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An older man in a fancy blazer, sat next to me on the train, just leaned over and said, apropos of nothing, "Excuse me, is Oslo an interesting city to visit?" He's a spy and was attempting to identify his contact, right?
Surprise plot twist for
#AvengersEndgame
: looks like Hela recovers from her slight case of death, defeats Thanos and turns the Infinity Stones into a dress.
All these people saying that Noel Clarke is innocent until proven guilty are, of course, right on the law. But we as a public do not have to act like lawyers. We can wonder, hey, why would 20 people, with nothing to gain and quite a lot to lose, lie?
Anyway if you're a spy disguised as someone scruffy and on the 14:22 from Charing Cross, your contact is looking for you. And the code word is NOT, "I'm afraid I've never been so I can't say".
If I were Apple and owned Killers Of The Flower Moon, I would be looking at Oppenheimer's box office and making a big bet on wide advertising and screening of the new Martin Scorsese film.
This is some horrifying War of the Worlds shit right here. We have got to start electing governments that actually fight climate change, above all, and start demanding more of ourselves and of companies that can change things.
Lovely to see the entire world united to slag off Boris Johnson and the only disagreement is whether he's a fucking idiot, a haunted haystack, an incompetent bastard, or all three.
Tonight's
#Godzilla
screening had rows reserved for, I assume, celebs and influencers, and the number of phones on there *throughout* the movie was shocking. Whether you like the film or not (I was more up on it than some) there's such a thing as basic etiquette.
Look, I'm not going to retweet the stupid Prince William/sexy/bald men survey but I'd like to introduce the voters to Stanley Tucci, Mike Coulter, the entire cast of Fast & Furious, Patrick Stewart and Mark freakin' Strong. No weak chinned royal is cracking the top 100.
I reckon I'm pretty good at budgeting. I take public transport almost always, shop around for insurance etc and make food as much as possible. But you will pry my takeaway coffee from my cold, dead hands.
Just to say, Boris Johnson absolutely does not deserve to be played by Kenneth Branagh. If they want to make a serious film about his government and its many failings, that role belongs to Mr Blobby.
Fuck Brexit. Fuck the Tories. Fuck the sinkhole of British politics and Labour being so shit they’re *still* behind in most polls. And fuck the tabloid lies that fuelled so much of this.
Christ no. I know I keep saying this, but let the dead rest, let aging stars age and let's actually nurture new talent. You don't get to complain about millennials saying they lack opportunity and then cast the dead in films instead of young people.
I am excited for Parasite and hope it wins the big categories. I hope Gerwig gets the Screenplay prize. I hope every single copy of Joker is accidentally sent to a landfill. Even the digital ones somehow.
#oscars2020
Meat Loaf, the American singer and actor, has died at the age of 74. He also appeared in over 65 movies, with iconic roles in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Fight Club," among others.
And for those who claim that, gee, showbiz seems to be full of terrible people, please remember that showbiz gets reported on. Bob in the office does not. Paul at the local council does not. It doesn't remotely mean that it only happens in film.
Here's some good news. The terrific Helen O'Hara, of Empire magazine, is penning a new book entitled Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall And Rise Of Women In Film - more details on it here.
Ladies and gentlemen, the cover of
#WomenVsHollywood
! Clearly
@LittleBrownUK
has played a belter and I will have to ensure the insides live up to it. But I have been interviewing extraordinary women to give myself the best chance of doing so.
After a decade of unprecedented success,
@MarvelStudios
is at a pivotal moment: the looming farewell to some of its founding superheroes, and the rise of a new generation.
They say the UK needs the royals for tourism but, like, if you get rid of them that actually opens up *more* palaces for visitors. Versailles still does pretty well! You don't need kings for tourism, just all their stuff.
“I got scared for Jared,”
#Morbius
director Daniel Espinosa says of Leto. “He really commits. You have to watch out for it.” In a scene involving Morbius shattering glass, “I could sense the crew backed off,” Espinosa recalls. “It was a bit spooky.”
Fuck white supremacists, the pathetic braindead loser shithead lunatic wanker babies who choose to believe the evil lies of madmen and build their lives on deliberate misreadings of history and reality. Fuck 'em all.
Just went on a date so bad it was kind of fun. He almost instantly revealed that he was a Brexiteer who believes in global warming but is fine with us going extinct because what else can we do? I started walking to a coffee shop; ended up leading us in a circle back to the tube.
OK, I am hesitant to tell anyone this but I really must: I wrote a comic. A short 7-page story in this rather exciting collection, in fact. It's about a character called Thunderbolt the Avenger (no, not those ones). It is MAD to me that I was asked but also thrilling.
I have just finished proofing my book! My mum read it and thinks it's brilliant in her unbiased opinion, so really if you don't buy it you're calling my mum a liar, which is a bit rude and uncalled for. Geez. I think very highly of *your* mum.
War & Peace has too much farming. Shakespeare is, if anything, underrated and anyone who questions his authorship is a snob at heart. Stephen King is a genius. Terry Pratchett is at least as good as Dickens. Women write better sci-fi on average. More ppl should read Dan Simmons.
There should be a tradition where, at some point in the life of the chronically single, all the friends who got wedding and baby presents from them contribute to a really nice tomb fund or something.
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t feel furious about Brexit. Today is no exception. A bunch of cynical politicians trying to cover their own arses while pursuing a policy they KNOW will be ruinous. Fuck em all.
CHRIST people still talking about Marvel and Marty, please, I am begging you, just stop. Please. No more. I'll tell you whatever you want. The password is Blackbriar. The attack comes at dawn. The butler did it. I did it. I don't care.
Here's a minor film trope that needs to die: people around the world watch A Thing on TV. In India, it's a rickety set outdoors as barefoot kids run around. In China, it's a tiny shared TV in a cafe. Everywhere but the US, vast crowds surround one shitty set.
It is FOUR WEEKS TODAY until my book,
#WomenVsHollywood
, hits shelves, and here is a *very* sexy video to show how close we are. You can pre-order here!
It is not unreasonable for us to choose to take these allegations seriously, and come to our own conclusions, and that is not "cancel culture" or "trial by media". It's being a grown up in an imperfect world.
This nugget, from a Rings Of Power piece, may well be true for US viewers. Still, I feel like this summary of Sir Lenny Henry's career is cause for war.
The man-babies seem upset at
#CaptainMarvel
's failure to crash and burn this weekend. Anyway, in case any of you are out of loo roll here's the article that so upset this numpty.
And I know every single financial advice column starts with "But that's £600 a year!" or whatever. GOOD. It is WORTH IT. I have coffee at home for very early mornings and back-up.
Why would all these people create a wild conspiracy going back through years of corroborating evidence and testimony? What is in it for them, unless they were sincere? Why would so many people attack Clarke's career, especially if he is as good a guy as we all thought?
@rob_hawkins
Yes, I didn't get any creepy vibe at all so that's OK. It was just so odd. If he was trying to start a conversation there was zero follow-up when I said I'd never been.
This is the most chilling explanation of what Brexit will do to the UK economy after December.
By
@AdamPosen
, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
#ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor
‘COYOTE VS ACME’ is now expected to be shelved and deleted forever.
Warner Bros wanted $75M - $80M for the film and rejected offers from Netflix, Amazon & Paramount, refusing to let them counter-offer.
(Source: )
Muting that thread now because ye gods. Genuinely quite depressing to see how angry people get at the suggestion that we take women seriously, and how many are quick to call women liars.
We, as individuals, don't have to withhold judgment forever. We can support victims even if our system will not. We can withhold our support from accused abusers even if the system allows them to continue.
Surprise! The original Broadway production of Hamilton, filmed LIVE onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, is now coming exclusively to
@DisneyPlus
this July 3rd. Shout it to the rooftops!
#Hamilfilm
No one is celebrating this. No one wanted this. But if the allegations, from 20 different women and over a long period, are as well founded as they appear, then we as humans do not have to wait for a court case that may never come to say we're appalled.
In some *extremely* flattering and thrilling personal news,
#WomenVsHollywood
has been named one of the Times' books of the year (TV and film category).
Terrifyingly, today is the 20th anniversary of my first official day
@empiremagazine
. As luck would have it, I actually wasn't in the office that day: I did a briefing session with
@AmieBolissian
the Friday before to learn about one of the most boring parts of the job...
I found
#AdAstra
a damn near religious experience. I am willing to extend James Gray, and him only, a pass from my regular complaints about father complex stories. Phenomenal performance from Pitt and visually flawless.
Those Uruk-hai at Amon Hen were like a day old; a week at most. They don't know any better. Everyone is cheering Aragorn for killing kids, just cause he looks more awesome than any human has ever looked. In this essay I will
‘Parks and Recreation’ star Joe Biden has been cast as President of the United States.
He will replace ‘Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’ star Donald Trump.
(Source:
@cnnbrk
)