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Saturday, January 16, 2021
This Weekend in Pop Culture: January 15-17
Thoughts on A Chorus Line (and some Chicago)
"First of all, let's get one thing straight: I never heard of The Red Shoes, I never saw The Red Shoes, I don't give a shit about The Red Shoes ..."
Friday, January 15, 2021
What's On Tonight (Saturday): News for the youths
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Gadi Schwartz, host of The Overview (via WordPress) |
My options are really limited, so Top Pick goes to Peacock's latest news series The Overview, which is hosted by Gadi Schwartz and targets the younger demographic. While Schwartz is known to many of the olds from his reporting that is on MSNBC, he is also popular with the youths. He co-hosts the popular Snapchat news series Stay Tuned. So if you are looking for a break from your Office binge-watching, there's Gadi.
Elsewhere, anime SSSS.Gridman comes to Toonami, Uma wants to kill Bill, E class readies for an assassination, Marcel Marceau fights Nazis, and hippies... in space!
Politics Corner, January 15th
They knew what they were doing and they will be prosecuted. [NBC]
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jan. 15
Introducing today's contestants:
- Gautham, a journalist, was the FCC reporter for the Wall Street Journal;
- Jennifer, an associate professor, is a big David Bowie fan; and
- Lucy, an illustrator, has a prized collection of letters from her grandparents. Lucy is a three-day champ with winnings of $79,499.
Box Office Flashback November 27, 2020
One interesting quirk about the Thanksgiving weekend box office is that, while massive blockbusters have rolled out the day before the holiday for years, the #1 movie over the long weekend is usually the holdover #1 movie from the previous weekend. A quirk about the following weekend (the first weekend of December) is that, despite being in the middle of the holiday movie season, it's almost always a dead zone, especially the last fifteen years.
Bay Of Harried Pigs And Other Friday Headlines
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Former Congressman Mickey Edwards Says 'Adios' To The GOP [The Bulwark]
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jan. 14
Today's contestants are:
- Liz, a teacher, made a bet involving Jeopardy! and naming her child;
- Brett, a freelance sportswriter, whose baseball knowledge inspired a stage show; and
- Lucy, an illustrator, rescued her first dog at age four. Lucy is a two-day champ with winnings of $64,499.
Shampoo, Rinse, Re-peach And Other Thursday Headlines
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'The Trump Mob In Their Own Words' [The Bulwark]
PRS9, E2: 'My Pet Project'
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Occasional Cook: biscuits and cookies
Here is your weekly thread to talk anything and everything food.
Share your cooking this week, ask for tips or recipes for a dish, tell us about your meals out.
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Via goodfood.com.au |
I know calling these biscuits is confusing to the vast majority of the posters here, but damn it, I just can't bring myself to self-edit that to cookies...