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Over 1,000 people in Hollywood signed an open letter opposing the Warner Bros & Paramount merger This includes: Denis Villeneuve, David Fincher, Bryan Cranston, Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, JJ Abrams, Ben Stiller, Damon Lindelof, Javier Bardem, Noah Wyle, Glenn Close, Jane Fonda, Don Cheadle, Jason Bateman, Lily Gladstone, Marisa Tomei, Sandra Hueller, Yorgos Lanthimos, David Chase, Alan Cumming, Adam McKay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rosario Dawson, Emma Thompson, Kristen Stewart, Daniel Kwan, and more

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I have so many mixed feelings about this. As an animator who worked tirelessly on some productions that received an underwhelming official release, I can understand how frustrating it might be to see links and uploads of something you worked on circulating around like free candy. That said, the Avatar Movie will not be recieving a theatrical release. In fact, it's delayed until later this year to be released for only streaming. They have released no teaser or trailer for this film yet. Why? No idea. It's beyond disappointing how they insist on locking a film of this level of production quality behind a platform that very few people use to begin with. Between choosing to respect the creatives by waiting six months (a performative effort because the artists have already been paid) or refuse to support a streaming service owned by a billion dollar company that donates money to Trump and Israel, I don't blame people for choosing to watch the leaked movie. I wouldn't support Paramount either. I truly hope this doesn't negatively impact current or future Avatar Studios productions, but honestly the way they were disrespecting the franchise by delaying the promotion and release of this film showed how little they cared about it to begin with.

J. Cole returns from China. 🇨🇳 ( Via Inevitable) “What's the word! My apologies for the delay in the posts. I meant to put up the other interviews on here but had too much going on. I recorded Nadeska, Cam, Lost in Vegas, and then Melo all within one week and had to immediately head to Hong Kong to wait for a visa so I could play basketball in mainland China. Initially I was scheduled to play in at least 3 games for the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the CBA. The work visa process took way longer than expected, so I was only able to play in one before heading back. I want to say thank you to the Nanjing club and to the CBA for allowing me to have that incredible experience. Also to my teammates who were mad cool, and who really wanted me to get a bucket! I got to play 8 minutes in one of the top leagues in the world, got a few good looks but wasn't able to hit one. A couple more games and maybe those shots would have started to fall! Either way I'm fulfilled and grateful! Shit, I feel like I dropped 20 !!! And my knees felt like I played 40 minutes! On top of all that the biggest win is that me and my family got to experience China for the first time. The people were kind, the cities are clean and beautiful. It's a very peaceful place. The high speed train was crazy. Super convenient. I was able to go from Nanjing to Shanghai in like a hour on the train. Distance wise that would be like going from DC to New York in a hour. I also didn't realize there were so many people in China that rocked with my music! Thank you to everybody who showed up and brought an album to sign. I was blown away. I felt the energy in the game that yall wanted me to hit those shots too! Appreciate it! I told the team that if I could stay in shape I would be down to play for a longer amount of games next year after I'm done with tour. I'm wildin???? we'll see. DREAMER Thanks for love yall”

‘PERCY JACKSON’ star Walker Scobell shares a message on his Instagram story: “Just to let everyone know, I will not be attending prom. Please stop sending death threats to EVERY teenage girl who could remotely be associated with me based on their proximity to where I live. It’s not fair to them or to their families. Maybe also just stop sending death threats in general. That’s just not cool. Kinda weird I have to say this.”

imagine getting to the top floor and seeing the tom cruise boss health bar pop up

me liking a tweet and then immediately liking a counter tweet

Take $14,000 of your $69,000 salary and invest it and then good luck living off that remaining $55,000 (actually closer to $40k after taxes and benefits) for the rest of the year. Nvm that housing is expensive, gas is expensive, groceries are expensive. Billionaires are morons.

every ai glazing tech bro should be made to live right next to their beloved data centers

I'm sorry. How is this suddenly a discourse? Iggy Pop has performed without his shirt on for his entire decades-spanning career. Now, a bunch of idiots who probably just heard his name for the first time today are getting upset about it because he's old and wrinkly? So what's the idea? That he should put a shirt on to spare you from having to see his body? You essentially want him to be a coward that hides himself for the sake of your comfort. That's not very rock'n'roll. The body is part of the performance. Always has been. If you were fine with it when that body was young and tight, but now suddenly find it offensive because it’s old and wrinkled, then the problem is not him; the problem is that you’ve been trained to see aging as some kind of indecency.

The Artemis II mission was a refreshing display of competence, precision and professionalism in a society where those things are sorely depleted.

They keep seeing Trump in every villain lately yet they can't seem to figure out why

Phones should be sold with earphones again. People are too comfortable playing their TikToks at the highest volume in public spaces.

Joe Rogan is such a fake ass bitch crying on his podcast about soldiers being sent to Iran and dying just to turn around and be all friendly with the guy responsible for their deaths.

WHY WOULD THE POPE BE AMERICA FIRST LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

Two reprobates.

Doody, can't believe it's been 20 years since you've been gone! Not a day goes by that I don't think about you in some way shape or form…You were and are still truly one of the greatest friends I ever had in my entire life and I thank God everyday that he put us in each other's lives.. I feel like that happened for a reason. Ever since the day I met you sitting on the steps of Osborne when I was handing out flyers and we rapped for each other and instantly bonded that day and never looked back!! My life would never have taken the trajectory it took had I not met you. Thank you for always believing in me like I always believed in you!! We had such an amazing ride together and I will never forget you and what you did for me and my self-esteem and confidence every time you cosigned for me at every club and open mic we ever went to!! Your credibility was enough to open people's minds to not judge me until they heard me and you were one of the first ones who got people to listen before they passed any judgment!! I love you doody you will always be my best friend no matter how much time passes and I will never forget you as long as I live!!! Until we meet again my friend I love you doody!!! Love, doody

accidentally compared apples to oranges and it was no big deal. they have some similarities and some differences

So much weight and impact, I really love this one