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It is currently in Colorado Springs, which is a more MAGA leaning part of the state.

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EDT. EST returns in November. Just say ET year round.

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Tim Scott is not a bad guess. You know Kristi Noem will be going hard. She & her BF will threaten to run in 2028 if she isn't picked.

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I would think a resignation would be more likely prime time, but with Trump who knows. Some ?s - where are Melania & the family? Where is Vance? Is this a speech or his usual sit at the desk & take questions? Info on things like that could clarify.

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I can

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Congrats. (Note: It's EDT until November when EST comes back - just write ET year round).

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Minor caveat - having been present at creation, the consensus was Springsteen was a superstar in the late 70s. Does the film convey the sense he wasn't yet? Born in the USA in 1984 did elevate him further, but he was huge from 1975 on.

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Good question, but it is the Democratic, not the Democrat party, the latter being a Republican slur.

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Excellent outline. (Pedantic point - it's uncharted, not unchartered)

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1) Where is JD Vance? Melania? The kids? That seems relevant. 2) The extreme obsequiousness of the Cabinet meeting even by Trump's standards - my that have been a clue - he knew he was headed for treatment, or had gotten a bad diagnosis & this was a morale booster/last hurrah?

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There is a secret passageway under the White House to the Treasury Building so if there were a reason to secrete him out without the press seeing it is doable (built early in WW2 for FDR's safety in case DC was attacked).

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Is it just me or does it look WB was grooming her to look like Bette Davis?

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Rolling Stones, International Amphitheater, Chicago, summer 1972. Stage level seats close to the stage. Opening act? Stevie Wonder. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Civic Opera House, Chicago (the one Susan Alexander Kane performed at), early 1968. The Soft Machine opened.

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Reverting. Never reverting back. You can't revert forward. Redundant.

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In population, Ukraine is 1/4th the size of Russia. And generally in military terms, a war fought defending one's own land tends to decrease the difference in relative strength.

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EDT/PDT - EST/PST resumes first Sunday of November

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I suggested this months ago. Upside: more national prominence, 1st Latino CA gov; Downside: He'd be termlimited unlike the Senate. If he does & wins, appoint Harris to the Senate seat?

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ABC and NBC don't have licenses. They both own individual city stations that are licenced. That might be a target, but the threshold for not renewing a licence is incredibly high.

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and having just written that, Netflix has announced the singalong version will stream as well

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You likely know, and 1 day isn't enough and its not central but Marakkesh is the must see city in Morocco

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(Mediterranean, sorry)

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When I've studied possible travel to Morocco, everything said Casablanca paled compared to other Arabic Meditteranean cities for what it's worth.

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It's a big problem for them. A film to be #1 with them not playing it? Makes them appear less indispensable apart from the big money they lost not playing it. Not sure what the upside is for them here except some pats on the back.

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Not defending Sarandos, but this is a huge victory for Netflix. KPop will be even huger streaming; they made AMC look weak (& not indispensible). BUT - ironic thing is the singalongs could uniquely be done in theaters, not at home, so in a weird way it is a boost for the theatrical experience.

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I predicted in July 2015 that he'd be the nominee, but wouldn't likely win

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A remarkable event in movie box office history this weekend, with a lot of important achievements open.substack.com/pub/tombrueg...

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She lives in Palm Desert CA (the city where John Ford died). Have heard that she gets out and about, but yes, has avoided any contact with press for many years.

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Or cooler months of the year

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He looks like a slightly younger Zohran Mamdani.

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Very funny:

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The pro-campaign: Vote Yes. Send Trump a message. As simple as that. Then emphasize this is temporary, the commission stays for 2030 census and beyond.

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Without the support of prime Chicago critics (Dave Kehr equally important) my ability to elevate numerous great films to success from my college days through the 1990s would have been impossible. It's impossible to overestimate how critical locally & nationally having respected critics was.

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Because it's the end of a 6 decade period when critics were more elevated than they had been previously. Also as an ex-Chicagoan & interacting with their critics in my prime years as an exhibitor, this is particularly acute for me. I was a budding cinephile circa 1967 & was present at creation.

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And Bosley Crowther ousted at the NYTimes for Renata Adler. Astounding that 1 films was key to this - Bonnie & Clyde. Newsweek pan reversed 1 wk later. Ebert just started championed. Time's rave cover story after pan. Crowther's pans ended his career. Crist loved. Kael's early NYer piece.

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This started in mid 60s. Chicago was key. By 1968 all 4 Chicago dailies had reviewers under 30. Time gave bylines for the first time (Stefan Kanfer & then soon Jay Cocks IIRC). Newsweek Joseph Morgenstern, Life Richard Schickel, New York Judith Crist. Soon Kael at the NYer.

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Upsetting news. But history: for decades the anonymous person reviewing movies (maybe multiple) was named "Mae Tinee." The NY Daily News, owned by the Tribune, had "Kate Cameron," which was a pseudonym for a real woman.

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For sure concerns. But the current GOP majorities cease to exist when the new Congress convenes. The new Congress resolves any questions. If members are certified by their states and courts haven't overturned this (sure could be attempts) the elected members are seated.

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The fairness doctrine doesn't apply to cable, only broadcast license operations. So no impact on Fox News.

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Six days after the Cubs won the World Series, Trump was elected president. Correlation doesn't mean causation, but I'd be willing to give up the 2016 win for a different result.

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So many out there; most of the New Wave directors (Godard, Chabrol included) contributed. The first Antoine Doinel film after "The 400 Blows" was "Love at 20," with Truffaut of course doing. "Bocaccio 70" incl Fellini, Visconti, DeSica. "RoGoPaG" - Godard, Pasolini, Rossellini. Often hard to find.

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It got misreported immediately, but the book actually was The Pet Goat.

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Palin (otherwise a fool) never said she could see Russia from her house. She said, correctly, in Alaska we can see Russia. The "from her house" line came from SNL and has stuck.

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Yes slavery was more widespread than just the south. But the large #s were there and the states with fewer slaves like NY preferred they not be counted.

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It's an Apple film, streaming there on Sept 5

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Hagerty proves the opposite point - the 3/5s standard (which was done to reduce the power of slave states who wanted them to be counted as the same as everyone for House membership & Electoral college power) shows that any exception to residents being counted has to be enshrined in the Constitution

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Payne on the other hand was on display deep into his career. There are lots of pictures of Reagan in his lifeguard days, but back then lifeguards usually had some upper body covering, similar to many male swimsuits of the period.

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Reagan was of course a very handsome guy athletic in this period. It's curious that unlike for example John Payne but also most of his male actor peers similarly built there are very few beefcake pictures of him (or scenes in movies).

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I don't want Newsom to be president. It is however imperative for anyone who wants to save this country to support him now in this action.

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And then if somehow they do get an indictment, for crimes committed in DC, it's a DC jury trial.

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That's worldwide. KPop remains #1 in the US. I show Oxford #3 in the US last week (it never made #1 any day last week or during its run in the US).

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There's a reason I muted Tom Nichols

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Those were the days when albums became instant platinum - 1 million copies sold - at the time they were released. All four reached that status, only to as I recall it was determined it was a gimmick and fake, and a huge number were returned unsold. Not sure they had to give the platinum award back.

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The Rolling Pebbles. Little Brother and the Holding Company. Tepid Chili Peppers. U3.

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And one of the gayest (close to Top Gun)

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"The smell of drugs are everythere" - did he flunk third grade English?

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this season (in part because of the August swoon) feels like 1969 a bit but with one big difference - there were no wild cards in 1969, only the four division winners advanced

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Gratifying that this has become my most viewed post on my Substack. As I wrote, I hope it has further impact as there's a real problem here and I'm not sure studios have the inclination to correct it. tombrueggemann.substack.com/p/unnoticed-...

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You nailed it.

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And yet Judy Holliday is my favorite best actress winner ever - she's astounding in Born Yesterday

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At least one other person was injured so at least two casualties (a casuality is someone either killed or injured).

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CA can only do this is voters approve a proposed referendum to let the legistlature do a one-time mid-census reapportionment. We have a nonpartisan commission that otherwise does this. Not certain it will pass (apart from Repub opposition Arnold Schwarzenner, an independent these day, opposes).

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To me, with After Hours and Goodfellas it is Scorsese's masterpiece. Riveting for its performances and mise en scene.

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N - Nordkapp, Norway (1200 miles from North Pole S - Rio de Janeiro I circumnavigated the globe on one trip so no east/west

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His likely intervention apart from pressuring Adams and Sliwa to endorse Cuomo could be threatening to deny NYC any federal funding if Mamdani is elected. That's sadly the reality of what he thinks he can do.

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Everything I right? Ugh - I meant write

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I am not a long-term professional writer like many of you, but I have been publishing regularly for almost 15 years now. Everything I right includes my assuming how I comport myself when doing so is a guide to who I am and how I behave. Am I abnormal that way?

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For me it was Titanic. I love Godard, Hitchcock is god, Ozu is sublime, but Titanic is an example of brilliant filmmaking of a very legitimate kind. Godard's quote was that when a great film is a success it's because the public misunderstood it.

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Suggestion: Murdoch starting a CA Post. Maybe he also buys TMZ, has Harvey Levin still run that but play a big role in the CA Post? It will need to be mostly online anyway.

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wild guess: Murdoch buys TMZ, Levin still runs it, but huge role in CA Post (Levin is gay but at least somewhat right wing friendly)

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I imagine it will mostly exist as a news site. Prediction: Murdoch hires Harvey Levin from TMZ (although not sure money is a factor). It will strongly rattle Hollywood figures.

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The Post has always lost money. One way they do is have copies print out here and on newstands all over SoCal (yes you can buy it same day in Palm Springs). The CA Post will exist for the same purpose - lose money to push an agenda. It will get attention, although not sell that many copies.

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If it passed (long shot - takes 60 in the Senate?) Trump would veto so it's a non-starter. Legal question: could House rule that it would not accept members from districts that were reapportioned during a decade? (I doubt it but throwing that out there).

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Quorum duh

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The TX legislature except for special sessions (rare) is done until the next election (they're not a full time). Dems have no ability short of quoron absense to stop anything. Little would change, I guess, except the redistricting, but they have months to get it done so Dems would come back before.

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The largest comeback in MLB history occurred on August 5, 2001, when the Cleveland Indians overcame a 12-run deficit against the Seattle Mariners, according to MLB.com. The Indians were down 14-2 after six innings, but rallied to win 15-14 in the 11th inning

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Supposedly Mark Twain said (may be a myth) that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. September often is their most summery month. (The city that is - the surrounding area has varying climates).

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It was a fire trap, a disaster waiting to happen. There were proposals to tear it down and rebuild. The rebuilt inside close to the original design, as much restored as possible. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLEM... Could AI produce this? Peter Sellers as Laurence Olivier channeling the Beatles?

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(It's THIEL not Theil, pronounced TEEL)

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Fox & RW social media jumped on a couple criticisms of the ad as objectification as an excuse to claim that liberals hate anything that "real men" are attracted to. It's manufactured BS, but since it's a remaining source of GOP appeal they exploit it.

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point 100% true; western US stories count far less - pedantic pt - Reno is 2400 miles from NYC, not 3000; JFK to LAX is under 2500; driving the shortest route is around 2700 miles - it's a cliche that east coast to west coast is 3000 miles, but in reality unless you're talking Miami to Seattle, less

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There is no limit how much the support of her family can help a struggling animal. I am dealing with that right now. Her vet is stunned about how she had defied the odds. Lots of things contributed, but sensing her human cares I think does make a difference. Good luck to all of you.

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She's running to be the 2028 Repub nominee, if not VP. With Corey Lorendowki of course playing a huge role.

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If it were a hoax, it would have been gay porn obviously.

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Where was he kidnapped? Possible state laws could be employed?

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