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Today in News That Doesn’t Suck:
Comedy Central is bringing back Drunk History.
I don’t know about you, but this is something I can rally behind. Finally, some good news in this crazy world. I mean, I’ve never seen an episode of Drunk History that didn’t make me actually laugh out loud. When the guests are especially well chosen, dear god, it’s comedy gold. Thank you, universe, I needed this.
Release the Orcas! There’s a trio of movies coming out that puts a few of billionaires under the microscope—and one intensely unsettling woman.
I realize not everyone has the ability to be as chronically online as me at this age, so try not to judge. Or, alternatively, lean into it. Either way, thanks for joining me on today’s installment of: Did you see that thing online?
So, did you see that clip of Elizabeth Holmes going around social media yesterday? It’s a clip from You Can See Everything, an A24 project where filmmakers follow Holmes around, moving in with her for two weeks before incarceration. I thought the clip was monumentally unsettling. Holmes gives off more uncanny valley than any real human being can and should have to tolerate. I initially thought the clip was from a mockumentary. It does not appear so. I am wholly invested.
We’re also getting another look into Mark Zuckerberg via Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning. It’s meant to be a sequel to The Social Network but Sony keeps calling it a companion piece. I’m unsure what they mean by that. Considering that Sorkin’s on record having said that Facebook is out of control, I’m excited to see where he takes this.
Andrew Garfield is playing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the new Luca Guadagnino movie Artificial. I enjoy Guadagnino’s dreamy filmmaking style, and Garfield’s performances tend to land with me. His capacity for intense drama using just his facial expressions is exceptional. Hopefully we get a strong statement on what’s real and what’s artificial. Fingers crossed, people.
Lastly, there’s Musk. The running time is four hours. I’m already exhausted.
Earlier, about 30 minutes after the news broke, I heard what happened and let out a shriek. “Not Pee-wee” I cried out, immediately wondering why I hadn’t even known he had cancer. A bit of shame washed over me for not knowing something so serious about someone so beloved. And then I read the note he wrote just before he left us and the sadness pierced through.
I never met the man, but he was a fixture in my childhood. And, because life can be one hell of a crazy ride, I don’t remember a whole heck of a lot of my childhood, but I do remember him clear as day. What a loss. Thank you for everything, Paul Reubens.
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If you hadn’t heard, Jamie Foxx was in the hospital recently. While there weren’t detailed reports as to what happened to land him there, we were informed that it was serious for a while. In fact, it felt like we might have gotten close to losing him. Thankfully, it appears things have turned around and Jamie Foxx is back at home. According to an instagram story posted by his daughter Corinne, the media has “run wild” with news of her father. However, she’s confirmed that her dad has been “out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating. In fact, he was playing pickle ball yesterday!”
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I don’t know about you but that feels like a bit of relief in this otherwise increasingly bleak news cycle we’re collectively living.
He was always a delight on screen. Thanks for all the laughs.
Production of ‘Call Me Kat’ has halted in light of the tragic news. Jordan collected some amazing credits in his long career including parts on ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘American Horror Story.’ In the process he also collected a lot of friends. The beloved actor, comedian and writer was 67.
Thank you, Neon. There is no better way to celebrate Park Chan-wook’s violent masterpiece than to bring it back to theaters, especially since I’ve never seen it on the big screen. Oldboy is one of my all-time favorites and I’d love the opportunity to see it the way it was meant to be viewed. I’ve only ever watched it on my TV so I can only imagine the impact those visuals will have when put into the proper perspective.
Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, and Kang Hye-jung star in the movie, which won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. The film’s logline reads: “After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik) is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.”
Chan-wook wrote the screenplay alongside Hwang Jo-yun and Lim Joon-hyung. Oldboy is the second installment of Park’s Vengeance Trilogy, sandwiched between Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Lady Vengeance.
Look, it’s great that folks love their comic book movies. It’s fun to watch them get excited for the latest iteration of saving the world in capes. And, it’s easy to get swept up in that excitement. At first even I was a fan—Keaton Batman for life—but then they took over. Every blockbuster, superheroes. Every summer, superheroes. Every modern-day cultural movie moment, superheroes. It’s been that way ever since and the capes are starting to suffocate.
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When asked about his thoughts on superhero movies now that he’s part of the MCU Hawke said, “If people like Scorsese and Coppola don’t come out to tell their truth about how there are more important things than making money, who’s going to?” Hawke added that critics needed to do better too saying, “If you keep reviewing these movies that are basically made for 14-year-olds like they’re “Fanny and Alexander” or “Winter Light,” then who the hell’s going to get to make “Winter Light”? I appreciate the elder statesmen of the community reminding people not to set the bar too low. I know it makes some people think they’re stuck up, but they’re not stuck up.
Ethan Hawke: Marvel Is ‘Extremely Actor-Friendly’ but ‘Might Not Be Director-Friendly’ - variety.com
What Ethan Hawke likes about working with Marvel is that actors are given lots of freedom to do their jobs. Unfortunately, he says the directors don’t have that luxury.
In this same interview with Indewire, Hawke discusses Tom Cruise’s career, working with Richard Linklater and the ending to Before Sunset. He goes on to talk about his upcoming HBO docuseries that focuses on Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward called The Last Movie Stars and all he’s learned during his long career. Worth a read if you too are a movie nerd.
We’ve lost another legend. James Caan was 82. According to his official Twitter account, he passed last night (July 6, 2022). He’ll always be Sonny from The Godfather to me, but man, remember when he came back in the 80s and knocked all our socks off in Misery? I do. He will be missed. Thanks for everything, James Caan.
It’s being reported by Deadline that Ray Liotta died in his sleep while in the Dominican Republic shooting his new movie Dangerous Waters. He is survived by his daughter Karson and fiancé Jayc Nittolo.
Thank you for your part in giving me one of my favorite movies of all time. Rest In Peace, Ray Liotta.
Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux star as surgical performance artists in Croenberg’s upcoming movie Crimes of the Future. They express the “metamorphosis” of human organs thorough their art. Their story takes place in the not-so-distant future where pain has become almost non existent and as one character puts it, surgery has become “the new sex.” This performance art catches the eye of the feds because they know that organ transplants will lead to the next phase of human evolution. The movie is incredibly graphic as you can imagine and looks set to shock the pants right off some folks.
Hell yes that’s Kristen Stewart
“I do expect walkouts in Cannes, and that’s a very special thing. There are some very strong scenes,” Cronenberg told Deadline. “I mean, I’m sure that we will have walkouts within the first five minutes of the movie. I’m sure of that.”
Cronenberg also insists his new movie will still be funny. That’s right, it’s sexual, violent, extreme and funny. Why not, right? The trailer is unsettling in the worst way so be sure to check that out when you get a chance. I get queasy easily, so of course I’m adding this to my personal watchlist.
