1 Part B Premiere
April 29:
Snowpiercer, Season 3
April 30:
The Blair Witch Project, 1999
House of 1,000 Corpses, 2003
The Devil's Rejects, 2005
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Oscars 2022: Full List of Winners
After a muted and delayed Academy Awards in 2021, the Oscars returned to something close to full strength in 2022: Back at their old home at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, back to a lavish red carpet, back to a ceremony full of celebrity presenters and hosts, including Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes.
This year’s race was one of the most turbulent and least predictable in recent memory — and the show was equally turbulent and equally predictable. (In case you missed it, Will Smith smacked Chris Rock on stage live in the middle of the show, just a few minutes before he won the Oscar for Best Actor.) The big winner of the night was Coda, which won the Best Picture award, the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, and Best Supporting Actor.
The most awards of the night belonged to Dune, which won six technical categories including Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, and Best Sound. Jane Campion won Best Director for her acclaimed Western The Power of the Dog, while Jessica Chastain won the Best Actress prize in what was about as close to an upset as the night had.
Here’s the full list of 2022 Oscar winners:
Best Picture
Belfast
Coda - WINNER
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Director
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Ryuske Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog - WINNER
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick ... Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard - WINNER
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye - WINNER
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Actor in a Supporting Role
Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, Coda - WINNER
Jessie Plemons, The Power of the Dog
J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Actress in a Supporting Role
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story - WINNER
Judi Dench, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Animated Short Film
“Affairs of the Art”
“Bestia”
“Boxballet”
“Robin Robin”
“The Windshield Wiper” - WINNER
Animated Feature Film
Encanto - WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Cinematography
Dune - WINNER
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Costume Design
Cruella - WINNER
Cyrano
Dune
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Documentary Feature
Ascension
Attica
Flee
Summer of Soul - WINNER
Writing With Fire
Documentary Short Subject
“Audible“
“Lead Me Home“
“The Queen of Basketball“ - WINNER
“Three Songs For Benazir“
“When We Were Bullies“
Editing
Don’t Look Up
Dune - WINNER
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick... Boom!
International Feature Film
Drive My Car - WINNER
Flee
The Hand of God
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
The Worst Person in the World
Live Action Short Film
“Ala Kachuu - Take and Run”
“The Dress”
“The Long Goodbye” - WINNER
“On My Mind”
“Please Hold”
Makeup and Hairstyling
Coming 2 America
Cruella
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye - WINNER
House of Gucci
Music (Original Song)
“Be Alive,” King Richard
“Dos Orugitas,” Encanto
“Down to Joy,” Belfast
“No Time to Die,” No Time to Die - WINNER
“Somehow You Do,” Four Good Days
Music (Original Score)
Don’t Look Up
Dune - WINNER
Encanto
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Production Design
Dune - WINNER
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
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Belfast
Dune - WINNER
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Visual Effects
Dune - WINNER
Free Guy
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Coda - WINNER
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Belfast - WINNER
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
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Wanda Sykes Says Chris Rock Apologized to Her Over Will Smith Oscars Incident
The world is waiting to hear what Chris Rock has to say about the incident between him and Will Smith at the Oscars last weekend. Smith has already publicly apologized for slapping Rock over a joke Rock made at the expense of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. But Rock himself has been silent on the matter — although he has the first shows of a standup tour tonight in Boston and, presumably, he’s going to say something about all this. How could he not?
One person Rock has talked to already is Wanda Sykes, who was one of the three hosts of the now-infamous 94th Academy Awards. During an appearance on Ellen, Sykes revealed that she bumped into Rock at one of the Oscars’ after parties. When she saw him, Rock apologized to her, even though he was the guy who got slapped.
“The first thing he said is, 'I'm so sorry.'” Sykes recalled. “I was like, ‘Why are you apologizing?’ He was like, ‘It was supposed to be your night. You and Amy and Regina were doing such a great job. I'm so sorry this is now gonna be about this.’” Sadly, Rock was completely correct.
Sykes says she remains “traumatized” over the entire incident and finds it “gross” that the Academy allowed Smith to return to his seat and then accept his Oscar without being asked to leave the building. She says that while she did see Smith’s written apology to Chris Rock, she and her fellow hosts, Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, have yet to receive any sort of apology themselves.
You can watch Sykes’ full comments on the Oscars below.
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Heart’s Ann Wilson Praises Awesome Texas Weather Preparedness Parody Video
Who doesn't love a good parody? And it's even better when you can learn a little something in the process. That's exactly what happened when members of the City of Southlake Department of Public Safety got together to shoot a low budget video for their parody of Heart's '80s power ballad "Alone" to help spread the word about weather preparedness. And they managed to get Ann Wilson's seal of approval in the process.
Southlake is a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area in Texas and as you might expect as we get further into spring, the threat of tornados becomes a more common occurrence. Members of the staff took on the identities of Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson with some pretty awesome '80s hair to boot, while another officer interrupts the shoot to rock the guitar solo.
But amidst all the Heart visual nods, there's a pretty important message being shared about weather safety and preparedness. This parody version, titled "Prepare for Your Home" kicks off with the familiar solitary keys of the original but with the new lyrics, "It's severe weather time again / We hope you prepped long before now / Get in the house / Tell dad the same / That's why you hear the siren's tone / Stay back from glass and those big windows / Oh, get to the middle of the house / or by a throne."
And once we get to the chorus, we see our Ann and Nancy impersonators rocking the streets ahead of a superimposed cyclone to the lyrics, "Prep now / Don't wait until a cyclone / Sign up for ALERT texts on your iPhone / Make a prep kit / Please don't postpone / Prepare right now for your home."
A message toward the end of the video states, "From the bottom of our HEART, we ask you to prepare for severe weather." The posted video then tagged Heart, MTV as well as several local television affiliates.
And what did Heart think of the parody? Ann Wilson tweeted, "We love this!," while sharing it with all her Twitter followers.
The City of Southlake's Department of Public Safety provides police, fire, EMS and emergency management services for the city, and they make pretty great parody videos too. Watch the full clip along with the message from Ann Wilson below.
Wilson is currently promoting her Fierce Bliss solo album and just released a new lyric video for "A Moment in Heaven" that can be seen below.
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‘America’s Most Expensive Home’ Sells for $126 Million — See Inside! [Pictures]
A massive ultra-modern mansion that has been widely touted as "America's most expensive home" has just sold for a whopping $126 million, and pictures show a staggering estate that's hard to comprehend.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the California estate simply known as "The One" sold for $126 million at a no-reserve auction in late February, according to a spokesperson from Concierge Auctions. The unidentified buyer will also pay an auction premium that will bring the total price for the massive luxury residence to $141 million.
That's a far cry from the $500 million flamboyant property developer Nile Niami originally intended to price the property, which he initially slated to bring to market in 2017. Niami got in over his head with lenders during the seven-year construction process, which culminated in one of them filing a foreclosure action in June of 2021. Niami filed for bankruptcy on the property in October of 2021 to forestall an impending foreclosure sale and give him time to sell the property on his own, ultimately listing it at $295 million.
That price was well below the original goal, but still would have made the house the most expensive in the U.S. As it stands, the sale for $126 million does not cover the outstanding debts on the property, which WSJ says totaled $190 million at the time of the auction. Though it's still a massive real estate deal, Business Insider's rundown of the most expensive homes in America lists several properties that sold for significantly more.
The mammoth estate in the ultra-exclusive Platinum Triangle area in Bel Air, Calif., features 21 bedrooms and 49 bathrooms, with a total of 105,000 square feet — which, as TopTenRealEstateDeals.com points out, is nearly twice as large as the White House. The new buyer's neighbors include Jennifer Lawrence, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus and Kylie Jenner.
The titanic mansion includes a private nightclub, a full-service beauty salon, a wellness spa, a 10,000-square-foot rooftop deck, a 400-foot private outdoor running track with glass walls that overlooks the city and a private movie theater with seating for more than 40 people.
Other amenities of the jaw-dropping property include a two-story library/office with a balcony and three windowed walls, a custom bar, a cigar lounge, a four-lane private bowling alley, a putting green, a full gym, a tennis court, a 10,000-bottle wine cellar and a garage that holds more than 30 cars and includes two car-display turntables.
The estate also includes five indoor and outdoor pools, one of which is a 64-foot indoor pool with its own attached juice bar. The mega-mansion sits on 3.8 prime acres surrounded by a moat on three sides, providing 360-degree views of the Pacific Ocean, downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains.
See pictures of the astounding estate below.
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Legendary ‘Dallas’ Star Linda Gray Selling Spectacular $3 Million California Ranch — See Inside! [Pictures]
Legendary Dallas star Linda Gray is selling her spectacular rural California estate for just under $3 million, and pictures show a private paradise that's perfect for anyone who wants to get away from the urban grind.
Gray's 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom, 4,800-square-foot custom-built home in the canyon country outside of Los Angeles sits on just under three acres of prime rural California ranch land, and she's asking $2,995,000 for the property.
Celebrated architect A. Quincy Jones designed the midcentury modern main residence, and he incorporated outdoor elements including exposed rocks, wood and organic textural elements into a chic modern look for a truly one-of-a-kind home. The estate's interior amenities include a massive sunken living room with vaulted ceilings and stripped tree trunks serving as the vertical supports, while skylights and glass walls afford surrounding views of the stunning property, and multiple doors step directly onto the exterior stone patios.
There's also a well-equipped chef's kitchen with a wood-fired pizza oven, as well as a separate exercise room. The estate's master suite offers floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases, a skylight, a raised fireplace, a window seat that looks out over the grounds and doors that step directly onto the exterior living areas.
The gated, ultra-private property is a private horse ranch with stables for four horses, as well as a combined tack room and barn. The luxurious retreat also boasts a private tennis court, a swimmer's pool with a spa, organic gardens, a koi pond, a chicken coop and lush natural landscaping to complete the exterior of the estate. The patio areas offer outdoor living spaces, dining and entertaining spots, and they open directly back onto multiple rooms in the main house for perfectly integrated indoor-outdoor living. The property also includes a two-story guest house.
Gray starred on Dallas as Sue Ellen Ewing from its premiere in 1978 until 1989, during which time it became an international television phenomenon. She has gone on to a long career as an actor, director, producer, spokesperson and author.
Billy Rose, Natasha Sizlo and Andrea Korchek with the Agency hold the listing on Gray's estate. Click through the pictures below to see inside Gray's stunning California home, and keep scrolling to see what the cast of Dallas all look like today.
PICTURES: 'Dallas' Legend Linda Gray Selling Spectacular Rural California Estate
You Won't Believe What the Cast of 'Dallas' Look Like Now:
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‘Yellowstone’ Actor Barret Swatek Selling Spectacular $100 Million Beachside Malibu Estate — See Inside! [Pictures]
Yellowstone actor Barret Swatek is selling her spectacular estate in one of the most elite areas of Malibu, and pictures show a mind-boggling property that's upper-crust even by the standards of one of the most exclusive zip codes in the world.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Swatek and her husband, former hedge fund manager Adam Weiss, are asking just under $100 million for their 4-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom, 7,450-square-foot contemporary villa that's situated directly beachside on the ultra-private white sands of El Sol Beach. According to online property listings, that breaks down to $13,356 per square foot and a monthly payment of $508,085.
The exceptionally secluded and private estate is gated, with a long driveway that leads past the property's tennis court before actually reaching the fully renovated property, originally built in 1944.
Online listings boast of the estate's "chic style and serene setting with the ultimate indoor/outdoor flow." The main floor consists of a soaring great room that encompasses the living room, den, dining area and a gourmet kitchen. The space features floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors that offer panoramic views and open onto a wraparound deck that also includes a fire pit and stunning views of the beach and ocean.
The second floor of the luxury villa includes a master suite that features a fireplace, a separate sitting area, dual spa-like bathrooms and an attached walk-in closet. Two additional en-suite bedrooms, a media room, a home gym with vaulted ceilings and a fourth bedroom with its own private entrance, kitchen and bathroom complete the upper floor of the mansion.
The exterior of the estate is every bit as lavish, set on just over three acres of immaculate grounds with a private path to the beach and what the listing describes as "sunrise-to-sunset ocean views." There's also a pool, spa, a pool deck and a cabana with an outdoor fireplace.
Swatek took part in Season 1 of Yellowstone, playing the role of Victoria Jenkins, the wife of Dan Jenkins, a real estate developer who's trying to gain control of some land John Dutton (Kevin Costner) owns. Her other credits include The 40-Year-Old Virgin, High School, 7th Heaven, American Housewife and more.
Jade Mills with Coldwell Banker Realty holds the listing on the exceptional Malibu property. Scroll through the pictures below to see inside the stunning estate.
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Wow! ‘Yellowstone’ Star Gil Birmingham’s Guitar Skills Are Amazing [Watch]
Gil Birmingham is best known to Yellowstone fans for his role as Chairman Thomas Rainwater on the smash hit show, but he's also a very talented musician in real life. Birmingham is an avid guitarist, and in the video below, he demonstrates some pretty sweet chops in an unaccompanied acoustic jam.
Birmingham's character on Yellowstone heads up the Confederated Tribes of Broken Rock and serves as the leader of the Broken Rock Reservation that borders the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. The actor and musician is also a passionate advocate for Native American causes in real life, and in a clip that's been uploaded to YouTube, the actor and guitarist performs at the Native American Music Awards.
Birmingham begins his solo piece with a dramatic chord flourish before intermingling some fleet-fingered, classically-inspired lead licks, then runs through an impressive series of interesting chord voicings, strumming patterns, harmonics and more, demonstrating a wide knowledge of musical stylings and easy command of the fingerboard.
The actor's role as Chairman Rainwater does not offer him the opportunity to show off his musical skills, but Birmingham has had the chance to jam with Oscar winner Jeff Bridges at work. The two starred together in the 2016 film Hell or High Water, which Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan wrote, and they got to know each other through their shared interest in music.
“We spent about a week together…and that provided a great opportunity for Jeff and I to just get to know each other musically speaking,” Birmingham told the San Antonio Current. “Every day Jeff would ask me, ‘Did you bring your guitar?’ I would say, ‘Jeff, when are we going to get a chance to play? We’re doing 14-hour days!” He'd go, 'You never know.’”
"Gil is a wonderful guitarist and we just played any chance that we had," Bridges told Cowboys & Indians in 2018. "We brought our guitars to the set, and before and after work, any time we were together, we jammed.”
Birmingham has not shared whether he's jammed with the cast of Yellowstone, but there's no shortage of musical talent on hand if he wanted to. Series star Kevin Costner has a parallel career as a singer-songwriter and frontman of Kevin Costner and Modern West, while Ryan Bingham, who plays singing cowboy Walker on the show, is a real-life Americana and roots country star whose music has won him an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award.
Luke Grimes, who plays Kayce Dutton on the show, is also a musician, and he has said he's eyeing a country record in 2022, while Denim Richards, who plays Colby, is a trained opera singer.
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The Best Reactions, Tweets, Memes from Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars
It was the slap heard across the universe...and the internet.
On Sunday night, during the 94th annual Academy Awards, things went super sideways between Will Smith and Chris Rock live on air. Millions of people witnessed Will slap Chris in the face following a joke made about Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
Immediately following the altercation, the internet went into hyperspeed mode when it came to jokes, hashtags, and memes. I am still surprised at how fast the internet works when it comes to these live moments.
I have searched the internet for the best Will vs. Chris memes, and here are some of the best ones:
You could hear a pin drop in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles when the crowd realized that the slap wasn't a joke or a bit between the two actors. No one knew what to do or what to think at that moment. It was one of the most bizarre things I have seen in a while.
Ah, yes. The 'Men In Black' memory eraser that everyone wished they had at that moment, especially Will. Using the main culprit's own movie footage and lines for a meme is always a win in my book.
The 'Family Guy' meme is scarily accurate to what actually happened with Chris and Will. Everyone was happy and unsuspecting, and then BAM. Hit in the face. Is this life imitating art?
Ok, Ok. Here's where the Jada Pinkett Smith/August Alsina/Red Table Talk Entanglement fiasco comes into play. There are for worse memes eluding to this situation that I cannot post, but it does beg the question: You didn't care or go after the man your wife was entangled with, but one joke about your wife at the Oscars gets a slap? Many discussions are to be had here with this set of memes.
Another one deals with the "entanglement." It seems like many people are pointing this out when it came to the slap. The Smith family is interesting, to say the least. I'll be waiting for the Red Table Talk covering this s**tshow, but will it play into their narrative of the situation or the actual truth?
This one made me cackle. Oh, Andrew Garfield. After watching the whole video before and after the slap, Andrew is definitely either checking Twitter or hitting up the group chat about what he just witnessed. Spill that early tea, Andrew! He was nominated in the Best Actor category, which Will won just about an hour after the incident.
Do you remember when it was discovered that 'Moonlight' won the Best Picture award in 2017, even though 'La La Land' was announced as the winner? All the celebrities in the crowd had shocked faces when it was announced? Miss Lupita just topped it with these "in the moment" shots following the fight.
Lupita was seated right next to Will as he was continuously yelling at Chris following the slap. The camera showed her real-time reactions, which mirrored all of ours at home.
These are just SOME of the memes that I've seen multiple times since the fight Sunday night. As time goes on and more details are revealed about the fight, the memes will get better and better.
We won't be forgetting this Oscars ceremony for a long, long time. Mainly, because the internet and its' glorious ways won't let us.
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American Liberty Delves Into the Latest Vaccine Data Dump
Tune into American Liberty with Bill Lockwood Saturday mornings at 11 on NewsTalk 1290 and 96.3 FM.
This week's edition of American Liberty is divided into two parts. The first two segments deal with the Environmental, Social, and Governance Score. You can listen to those two below and see what Bill had to say on the segments.
1. What is your ESG Score? (Environmental, Social, and Governance Score). Whereas it used to be the case that our "Credit Rating" assisted businesses in order to loan us money to purchase cars, houses, etc,-- now the Biden Administration is pushing for an ESG score. How well do you conform to the Green Environmental Agenda? What "social score" will you register by combing through your social media accounts? Your Governance score will be about how well you "conform" to such things as VAX mandates. Instead of "Carbon Footprint"--Americans need be concerned with the "Government Footprint" that has become totalitarian in nature to give you an ESG score.
In the following two segments, Bill had two guests in studio to discuss the latest info on the Covid vaccines. You can listen to those two segments and see what Bill had to say below.
2. SPECIAL GUESTS: DEREK RUVALCABA; CLAY COLLINS, on VAX MANDATES. Derek and Clay, both in the medical community, sound the alarm regarding the BRAND NEW, ignored by the MSM, data-dump by Pfizer and the FDA pertaining to ADVERSE REACTIONS to the Vaccines. In a startling case of government cover-up and suppression, only to be outed in a court of law, these huge companies have been forced to reveal the REAL stories behind the vaccines. Listen and learn from Derek and Clay on this ground-breaking story.
KEEP READING: Scroll to see what the big headlines were the year you were born
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Another One Bites the Dust, Wichita Falls Warriors Will Be Moving to a New City
Another sports team will be leaving our city, but this time for a different reason.
From the Spudders, to now the Warriors, Wichita Falls is once again without a sports team. Inside source has confirmed that the Wichita Falls Warriors will be moving to Oklahoma City once the season wraps up. Now our Warriors, well I guess Oklahoma City's Warriors, clinched a playoff spot this past weekend. Playoff games will be happening here, but after that it's done.
It seems like for previous teams, low attendance was a factor for a team leaving, but we have been told attendance was not an issue in the decision. The Warriors had a great turnout for their final regular season games over the weekend. 3,000 fans were in attendance to watch the Warriors win 4-3 on Saturday night.
I wish the current Warriors team, ownership, and organization all the luck in Oklahoma City. I hope you guys are on to bigger and better things in your new city.
I hope one day a team can prosper in Wichita Falls. We have had everything in our city at this point. Baseball (Spudders), Football (Nighthawks), Soccer (Flyers), Basketball (Texans) and Hockey (Most recently Warriors). Low attendance was a factor for the majority of those teams, but it seems to me like the city screwed it up for us this time.
I say we get out there and support the Warriors once that playoff schedule is announced. However, do we get to keep a trophy here or does it go to Oklahoma City? I will take a plaque to be hung in our studio at the very least.
Maybe I need to start my own team? I'm still holding out hope that someone will let me do the Wichita Falls Red Draws.
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Best Places to Grab a Guinness in Wichita Falls on Saint Patrick’s Day
Need to have at least one pint of Guinness today and here are all the places in town you need to hit up.
Saint Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays of the entire year. Kinda salty I have to work late tonight, but I guess I will have to get my drink on this weekend. When it comes to Saint Patrick's Day, we can argue what's the best Irish shot. To me though, it's no debate when it comes to the beer.
"But there's nothing that's squeezed from the grape or the hop
Like the black liquidation with the froth on the top"
That would of course be the iconic Guinness. I know some people are intimidated by Guinness the first time they see one because it looks like a heavy beer. They go down so smooth and you have to have at least one today. So here are the bars and restaurants that serve Guinness in Wichita Falls.
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Charizard Card Just Sold for Over $300,000 in Dallas Last Week
Remember when your parents said collecting Pokemon cards was a waste of time? Looks like someone's card was worth several pretty pennies at a recent auction.
Back in the day I was obsessed with Pokemon. Being ten-years-old in 1999, nothing and I mean nothing had a bigger grip on my life than Pokemon. The geniuses in marketing for Pokemon had kids begging for more, Gotta catch'em all, right? Pokemon had delved into several different collectibles, but nothing was bigger than the trading cards.
One card reigned supreme over them all, a holographic Charizard. If you had this thing in your collection, you were the coolest. I legit got one on Christmas Day 1999. My Aunt Debbie sent me a pack of cards for Christmas, it was all I asked for that year. Inside that pack was a Charizard. I might have passed out due to excitement. Below is my Charizard that has been sitting in that card holder since 1999.
If I am ever desperate for cash, I may have to sell my old friend here because Pokemon card prices are only going up. This week in Dallas, Heritage Auctions had a massive card sale which included a perfect rated first edition Charizard. This means it was from the first English printed cards and the perfect rated means nothing is wrong with the card. No scratches or fading. Only 121 cards have ever been given a perfect rating.
Above is the card that was featured in the auction and fetched a whopping $336,000 last week. I'm curious what my Charizard is worth, I think I would be living out of my truck before I sell that thing though.
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Did You Know Wichita Falls Once Had Their Very Own Truck?
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At one point you could've had a Wichita Falls Truck, that's right, one built right here in our city.
Here's a little piece of Wichita Falls history you might not know about, the Wichita Falls Motor Company. It was established in 1911 by Joseph Kemp, who was a big part in building Wichita Falls at the turn of the century. He helped get a railway to our city and was established in several businesses throughout Wichita Falls. Groceries, banking, oil, and glass to name a few.
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Joseph Kemp was a big part of the Wichita Falls economy and for two decades he dipped his toes into the trucking business. With the help of some investors, Wichita Falls Motor Company started building reliable pickup trucks. A Wichita Truck was know as durable, seriously everyone wanted one. They shipped out to 86 countries around the world.
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During World War I, the French army ordered 3,500 of them for the battle lines. The end of World War I was not good for truck manufacturers because their was now a surplus of these army trucks. The Wichita Falls Motor Company apparently adapted and started building dump trucks. First local, then state, and finally the federal government began huge road building programs. The Wichita Falls Motor Company benefited from this greatly.
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Sadly, The Great Depression of 1929 affected everyone throughout the country and the Wichita Falls Motor Company was not immune to this. They would sadly close their doors in 1932. It is estimated the company made around 10,000 trucks throughout their two decades in business. Besides the dump trucks and pickups mentioned above. They briefly made buses and cement mixing trucks.
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The Wichita Falls Motor Company on Arthur Street still stands, occupied now by the Wichita Energy Company. The Texas Transportation Museum out of San Antonio has a lovely write up on the history of the Wichita Falls Motor Company, you can check it out here.
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Do You Know About the Unique Oklahoma Rose Rocks?
I'm not one that is impressed by rocks, but these actually look pretty cool.
I always say to learn something new everyday. Today I learned Oklahoma is famous for Rose Rocks, in fact they're the official state rock. Apparently these things are only found in Oklahoma. They form from sandstone, a sedimentary rock scattered all over the state. The chemicals needed to create rose rocks only exist in a two-mile band between Lake Stanley Draper and Noble.
The reason I learned about these today is because Oklahoma is trying to build a turnpike that could affect the growth of these rocks. "We would love to preserve these for future generations because once we destroy them they will never reform," Amy Cerato said. She is geotechnical engineer and OU professor. She says these rocks forming like this are rarer than diamonds because they can only form in these specific conditions.
Don't get me wrong, these things are all over the place in those lakes. In fact, if you go rock hunting, you can take up to six with you at a time. I'm not a big outdoorsy person, but I had no idea Oklahoma had this going on. I may need to plan a day trip and go rock hunting. These things look pretty cool.
^Also I learned just north of us in Lawton, they have the Rose Rock Spa. Which actually does have some rose rocks. Am I the only person that didn't know about these things?
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Do You Remember the Time a Giant ‘Snake’ Terrorized Wichita Falls?
I love weird Wichita Falls stories and this is a good one.
Over the past several weeks, I have been writing some very weird stories about our city. I love stumbling onto this craziness, like a farmer letting his emus rampage our city, or an elephant being strangled to death by trains in Wichita Falls. Today though, we're dealing with my least favorite animal, snakes.
Today we're talking about the infamous 40 foot snake of Wichita Falls. Yes you read that correctly. This apparently happened in the summer of 1946. A man was apparently stuck on the side of the road near Seymour Highway, when all of the sudden a giant snake slithered out of the grass. The man called the cops who came out to investigate.
They found no snake, but found the grass pattern of something massive going through. It appeared that this forty foot snake did come through and this guy wasn't making it up. Some soldiers at Sheppard Air Force Base also claimed to see the snake on this day. Over the next couple of weeks, more and more reports of a giant monster slithering through our city were being reported.
One man claimed it was more than 20 feet long with a red belly and a black back and it reared up as high as his pickup window before making its exit into the nearby grass.They said it moved quickly too. Then Oklahoma started getting reports of the monster. One lady told police it stretched clear across the road with its tail up on one side while the head was up on the other and it was as big around as a drainpipe.
After all these reports, a reward was offered for the snake $1,000 alive or $500 dead. In 1946, that's a nice chunk of change. More and more people threw in money, $1,500 and then $2,000 from another local. You can imagine everyone wanted to find this damn snake. Parents didn't have their kids playing outside because they feared the giant snake would eat them.
Someone had a nice scam going in town as well where they claimed to have a snake hunting hound. Ah yes, a dog that has been trained to find a forty foot snake in Wichita Falls, Texas. For weeks, this went on and it looks like the snake...was just a prank by some kids.
It is unknown how many kids were involved in this, but we do know the names of three of them. Pete Mason, Buddy Warren, and Twain Adams. These three, and some other boys, stitched some burlap sacks together and painted them black. They tied a long rope to the end of it so they could pull it from a distance without anyone seeing it.
This is how the 'snake' appeared to move. Apparently Pete Mason had it stored in the cellar of his house when the snake wasn't terrifying Wichitans. Looks like Pete's older brother burned the snake one night once the snake chaos got a little too crazy. He was worried his little brother was going to go to jail.
Although no charges were filed, one of the boys did admit to elaborate prank. So everyone could sleep easy at night knowing a giant snake was not going to eat them or their children. If you want more on this insane Wichita Falls story, the Bullock Museum out of Austin has an amazing article that goes into much more detail on the prank. Give it a full read and if you have anymore crazy Wichita Falls stories like this. Send them my way.
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Does the Wichita Falls Tape from the King of the Hill Episode Exist?
Is Hank Hill lying to me or is this tape in storage somewhere?
I have already talked about this episode of King of the Hill several times. Season 3 Episode 19 of King of the Hill has become famous in our town. Where Hank and Bobby visit Wichita Falls for the Dallas Cowboys training camp. However, one aspect of this episode always raises an eyebrow for me.
When Hank and Bobby stay at The Wichitan (seen above), they find a tape from the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce about how they lured the Cowboys to have their training camp in Wichita Falls. Sorry I can't find a clip from the show of this moment, but this what leads to Hank making a movie to show the Cowboys they should have their training camp in Arlen instead of Wichita Falls.
In all my research of the Cowboys moving to Wichita Falls, I have not found evidence of the city sending the Cowboys a video of why Wichita Falls is the perfect place for a Cowboys training camp. From what I have seen it was a plane with a banner flying over Texas Stadium during a Cowboys game. The banner said, "Hey, Jerry, Wichita Falls wants your Cowboys."
By the way, if anyone has anything on that plane or this tape send it my way. In watching Hank's Cowboys Movie for Arlen. I noticed one of the biggest errors in King of the Hill History. Fast forward to the 42 second mark of the video. Is that Hank Hill grilling on a CHARCOAL GRILL?
Mr. Propane and Propane Accessories grilling on a charcoal grill. No wonder Jerry didn't pick Arlen as a training camp site for the Cowboys. Looks like Hank Hill is one big phony.
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Downtown Wichita Falls April Fool’s Prank, Actually a Good Idea?
I knew it wasn't real right away, but why can't it be?
Today's the day where you don't believe anything you see or hear. Every story you do a double check on. It looks like the Downtown Wichita Falls Development folks wanted to get in on the fun and let us know about the new topiaries coming to downtown Wichita Falls.
F*** yes, dragons! Not a bad little Photoshop here, but could you imagine if this was real? Who wouldn't want dragons all over downtown Wichita Falls? Hell if a gardener in Wichita Falls wants to make one for my front yard, let me know. Someone commented they should start a fundraiser for some.
Yes, I will chip in a few bucks for these. By the way, according to 'The Simpsons' today is the 1,000th anniversary of the first April Fool's joke. This apparently took place on April 1st, 1022. I am filled with useless 'Simpsons' trivia info and the April Fool's episode is one of the best.
Hopefully nobody pulled an evil April Fool's joke on you today. I think the dragons were a simple and fun joke for today. I love how nobody thinks it's a bad idea. You might have to follow through with this Downtown Wichita Falls Development. Get some dragons in Wichita Falls stat!
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Drew Barrymore Tries to Pronounce Texoma Town Names
I learned the names of some of these towns today and I never would have guessed the right way in a million years.
Ever since I have moved to Texas, I have been fascinated with the way Texas towns are pronounced. Believe me, you guys call me out when I mess them up. I'm from Maryland, how am I supposed to know. A perfect example of this was when we got some folks that work for our radio stations up in New York to try and pronounce Texas town names. You can watch that video above.
Drew Barrymore was put to the test this week on CBS DFW. Drew is apparently traveling across the state of Texas for her talk show and they were the latest stop. During the weather forecast, they put her to the test on Texas town names and a few in our area got the nod.
First up was Montague, alright this one is a county and not a town. When I first moved here, I would pronounce it the exact way Drew does. The other Texoma one she shouts out is Bowie, she thinks it's pronounced like David Bowie. I will admit, I did guess Bowie right my first time years ago when I moved here.
The one I was shocked to hear was Italy, Texas. It's pronounced "It le", silent A. To the townspeople of Italy, Texas, that sounds awful. Come together and let us just call you Italy like the country.
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Get Your “Have a Good Day, Fat B****” Merch Wichita Falls
I'm glad someone is doing this because sometimes we all need a reminder to have a good day.
Here in Wichita Falls, we all had a good laugh at the graffiti that popped up in downtown Wichita Falls.
I thought the city should embrace the new art downtown, but sadly it looks like the "Have a Good Day, Fat B****" has been removed by the city. How will we ever remember this moment in Wichita Falls history? Merchandising.
Local artist A.J. Kappes has our new favorite Wichita Falls saying on a few shirts and even has a mirrored version. That way when you're looking in a mirror at home or in the gym it will give you a little bit of motivation for your day. If that wasn't enough, he also has it on coozies. Should I open up another beer? Yes, have a good day you fat b****.
Hopefully these things sell like crazy so we can all inspire each other to have a good day in Wichita Falls. That's all it was about, spreading positivity throughout the community. So get our there and have a good day Wichita Falls. If you work some of that fat off you, even better.
Now if only we could find love for this other graffiti artist in town, then we would have everything figured out in our city.
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Gunman Taken Down by Two UFC Fighters in Texas Restaurant
Gun usually wins in a fist fight. That is unless you know what to do with your hands.
Looks like restaurant goers are praising two men that basically saved everyone from getting seriously injured or even killed . Last night around 11:30, Houston police received a shots fired called at the RA Sushi restaurant. Technically it was shot fired, the gunman was quickly tackled by two guys after he fired straight into the ceiling.
The two quick thinking guys are Patrick Robinson and Kevin Holland. Patrick is currently an MMA coach, who actually was in the UFC in the late 90's. Kevin is currently in the UFC, actually had a TKO back on March 5th in his most recent fight. The two jumped into action quickly after the shot was fired.
"We were pretty much eating and the next thing you know, you just hear a pop," said Patrick Robinson. "Me and my buddy, we ran to the shooter... got him down, strangled him, took the gun from him... call the police and they got him."
"If it wasn't for the quick thinking of the good Samaritan taking the gun away, who knows what could have happened," HPD Sgt. Ricardo Salas said. "We're very thankful the citizen helped us out."
Police don't know why the gunman opened fire. They believe he may have been on the influence of some drugs after some were found in his pocket. The 24-year-old suspect has not been identified and the gun he fired was stolen.
Shout out to Patrick and Kevin for their quick thinking. They didn't hesitate to stop this guy before more shots were fired.
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Historical Markers Throughout Texoma You May Not Know About
I saw today that a new historical marker was going up in Texas and it got me thinking about the ones in our town. I decided to do some research and found some very interesting ones throughout our area.
First of all, want to give a massive shout out to the Wichita County Historical C omission. They have an amazing website with all the information needed on these markers throughout our area. You have probably seen some of these while walking or driving around town. Today though, I want to focus on some of the lesser known ones in our area.
For instance, did you know a pair of bank robbers murdered a Wichita Falls bank teller? A mob of townsfolk actually broke into the jail that the bank tellers were in and dragged them out. The townsfolk apparently lynched the pair in front of the bank building. Crazy story.
Did you know Wichita Falls used to have a zoo? Yeah, we had a zoo with over 300 animals, including an elephant named Miss Sugar. You mean to tell me I could have seen an elephant here back in the day?!
Ghost towns, Texoma heroes and founding fathers of the city all made my list. Check it out below. If you want the full list, you can check out the Wichita County Historical Commission. If you guys like the story, I may do this again on Archer or Clay County in the future.
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Just a Friendly Reminder, It’s Rattlesnake Season Here in Texas
In the words of my man Indiana Jones, "Snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes?"
Alright everybody, my biggest fear in life is snakes. I hate them with a passion, but I know they serve a purpose in the ecosystem. I just want them nowhere near me or my property. Here in Texas the ones we need to be on the lookout for our rattlesnakes. With the warmer weather right now, these guys are a lot more active.
I always thought rattlesnakes hibernated, turns out during the winter they do something called brumate. Basically during the colder months they are a lot less active. They don't just sleep away the winter away. Once it warms up they want to do two things. First, eat. Second, mate. Mating season is one of the most dangerous times to be around rattlesnakes and during the spring they're a lot more active.
Looks like a deputy over in Bee County, Texas had to take out a rattlesnake at a recent traffic stop. Looks like Sergeant Villarreal was tracking a stolen vehicle and when he went to investigate he stumbled upon a rattlesnake a few feet away from him. He said it was in a striking stance and Sergeant Villarreal took out the snake with his gun.
Just a friendly reminder if you have kids that love to play outside, you probably want to inspect the backyard around this time of the year before letting them out. Meanwhile I will be sitting in my house away from the snakes.
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Kid That Got Stuck in Texas Tornado Getting a Brand New Truck
I have been waiting for SOMEONE to step up and do this. Looks like one dealership wants some free advertising and I am going to give it to them.
By now, we have all seen the red pickup truck that got flipped over in the tornado. Then, re-flipped back onto its wheels and drove off like nothing happened.
Turns out, it was just a 16-YEAR-OLD kid in the truck. "When I landed on my wheels my hands landed on my lap and I saw everything and I was like probably nothing happened," said Riley Leon. Well, the truck still ran, but it did have some pretty bad scratches, dents, and glass blown out.
The truck was flipped over by a freaking tornado and if that isn't bonus points for Chevy here in Texas. It looks like one dealership wants to hook Riley here up with a brand new truck. Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet over in Fort Worth have been in contact with Riley and he will be getting a brand new Chevy Silverado this Saturday.
Riley told KVUE, the truck used to be his dads, but it was given to him when he turned sixteen. Riley was actually driving back from a job interview at Whataburger when he got caught in the storm. I like this kid, Whataburger and pickup trucks. Me and him would get along just fine.
Hopefully Riley's new truck doesn't have to be tornado tested. It's Texas, so you never know.
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Looks Like Wichita Falls Own Zackry Has Been Replaced with Jose Out of Corpus Christi
The thirsty ladies are at it again and this time it's for a Walmart worker in our state.
Here in Wichita Falls, we all know about thirsty ladies leaving comments about one of our workers. Wichita Falls own Zackry Majewski was the subject for many ladies dirty thoughts last year. 11,000 reactions, 14,000 comments and 15,000 shares talking about Zackry and not the adorable dog that was up for adoption.
Well it looks like the same thing is happening in Corpus Christi. The local Walmart was just trying to let people know that Little Debbie ice cream is back in stock. By the way, the Honey Bun one is quite tasty. Looks like since the photo was posted last week with one of the workers named Jose, the thirsty ladies are at it again. Looks like Jose is on the same pace with Zackry, except for shares. Jose is blowing him away with 20,000.
Here are some of my favorite dirty comments on the post.
"Nutty Buddy and creme pie his Swiss roll in some honey buns cuz I’m sure that cosmic brownie ain’t no strawberry shortcake "
"I would love to taste his swiss roll.....I mean the ice cream!!"
"Jose can can handle my honey buns. I mean I’d appreciate if Jose handed me the Honey Bun one please. "
"The way he's gently holding that ice cream I know my honey buns would be safe in his hands #callmejose"
"I will take the Strawberry Short Cake ice cream the same color of Jose lips!"
Be careful out there Jose, you may have a lot of new customers coming into the store trying to get your number.
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Man Claims a Killer Elephant is Buried Somewhere in Wichita Falls
Is this fact or fiction, you be the judge.
Last week I did a story on emus allegedly rampaging in Wichita Falls and animal control having to put them down at some point in the 90's. Guess what? That may not be the craziest story of animals being put down in our city. However, we have to go WAY back in Wichita Falls history. Let's go back to the year 1899.
I am once again asking for any more information on this story. The only source I have is an author named Mike Cox, who wrote a story for Texas Escapes. He looks to be a credible author on Texas history from his books, so I don't think this is something he made up for the internet. Mike claims that a circus was in town during 1899. As a publicity stunt, the circus owner was going to kill an elephant in our town.
Apparently the elephant had recently killed a second person while on the road. The first death happened a few years prior. So why not have a murder in Wichita Falls? Hell, our city made famous just three years before this in 1896 for lynching two bank robbers in the middle of town. For more on that story, check out famous historical markers in Wichita Falls.
The circus owner apparently put flyers all over Wichita Falls telling the folks to come help kill the elephant. If this were to happen today, you can imagine that PETA would be all over our town. In 1899, bloodthirsty Wichitans just a few years removed from a lynching were all ready to help kill an elephant. According to Mike's story, the elephant was put up on the corner of Brook and Kell.
“Everybody in Wichita Falls who had a shooting iron repaired to the scene,” one newspaper reported. “There were folks with shotguns, revolvers of various kinds and rifles.”
Once again, I don't have a link to this newspaper, so I am hoping anyone can help me out with more on this story. Here is where we get into the real crazy part of this story. The people of Wichita Falls unloaded into the elephant, but nobody had anything strong enough to pierce the elephant's thick hide. Basically, we just pissed the thing off and annoyed it.
The circus owner had a crazy idea, strangle the elephant to death using two train cars. Yeah, I said we were going into the crazy part of the story. Once again, according to Mike, the elephant was taken to a nearby train track. A thick chain was placed around its neck and two switch engines pulled both ends. This would be the end of the killer elephant.
Now, what do we do with the body? Apparently someone in town offered to dispose of the elephant, if they could use the skin as a roof. I mean, that thing was stopping bullets, had to make a durable roof, right? The man buried the animal somewhere in town and allegedly use the skin for a roof somewhere on the corner of Seventh and Austin Street in downtown Wichita Falls.
Mike closes out this story by saying the first good rain in the city shrunk the skin, basically making it useless. I know, don't believe everything you see online, but this story is so crazy I had to share it with you guys. I can't find anything else backing it up. I never would have believed the lynching bank robbing story in our city, but that is a real one.
I want to know if an elephant is buried somewhere in Wichita Falls because if this is real, holy crap!
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Moronic Tik Tok Challenge Put a Texas School on Lockdown Today
Tik Tok challenges have become a headache for several schools here in Texas, but this one maybe the dumbest one yet.
Remember when kids throughout Texas were doing the "Lick Challenge" where it encouraged them to steal the biggest item from their school? Then there was a "Knockout Challenge" where kids were trying to hit their teachers. The latest challenge maybe the dumbest one yet. It is called the "Orbeez Challenge".
An Orbeeze, in case you didn't know are these little balls that absorb water. Nothing too bad about that, right? Well apparently people are freezing them and then putting them into an air soft gun and lighting people up with them. This apparently happened to a FedEx driver in Florida earlier this week.
Looks like this morning, some kids thought it would be a genius idea to do this at school. Royse City High School just northeast of Dallas was on lockdown this morning.
"This occured in the parking lot before school and no students were hurt. Referred to as the Orbeez Challenge on TikTok, this is yet another senseless trend that is disrupting the school environment, causing a strain on law enforcement and is resulting in serious legal ramifications for students across the nation," Royse City ISD said in a letter to parents.
No word on how many students brought airsoft guns to school this morning. We will see if any other kids are dumb enough to bring an airsoft gun to school in the next few weeks.
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New Racing Inspired Amusement Park to Open in Texas Next Year
New amusement park in Texas? Sign me up!
Who doesn't love a good amusement park. Here in Texas we have two Six Flags locations and we also have a Sea World over in San Antonio. Plus we have some other smaller amusement parks throughout the state. Looks like Austin will be getting an amusement park in 2023, that's at least according to Circuit of the Americas Chairman Bobby Epstein.
In case you don't know, Circuit of the America's is a track in Austin that has been used for NASCAR, F1, and MotoGP. Plus, it also turning into an awesome music venue in the city. For instance, Rob Zombie, Incubus, and Alice in Chains all have stops at the amphitheater on the property.
Something new to add to the Circuit of the Americas will be an amusement park. They will have 30-plus rides and two mega-coasters. One of them will be the first of its kind in the country. It'll be an amusement park to rival any other, according to the Chairman. Right now on the property, they have a Ferris wheel, zip line and go kart track.
So I'm curious as to what that first of it's kind coaster in the United States would be and I think I have a guess. F1 currently already has a roller coaster at Ferrai World in Abu Dhabi. It is apparently the fastest roller coaster in the world, it would make perfect sense to actually put something like that on an F1 property. We will see once more is announced in the next few months, but I am sure folks in Austin will be excited for an amusement park in their city.
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Old School Oklahoma Drive In Movie Theater is For Sale and I May Have to Buy It
I always wanted to own a drive in movie theater, looks like I can own one up in Oklahoma.
I will admit, I am living my dream job of being on the radio. When I was a kid, I wanted to own a drive in movie theater. To me, nothing is more relaxing than sitting under the stars and enjoying a nice movie. I have already talked about my passion for drive ins throughout my years working here.
Well, it looks like just north of Oklahoma City, I could own the Trail Drive-In. It's in the town of Enid, Oklahoma. The drive in opened back in 1955 and had a capacity of 400 cars. Looks like the Trail Drive-In closed sometime in the 1980's. For years, they have been trying to sell this nine acre property. For $225,000 you can own the property which has the screen still standing all these years later.
It looks like many different people have owned the property throughout the years since the drive in closed, but none of them opened it back up. Also, if someone were to open this place back up, some work would have to be done on the property. Looks like an overgrown mess in the Enid Eagle article.
As much as I would love to own this place, I can't afford it. Especially when you factor in all the equipment you would have to get for the concession stand and a projector as well. I hope someone does buy the property and reopens the drive in. I hate to see another drive in screen get demolished.
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Remember When the Bud Light Frisbee Team Came to Wichita Falls?
It's Saint Patrick's Day and I assume some will be getting their drink on tonight. If you drink Bud Light, here's a little history lesson for you.
Bud Light has had many sports sponsorships throughout the years. Whether it was the NHL, NFL, or even Formula One for a period of time, it all started somewhere else. The first official Bud Light team sponsorship was for a Frisbee team. I have to be honest, I do not know much about Frisbee as a sport.
I am aware of disc golf, but it looks like the Bud Light Frisbee Team was sort of a freestyle thing. Where they would show off tricks they could do with a Frisbee. At least that's what they were doing in 1986 right here in Wichita Falls.
The Bud Light Frisbee Team was sort of warmup to Falls Fest that year. A fairly big crowd circled around the guys while they showed off their Frisbee tricks. I'm not joking, these guys can do some crazy stuff with a Frisbee. They look like the Harlem Globetrotters of the Frisbee world.
This particular day in Wichita Falls, the Bud Light Frisbee Team was opening for Stevie Ray Vaughn. They have also opened up for Starship, The Beach Boys, Little Feat, KBC Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Double Trouble.
This video is pure 80's awesomeness and if you have any memories of the Bud Light Frisbee Team in Wichita Falls, send them my way. I am sure someone has one of their free Frisbees lying in a garage somewhere.
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Screw Texas Tough, Is Your Truck Tornado Tough Like This One
How is that thing still driving?!
It was a severe weather day for us in Wichita Falls yesterday. Parts of Texas actually had tornadoes touch down and cause some severe damage. South of us in Jacksboro got hit awfully hard yesterday. Footage is going viral throughout Texas from the storms, but nothing is topping this footage out of Elgin, Texas.
Just east of Austin, a truck actually flipped over on its side due to the high winds. The wind then spun the truck around, then flipped it back onto all four wheels and the truck drives away like nothing happened. I'm not the biggest truck guy, but I believe that looks like a Chevy Silverado.
Attention, Chevy Marketing Department, find out who this is and pay them for an advertisement. This footage proves your trucks are tornado tough. The only thing I have seen crazier than this is when Top Gear put a truck on top of building that was getting imploded.
They got that freaking truck to start back up. Notice both of these trucks are red, so maybe it has got something to do with that. Another viral video from the tornadoes yesterday is from a Walmart parking lot.
Pretty scary scenes throughout Texas yesterday. Remember to always be weather aware and pay attention to those alerts that go out. They hopefully will prevent you from getting caught in one of these situations.
KEEP READING: What to do after a tornado strikes
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Some Texas Towns Doing Away with Tornado Sirens, Is This a Good Idea?
Adapt or die they always say, but should we be doing away with tornado sirens entirely?
This past week across the state of Texas, eleven tornadoes touched down. We had some warnings here in Wichita Falls, but you know when that siren goes off something serious is happening. Which did not happen this week in our area, actually it didn't happen in some areas where tornadoes actually touched down as well.
It looks like parts of Texas are no longer using outdoor tornado sirens. Instead opting in to a text alert system for their residents. Williamson County in Central Texas is being criticized this week for not using the tornado sirens.
"Tornado sirens are certainly an option. I don't know that they're the best option for today in today's world with all the technology we have available," Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell said. "We believe we already have a better system in place. You know what that is? Those are your cell phones because the weather alerts and weather alarms went out quick."
Looks like they use a service called Warn Central Texas and ten Texas counties are a part of it. My question to these counties, how much does it cost to operate those tornado sirens? I am sure the system has to have some money put into it, but why not have the sirens as well?
I think some folks tune out notifications because we get so many each and every day. I think not having tornado sirens in Texas is a bad idea.
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Someone Has Fallen Victim to the Chewbacca Roar Prank in Oklahoma
Someone is getting blown up right now with Chewbacca sounds and they probably don't know why.
Who doesn't love a harmless prank? Granted, this one will get annoying QUICK. This is a flyer from up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They're apparently all over the town. I am going to be kind enough to NOT put their number on our website. If you want to go through the hassle of finding this in Oklahoma, good luck (I left the area code so you know it's legit).
Basically, this an internet prank from a few years ago where someone is looking for the best Chewbacca roar? Growl? What the hell sound does Chewbacca make? Whatever it is, call this number and leave a voicemail. The best one will be contacted and you could receive $500. I tried to call the number in Oklahoma and I did get a voicemail. It was some electrician, who I am sure is in a salty mood right now.
Above is a perfect example of the prank. A guy got back at his ex by posting her number for this Chewbacca contest. Which is all in good fun, but he also left a car blocking her driveway with no tires, that's a d*** move my man.
Hopefully the force is strong with this guy in Tulsa today. Hopefully he finds a way to get back at whoever did this to him because having your phone ring nonstop all day with Chewbacca roars would have all of us going insane.
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Texas Has Some Really Dumb Laws and I Am Sure You Broke One of Them
Back in the day, I am sure these laws served some sort of a purpose. I have no idea why they're still on the books.
Every state has some stupid law that is still on the books. Technically, you could receive a punishment for breaking these certain laws. For instance, in Alabama, owning confetti is illegal. A bottle rocket firework is legal in Alabama, but confetti equals punishment.
How about this one, in Delaware, it is illegal to go trick or treating on a Sunday. So if October 31st falls on a Sunday, trick or treating is supposed to take place on a Saturday. Sorry little Billy, don't you even think of going outside in your batman costume on the Sabbath.
Here's a good one, in Mississippi, you're only allowed to have one child out of wedlock. If you knock someone up again, you could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face a month of jail time or a fine of up to $250. WHAT?!
Every state has something stupid like this and Texas is not immune to stupidity. I am sure someone in your life thinks they're the perfect citizen, but I GUARANTEE they have broken at least one of these laws. Check out the stupidest laws still on the books in Texas below.
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Texas Spring Breaker Fined Thousands After Jumping Off of a Pier
Someone thought it was a good idea to jump off the pier into the ocean. Looks like this little stunt is going cost this kid some money.
It's that time of year where college kids go off to blow some steam and hit the beach. A popular destination here in Texas is Corpus Christi. The town is going to have to deal with drunk college kids around this time each and every year. Looks like one thing they have a zero tolerance policy for is jumping off their pier.
Looks like on Monday, Corpus Christi Police got reports of a man jumping off the pier into the ocean. He was struggling to get back to shore so a water rescue team was sent out to get him. The man suffered minor injuries.
Here's the thing, the city reviewed security cam footage on the pier and saw the man intentionally go into the water. This isn't like he slipped and fell over. He climbed over the railing and jumped in. Since the man clearly did this intentionally, the city has decided he should pay for the rescue.
The man has been fined $500 for climbing onto the railing of the pier. He has been charged $2,689.75 which is how much it cost to save him during the water rescue. “Our new Cole Park Pier is safe for people of all ages. The new pier includes numerous safety features and is ADA accessible,” City Manager Peter Zanoni said. “The City of Corpus Christi has zero tolerance for acts of violence, vandalism, or pranks that erode public trust and cost the taxpayer money.”
Looks like some calls to mom or dad will be happening before leaving Corpus Christi.
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Texoma Firefighter Passes Away Battling Wildfires Yesterday Afternoon
Yesterday was a very busy day for fire departments throughout Texoma and sadly one firefighter is no longer with us.
Here in Wichita Falls yesterday, we were all keeping an eye on the wildfires burning in Archer County and Wichita County. It looks like around 900 acres were burned and the good thing is that no homes were damaged in that particular wildfire.
Another wildfire was north of us in Wichita Falls in Comanche County, Oklahoma. An evacuation order for this particular fire was put in place for parts of Lawton yesterday. Sadly, Comanche County and Lawton Emergency Management released a statement saying a firefighter fatality occurred during this wildfire at Kings Road and Lake Ellsworth.
According to reports, around 190 acres were burned in this particular wildfire. Yesterday was a red flag warning day from the National Weather Service. This means warm temperatures, very low humidities, and stronger winds are expected to combine to produce an increased risk of fire danger.
Here is what you should do on those days.
- -If you are allowed to burn in your area, all burn barrels must be covered with a weighted metal cover, with holes no larger than 3/4 of an inch.
- -Do not throw cigarettes or matches out of a moving vehicle. They may ignite dry grass on the side of the road and become a wildfire.
- -Extinguish all outdoor fires properly. Drown fires with plenty of water and stir to make sure everything is cold to the touch. Dunk charcoal in water until cold. Do not throw live charcoal on the ground and leave it.
- -Never leave a fire unattended. Sparks or embers can blow into leaves or grass, ignite a fire, and quickly spread.
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Texoma Only Had 80 Rejected Mail In Ballots in the Most Recent Election
A big story today in The Associated Press is about the rejected mail in ballots in Texas for the most recent election. I decided to reach out to our surrounding counties and see how many we contributed.
In case you have not seen the story, the state of Texas in total rejected around 27,000 mail in ballots. In my opinion, I don't think that number is so big when you look at how big Texas is. However, this story has a lot of people talking throughout the country with the new voter laws that Texas put in place.
Remember, when your ballot is rejected, the local county will reach out to you to try and get your vote fixed. Maybe some information is incorrect or missing. They will try to get it corrected in time so your vote will count in the election. For instance, one of the biggest counties in Texas, Harris County, which serves the Houston area. Had around 11,000 rejected ballots. After getting in contact with the citizens, they got that number down to 3,277.
How about here in our area? I contacted the voting registration offices in Wichita, Archer, and Clay County this morning to see how we did. In Wichita County, we had a total of 78. Which is honestly not that bad in my opinion. The office told me the number would have been higher, but they were able to get in contact with several people and make sure their vote counted in time for the big day.
How about our friends in Archer County?
That's right, every mail in ballot for Archer County was good to go. They originally rejected 51 people, but once again. Got in contact with them, got everything in order and all 51 people got their vote counted. Which is surprising to me, you would think at least one person would have messed up.
Finally, Clay County?
Just two, and those two were rejected because their mail in ballots were post dated AFTER the due date. Sorry, got to get those votes in on time folks if you're doing them mail in.
Honestly, I don't think this 27,000 is a big deal for the state. You will always have people trying to cheat the system and it looks like Texas' new voting laws are helping to prevent fraud.
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That Time CBS Screwed Over Dallas Cowboys Fans in Wichita Falls
Learn something new everyday I always say and I learned back in the day some folks in Wichita Falls were pissed.
So I am going to be honest with you guys. I have been doing some research on a story about a group in Wichita Falls that had a banner flyover a Dallas Cowboys game. The banner said, "Hey Jerry, Wichita Falls wants your Cowboys". Apparently this did get Jerry's attention and was a big factor in helping get the Cowboys to Wichita Falls. I've been trying to find footage or even a photo of this plane in action.
I can't find anything, only quotes about the plane itself. If ANYBODY has anything on this plane, please send it my way. I love anything Dallas Cowboys related with our city. While doing research on that plane, I found a video essay on, "The drama between CBS and the Dallas Cowboys".
YouTube user Official JaquarGator9 breaks down how back in the day NFL start times were not set in stone like they're today. For instance, nowadays on a Sunday you know games will start at 12, 3:35 and 7:20 Texas time. Back in the day, due to blue laws, some NFL teams would start later than 12 because of these blue laws.
Blue laws basically were laws that prevented certain things from being sold or activities being done on the Sabbath. For instance, let's say you were hungry for some eggs. You could go buy some eggs. Let's just say you needed a new pan for those eggs? Guess what, it was illegal back in the day to buy a pan for those eggs on a Sunday in certain states.
Due to these laws, some states had their NFL games start a little later. As mentioned in the video above, this lead to conundrum for us here in Wichita Falls. CBS got the double header and although the Cowboys are definitely a Wichita Falls market. KAUZ was forced to miss the entire first half of the 1979 game against the Vikings.
What's insane to me, CBS was going to do this in Dallas to the hometown fans as well. KDWF in Dallas was the CBS station there, they appealed and got their first game changed. KAUZ here in Wichita Falls tried to do the same and someone said no.
The video says someone for KAUZ named Mark Andrews back in 1979 said "We do not have any choice on network football games. We're the Cowboys network and we get any other game that they choose for us."
It looks like the NFL now considers Wichita Falls officially a part of the Cowboys network. Remember when NFL Network had exclusive games and only local markets could get the rights to air them on television? I remember Wichita Falls getting blacked out in 2007 when the Cowboys were taking on the Packers. I drove to Decatur because every place in Wichita Falls had a line out the door.
If anybody knows any other weird Dallas Cowboys/Wichita Falls stories like this. Send them my way.
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The Wichita Mountains Has a Haunted Hike?!
Oh you have been to the Wichita Mountains, but have you stumbled onto the Parallel Forest Loop Trail?
Who doesn't love a good haunt? We have talked about several of these places in the past throughout Wichita Falls, but what about our neighbors to the north in Lawton? Hopefully you have spent sometime in the Wichita Mountains. Absolutely gorgeous place to go spend the day, but be careful where you walk.
Some folks believe a certain section is haunted, mainly for the fact a government experiment took place there. It's called the Parallel Forrest, which was done in 1912 to study the effects of the Dust Bowl. 20,000 trees were planted exactly six feet across from each other. Nowadays, hundreds of the trees remain even though the project was abandoned back in the day.
You go type in Parallel Forrest into YouTube, and so many videos start popping up on the subject. People claim that people have worshiped the devil inside of the Parallel Forrest.
To me, this doesn't seem like a haunted place, but I just haven't seen anything that creepy happen in all of these videos. Check them out for yourselves in the post and if you're interested in visiting the forest, the all trails site has nice write up on what you can expect. Best of luck if you decide to go, hopefully Satan isn't summoned to get you.
Celebs Share Their Personal Paranormal Stories
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WFISD Unveils the Two New Mascots and I Like Them
I am sure some people are super pissed about this, but you know what I think the change had to come.
The battle over the high school mascots has been raging in Wichita Falls for months now. Hopefully this over now that the WFISD announced the two mascots last night. We will have the Memorial Mavericks and the Legacy Leopards. When I think of Maverick, I typically think of a horse, like the Dallas Mavericks. Looks like that logo is actually a bull, which is the name for an unbranded bull. Can't tame that bull.
I actually like the Leopards better. I was happy to see my idea for the Legacy Landsharks made it into the final round for voting, but I am happy with the final results. WFISD wants folks to know these two designs are just rough drafts at this moment. I also think the reason they're both black and white is because colors haven't been decided yet.
I know many of you in this town are upset with this decision, but this is what the vote said we were going to do forever ago. They said we would be going from three to two high schools and they were going to assign two new mascots for the school. Believe me, I know YOU think YOUR school's mascot choice should have been kept.
One of the school's mascots was going to get screwed out of this. Whether it was the Coyotes, Raiders, or Huskies. I know this has been a headache for everyone involved and I don't mind these choices in the end. Hopefully the rest of you will accept the change, but I know many of you won't.
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What Do We Have to Do to Dye the Falls Green for Saint Patrick’s Day?
Come on Wichita Falls, can we get this done?
One of my favorite traditions every year is the dying of the Chicago River for Saint Patrick's Day. Chicago has been doing this since 1962 if you can believe it and it's always a sight to see. My question to us here in Wichita Falls, can we just jack this idea?
Is it possible to dye the Falls green? I am no scientist or even an engineer. I just want to know, is it possible to dye the falls green. Apparently the city of Chicago uses 40 pounds of dye to make this possible, I doubt we would need that much here in Wichita Falls. Apparently what they use in Chicago is what plumbers use to detect leaks, it's just green instead of blue.
Here is what I found fascinating. This only costs $2,000 to put on every year. Most of the time it's sponsored, so they typically make money on the green river. In recent years, the green river was brought to you by Miller Lite. I just think we need more green on Saint Patrick's Day in Wichita Falls.
Plus, we could do this for other holidays as well. Imagine a blood red falls for Halloween? Come on Wichita Falls, find out if we can do this. I know someone in Wichita Falls would love to sponsor the dyeing of the Falls. Heck, at the very least, could we throw some green lights in the thing the week leading up to Saint Patrick's Day?
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Where Would Your Favorite Super Mario Characters Hang Out at in Wichita Falls?
Today is March 10th, which is nothing special. Unless, you abbreviate it to Mar.10 and this has become the unofficial day for our favorite plumber.
These stupid made up holidays I usually hate. However, this week is the exception. Super Mario Day and Austin 3:16 Day in the span of the same week always bring a smile to my face. Stone Cold Steve Austin and Super Mario were a massive part of my childhood. So if you grew up in the late 90's like myself, you probably enjoy these days as well.
Last year, I did a story on the best ways to celebrate Super Mario Day. Since I am a super nerd, I am once again doing something for this holiday. I have decided to do figure out where our favorite Super Mario characters would hang out in our city. I am going to keep this strictly to the characters in the Mario Kart 64 game.
I got work to get done today. So sorry Pauline, Boo, Petey Piranha, and the rest. Maybe I will do you guys next year. Basically, if you could pick the character in Mario Kart, you make the list. I also judge people on their Mario Kart character choice. Since I am a jerk in real life, I usually go with Bower or Wario. Terrible on acceleration, but their top speed is the best.
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Wichita Falls Chuck E. Cheese Hosting Sensory Sensitivity Event All Month Long
If you have child that has sensory needs, good news. Chuck E. Cheese will be making some changes this month on Sundays.
In case you did not know, April is autism awareness month. To shine some light on this month, Chuck E. Cheese wants to help out those children with autism or other sensory needs. A trip to Chuck E. Cheese on a normal day can be a little overwhelming for them and the family as well.
So Chuck E. Cheese will open two hours earlier on Sundays for these kids. If you attend, they will have reduced lighting and noise so children with sensory disorders can also enjoy a day of fun. This is taking place on all Sundays this month (except April 17th for Easter) at select Chuck E. Cheese locations.
Good news Wichita Falls, we get every Sunday! If you take a look at the location map, only fourteen Chuck E. Cheeses in the whole state of Texas are doing this every Sunday in April. Once again, not Easter Sunday (April 17th). Fun fact, I actually worked for this Chuck E. Cheese in college when I was going to Midwestern State.
Also, to our neighbors in Lawton, your location is doing this as well. In fact, Lawton is the only location in Oklahoma doing it all three weeks. So if you have a kid with sensory needs, take them the next few weeks. Chuck E. Cheese normally opens at 11AM on Sundays, so that means this event will start at 9AM.
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Wichita Falls Graffiti Artist Wants a Second Chance at Love
To whoever this is, give them one more chance. They plastered it for everyone to see.
What an exciting week for Wichita Falls graffiti. We had the, "Have a Good Day Fat Bitch", which I have seen people sharing all over the world. Which I have been told has been taken down.
Come on Wichita Falls, we couldn't look the other way on this one? People really seemed to get a smile seeing that one everyday. Well, it looks like we have another one getting some attention. No profanity involved this time.
This time we have someone looking for a second chance. I am assuming at love.
Is this the modern day version of holding a boombox outside someone's window and professing your love for them? Hey I tagged one of the poles in town. Hopefully the person knows that the message is for them. Sounds like maybe you call them weirdo all the time. So weirdo, what's the answer? Do we give them a second chance or nah.
We will patiently be waiting for an answer. Speaking of patiently waiting for an answer. Hey Wichita Falls, where's Dumpster Rick?
McDonald's is apparently bringing back Szechuan sauce on March 31st. I think Dumpster Rick needs to come back to Wichita Falls on that day as well. I will not stop harassing the city until we get Dumpster Rick back on the streets serving the city.
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Wichita Falls Graffiti Just Wants You to ‘Have a Good Day’ and Nothing Else
You know what Wichita Falls graffiti, I am going to have a good day thank you.
Inspirational graffiti in Texas is nothing new. Houston has the iconic 'Be Someone' on the bridge above I-10 that has been inspiring people for years. It looks like someone in Wichita Falls felt like we needed to be told to have a good day. Let's face it, we all have bad days every now and then. Something as simple as someone saying have a good day could put a smile on your face.
You can find this lovely piece in Wichita Falls before getting onto the overpass. Now what about the fat b**** comment? Well, maybe some people need that extra motivation to hit the gym. Sometimes tough love is the best love. I can already hear the people complaining about this in the city.
I got a good chuckle out of it today and I am sure the city is already working on taking it down. This is a perfect opportunity to remind the city of Wichita Falls to bring back Dumpster Rick. OH YOU THOUGHT I FORGOT WICHITA FALLS?!
This harmless graffiti was hurting no one in Wichita Falls, but someone removed my boy from the streets. Damn shame, someone did a damn good job making him. Here is my plea, free Dumpster Rick because I know he still exists. Then maybe we can talk about removing actual offensive graffiti in Wichita Falls.
Have a good day Wichita Falls!
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Why the Last ‘The A-Team’ Episode Wasn’t Its Intended Finale
The final episode of The A-Team was broadcast March 8, 1987, months after its intended finale had already gone to air. Confused? That’s understandable. After all, the conclusion of the classic ‘80s action TV series hadn’t gone to plan.
When The A-Team premiered in 1983, it became an instant hit. The debut episode aired after Super Bowl XVII and immediately pulled in a massive national audience. Fans were sucked in by the story of “a crack commando unit [that] was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit.” Each week, these military-men-turned-soldiers-of-fortune set out on a different mission, bringing justice in a world where evil too often prevailed. As the show's famous intro declared: “If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire ... the A-Team."
The show starred George Peppard as the group’s leader, John "Hannibal" Smith. His team was made up of the smooth-talking Templeton "Faceman" Peck (Dirk Benedict), the wild man H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schutlz) and the muscle, Bosco Albert "B.A." Baracus (Mr. T). The latter role had been written specifically for Mr. T following the popularity of his Rocky III character, Clubber Lang.
Watch 'The A-Team' Intro
The A-Team enjoyed a run as one of the ‘80s' most popular TV series. The show spawned a range of merchandise, including trading cards, comic books, posters, jigsaw puzzles and action figures. While the show’s cultural impact was significant, its time at the top was short-lived.
The A-Team’s mix of action, adventure and comedy was initially groundbreaking, but its plots soon proved to be too predictable. The show’s formulaic structure - the team gets a mission, battles bad guys, flips some cars, then wraps everything up in 60 minutes - eventually lost viewers’ attention. After being the fourth most-watched U.S. television show from 1983-84, The A-Team’s ratings rapidly declined. For its final season, the program had dropped to 61st. Despite attempts to revive interest by bringing in new characters and different plots, the writing was on the wall.
NBC opted to cancel the series midway through its fifth season. On Dec. 30, 1986, an episode titled “The Grey Team” was aired. In it, the A-Team aids in a sting operation designed to capture Russian agents. When a girl runs off with classified documents and hides at a local nursing home, members of the team sneak into the facility to get them back.
Watch What Was Supposed to Be 'The A-Team''s Final Scene
Throughout the episode, dialogue and visual clues allude to it being the show’s final episode. At one point, Murdock ponders the A-team’s future, while Hannibal insists the group has years of adventures still ahead. Elsewhere, Murdock is seen wearing a shirt that says “Fini” - the French word for “finished.” “The Grey Team” offered a sense of closure for the series. But it wasn’t the last episode.
A little more than two months later - on March 8, 1987 - NBC aired the previously unseen episode “Without Reservations” during a stretch of A-Team reruns. Even though it was originally scheduled to be the penultimate episode, a mistake led it to initially be passed over for broadcast. Unlike “The Grey Team,” “Without Reservations” - with its plot centered on a restaurant hostage situation - was much more open-ended. At one point, Murdock is seen wearing a shirt saying “Almost Fini” - meaning "Almost Finished" - further proof that “Without Reservations” was supposed to be the second-to-last episode.
Watch a Clip From 'The A-Team' Episode 'Without Reservations'
Exactly who was responsible for the episodes airing out of order was never revealed. Still, the show has retained a strong place in ‘80s pop-culture history. The A-Team has been referenced in a long list of TV series, including Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Arrested Development and Archer.
In 2010, a movie adaptation of the show was released, starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and MMA fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. A reboot of the series was rumored to be in the works in 2015, but those talks never brought anything to fruition.
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Eric Church Cancels Upcoming Texas Show to Attend Basketball Playoff Game
Fans holding tickets to see Eric Church's Gather Again Tour stop at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, got a surprise from the Chief this week — a cancellation.
Church sent out a message to his fan club, the Church Choir, informing them that he was canceling the April 2 show. Tour stop cancellations and postponements haven't been uncommon in the last two years, but this one was not related to COVID-19. Instead, Church will be attending the NCAA Men's Final Four matchup between Duke and North Carolina in New Orleans.
"This Saturday, my family and I are going to stand together to cheer on the Tar Heels as the team has made it to the Final Four," he writes to his fans. "As a lifelong Carolina basketball fan, I've watched Carolina and Duke battle over the years, but to have them matchup in the Final Four for the first time in the history of the NCAA Tournament is any sports enthusiast's dream."
The "Heart on Fire" singer noted how important a moment like this with his family is to him. He also made sure to acknowledge that his decision is selfish.
"This is also the most selfish thing I've ever asked the Choir to do: to give up your Saturday night plans with us so that I can have this moment with my family and sports community. However, it's that same type of passion felt by the people who fill the seats at our concerts that makes us want to be part of a crowd at a game of this significance."
As of now the show will not be made up on a later date. The letter said all purchased tickets will be refunded and no action is required on fans' behalf.
While some fans tweeted their support of Church's decision — praising him for his loyalty to the Tar Heels — others pointed out the lengths fans sometimes go to in attending a show. A few Choir members chimed in saying they had already purchased airfare and lodging so they could see the Chief perform.
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Clearly Tim McGraw Is Missing Being on the Set of ‘1883’ [Watch]
1883 left a hole when it wrapped earlier this year, but Tim McGraw is still really feeling its absence.
In a post to social media, McGraw — who portrays James Dutton on 1883 — shows that he is staying on top of his roping skills by pulling fake cattle.
Thankfully, he hasn't forgotten his tricks. We see the country singer in what looks like a big garage, swinging a lasso around his head before slinging it over the horns of a plastic cow.
"Still got it. .." he writes in the caption as he effortlessly ropes the faux beast.
The video has garnered tons of comments from fans and fellow country artists. Even the official Instagram page of 1883 threw up some praise hands emojis for his roping skills.
Cattle roping is just one of the skills McGraw and the cast learned at Cowboy Camp. Showrunner Taylor Sheridan sent the entire crew to a ranch to learn the tricks of the trade and essentially live like cowboys before filming began.
The country star and his wife, Faith Hill — who also stars in the Yellowstone prequel — learned how to wrangle horses and even drive a wagon. The latter is something Hill became quite good at.
McGraw must be feeling sentimental these days: In addition to this video, he also brought the 1883 cast onstage with him at a recent show. The cast helped him close out his performance in Norco, Calif., with a rowdy singalong of McGraw's hit "I Like It, I Love It."
Mcraw's tour, with Russell Dickerson, continues through July 31.
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