12 posts tagged ‘entertainment’
Disney's rules for theme park influencers are hilariously ridiculous
Boing Boing,
I'm not a Disney theme park influencer who receives benefits or freebies from the Disney company, so I didn't receive their new rules outlining the "Brand Guidelines for Influencers" that all their content "must" adhere to. But I did get my hands on a copy of the rules, and they are pretty hilariously impossible to abide by. — Read the rest
Rep. Joaquin Castro asks Justice Dept. to review Warner Bros.' practice of permanently shelving movies for tax breaks
In the past couple of years, Warner Bros. Discovery has withheld completed movies from release in order to get tax breaks. "Batgirl" and "Scoob! Holiday Haunt" were fully completed and intended to be released on the streamer Max, but permanently shelved so the studio could cut losses and get tax breaks. — Read the rest
The Daily Show recommends Leslie Jones as the solution to annoying family at Thanksgiving dinner
This fantastic sketch from TDS shows Leslie Jones fixing Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving, don't worry about how to handle your annoying relatives. For $29.99, Leslie Jones will teach you how to shut down awkward conversations. — TDS I've had some weird Thanksgivings, but my favorite has to have been this one time some friends and I were recruited to help keep a Thanksgiving dinner low-key, as one of our cadre's long-divorced parents both intended to attend, with their new spouses, after decades of not speaking. — Read the rest
Australian cop convicted for pulling gun over threat of Top Gun: Maverick spoilers
AV Club,
Spoilers are serious business, both on the internet, and in real life. But an Australian judge has officially ruled that you can go too far in your desire to come into every media experience in our info-soaked environment completely clean, sentencing a police officer in the country to 100 hours of community service,… Read more...