12 posts tagged ‘entertainment’
MoviePass CEO faces prison after defrauding investors
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Smug fraudster and MoviePass mastermind Ted Farnsworth finally faces justice after years of exploiting investors' dreams – but his potential 25-year sentence feels light for someone who made a career of destroying trust and retirement accounts. The 62-year-old serial scammer, who cringingly describes himself as a "financier, entrepreneur, and consummate disrupter" pleaded guilty this week to brazenly defrauding investors not once, but twice – first through MoviePass's infamous "$9.95 unlimited movies" scheme, then astonishingly repeating his con at Vinco Ventures after that company inexplicably hired him as CEO in 2022. — Read the rest The post MoviePass CEO faces prison after defrauding investors appeared first on Boing Boing.
Apple TV+ is free this weekend and you should binge Harrison Ford in Shrinking
Harrison Ford is indisputably a legend. Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, and (sigh) Jack Trainer are all characters that are hard to imagine being played by anyone else. What is often overlooked, however, is how damned funny he is. Almost all of Harrison Ford's iconic characters have some humorous moments, but he has rarely ventured into true comedy. — Read the rest The post Apple TV+ is free this weekend and you should binge Harrison Ford in Shrinking appeared first on Boing Boing.
The best roller coaster you've (likely) never ridden
The second episode of the new Disney theme park YouTube series "Disney Unpacked," featuring Jim Shull, a former Disney imagineer, is about the making of "Crush's Coaster," the indoor family roller coaster ride in Disneyland Paris based on the movie Finding Nemo. — Read the rest
Ken Jeong says stop mocking his knee reflex hammer
Comedian Ken Jeong, MD no longer practices medicine, but he maintains his medical license. This seems like a good idea in the fickle world of entertainment. In this Wired video, Dr. Jeong explains why the knee reflex test is so important. — Read the rest
Nathan Fielder appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live claiming to be out of character for the first time
Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone were guests on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," promoting their new show "The Curse," and Fielder was sporting a studiously hipster look. It's revealed during the segment that he was hurt by a New York Times review of his performance as "limited" and "stiff," and so claimed that this new "loose" persona is the real him, and his stiff performances in this and other projects were acting feats in service to his "characters." — Read the rest
Happy Life Day, the Star Wars holiday celebrating Wookiee life
November 17 is the generally accepted date of Life Day, the holiday that according to Star Wars lore originated in Chewbacca's Wookiee culture and then spread to the rest of the galaxy. It was first introduced in the infamous "Star Wars Holiday Special," a television special broadcast on CBS on November 17, 1978. — Read the rest
Celebrate Wookie Life Day with the Auralnauts
Today is Wookie Life Day, a holiday created for the Star Wars Holiday Special and then co-opted by fans to have a little fun. Now Disney seems to teeter between embracing Life Day as a full-fledged marketing opportunity and just kind of winking and nodding. — Read the rest
Pūteketeke named New Zealand's Bird of the Century in landslide
The campaign launched by John Oliver, host of the HBO show "Last Week Tonight," for the Pūteketeke to win New Zealand's Bird of the Century contest resulted in a massive landslide for the colorful water bird. The online voting event is held by New Zealand's conservation group Forest and Bird to raise awareness about endangered bird species, and is open to anyone, not just New Zealanders, with a validated email address. — Read the rest