Journalist/screenwriter. Wrote The 30 Rock Book. Ex-@LAist, @TheWrap; bylines: @VanityFair, @BBC. Scripts: con artists, believers, pro wrestlers. Hawaiian/🇵🇷.
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Just revamped my website, in case you want to get at your boy for any journalism, screenwriting, comics, other writing projects, etc.
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I’ve seen a lot of criticism about Gunn using lesser-known characters, but it seems they were paired with appropriately reduced budgets.
I also believe that things would have been much smoother if the personal issues around Matt Reeves’ Batman hadn’t put that franchise on ice.
I have loved most of what the DC Studios team has put out but it seems they could’ve benefitted from someone saying, “Hey, use a character or two that are safer bets and make this more accessible for a young audience.”
The WBD exec team that had been overseeing it seems like they might’ve just not even cared because they knew they were on the way out and that resulted in the riskier project selection from absolute creative freedom. I don’t know. As a fan, I’d still prefer a team has that creative freedom with a means to balance it out and keep it going as I also want to know that when I get invested in characters and stories in these serialized franchises that the things I enjoy are going to build and payoff and keep going.
Man of Tomorrow seems like a thing that would’ve drawn a big audience, building on a very positive reception to Superman, more than anything (despite the massive L that was Supergirl and the just-okay yield from Clayface which is basically a non-factor for audiences going into MoT). Now, unless some sort of PR miracle or new plan that fans believe in comes along, Man of Tomorrow has a solid chance of financially suffering from the leadership and direction change because fans won’t feel that same investment.
Like it or not, yes; movies should stand alone and tell stories in their time on the screen themselves… but today’s culture and fandom also dictates that a lot of fans - not all, but a lot - want to know the characters and stories will continue and that builds their anticipation and desire to buy a ticket. To deny that people have that stance would be silly. So, what will set Man of Tomorrow apart from Shazam! Fury of the Gods and The Flash in terms of being released with everyone who is at all plugged into the news of it all knowing that everything it’s part of is potentially meaningless on the grander story’s scale? The movie itself will probably be awesome and I’m very much looking forward to seeing it but the energy is absolutely different.
This whole thing just kinda stinks at this point and I’m really curious where it goes from here.
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What it takes.
Katt Williams revealed the INSANE amount of work he put into becoming a successful comedian, making a list of 300 comedians he believed were FUNNIER than him and studying their sets to count every laugh they got, refusing to cross a name off until he could get MORE laughs than them in the same 15 minutes 🔥👀
He says he practiced comedy 8 HOURS EVERY DAY because he was determined to outwork every single person on that list
“As soon as I found out it takes me 300 no’s to get 30 yeses, I no longer was bothered by the no’s. My job is now to get more no’s than you.”
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In the future, we'll all be able to change the hierarchy of power in the DC universe for 15 minutes.
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House Dems tell the Trump administration and businesses that bent the knee to not delete docs. The Trump administration deletes docs, per whistleblower.
If you have docs or if you are being told to change your doc retention practices LET US KNOW. It's important. And we have a secure tips line here
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Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
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there is a deep spirituality to most of Gunn’s films, and he has spoken pointedly in interviews about both embracing and wrestling w pieces of Christian faith for a while, so I’d trust the artist when they’re literally talking about their own work. what he’s saying here tracks.
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Just caught glaring typos in the last two articles I read from major publications and as a GREAT maker of typos I have empathy but we use to have copy desks and editors and care when words were misspelled and now there’s no money for any of that and it’s all downhill. Idiocracy.
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Robbie Williams understanding the difference between plagiarism and wearing your influences on your sleeve. Good for him.
Robbie Williams defends Olivia Rodrigo after she was accused of copying his song “Candy” with “take me home (4 christmas)”:
“Artists deserve to be protected. But there’s a difference between protecting your work and treating every vaguely familiar sequence of notes as a winning lottery ticket. It sounds to me as though she may have accidentally stumbled across a musical echo of mine in one of her new songs. And do you know what? I couldn’t care less. I don’t know whether there’s technically a publishing issue, a copyright issue, or no issue whatsoever. And I don’t want to know. I’m not going after her. Because I think at some point, some f**king sanity has to prevail […] We all stand on the shoulders of people who came before us. Sometimes consciously. Sometimes without even knowing it. That’s how music works. If we keep punishing people for accidentally arriving somewhere somebody else has already been, eventually we’re going to frighten the creativity out of everyone.”
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Without a doubt, the best arc DC put out this year. Struck the perfect balance of being outrageously meta while also telling a really compelling redemption story, all while Dan Mora delivered some of the best work of his entire career.
With the Man of Steel's fate undetermined, it's up to SUPERBOY PRIME to fill his shoes!
It's a new era from me, @Danmora_c & Alejandro Sánchez collected in the SUPERMAN VOL. 7: REIGN OF THE SUPERBOYS - PRIME TIME trade, which you must pre-order at your store before today's FOC!
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When being just and honest comes at a price, pay it. When forgiving seems like a defeat, forgive. When everyone tells you to think of yourselves first, do not be afraid to put yourselves in the last place. Be willing to give up time, money, comfort and plans to serve others. May those who see you find themselves asking: “Why do they live in this way? Where do they get this freedom? Why do they love one another so much?” #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
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Note that the shift of Catholics was among the most dramatic. It's past time for sustained Dem outreach to Catholics. The GOP and conservative organizations have targeted Catholics since Reagan, spending millions in election after election.
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RIP Sir Patrick Stewart ❤️
ALT Fanart drawing of Captain Picard and Gandalf playing a game of 3D chess. Written above are the words, "Engage with a friend today. You never know how time will pass." In honor of Sir Patrick Stewart (RIP ❤️) and his public friendship with Sir Ian McKellen.
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30 Rock never should have gone off the air. Ever since it ended it’s like we shut off the ghost containment grid in Ghostbusters and all the fake movies that were previously trapped in fiction are now flying around in the real world.
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“This episode has everything. Elizabeth Holmes whiteface, bagpipes, drone photography, James Talarico, Walton Goggins in a Strokes song…” #SNL
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I have found the coolest wrestling fan of all time and it's this woman from a random 1980 Memphis show:
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I believe six new Jewish members of Congress elected plus two new Jewish governors, all Democrats.
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A father’s love for his daughter never ends, even when her time here does.
There are no words to describe the heartbreak of losing a child or the emptiness that lasts a lifetime. The years may pass, but the love, the memories, and the longing to have her here with us never fade.
If you are able, please consider making a donation to support us as we walk to honor Autumn this Saturday. These donations, no matter how small, help fund life-saving research, suicide prevention education, and support for families who know the unimaginable heartbreak of losing someone they love.
Autumn will always be my daughter, our heroic archer. She will always be loved and always be a part of everything I do.
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I haven’t been on the indies for a year, so I don’t know if the indies are really dead or not.
The wrestlers I trust say they are not.
Whether they are dead or not, why isn’t every independent wrestler taking advantage of live social shopping to increase their income and connection with fans?
Why isn’t every independent wrestler taking advantage of the FREE advertising that is social media to help promote every show they are on? Post the poster, post the match graphic, do the cell phone promo, etc. If you don’t treat the show like it’s a big deal, then why would a fan?
I could go on and on about this.
I love independent wrestling. Don’t just not let it die…help it thrive!