Daniel Alter

Don’t dish it out if you can’t take it.

John McTiernan going from Predator (1987) to Die Hard (1988) to The Hunt for Red October (1990), jungle survival, contained action, and submarine tension, three swings, all landing.

25 years later and nothing has topped this ending

Netflix shares are down more than 10% after the company didn’t forecast a big jump in earnings for 2026. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The first frontrunner for CA governor poured hot mashed potatoes on her husband. The second frontrunner turned out to be a sexual predator. The third frontrunner wants to arrest ICE agents. In case you're wondering how the Democratic Party is doing.

Gavin Newsom’s “bestseller” memoir just got the ultimate California treatment: his PAC dropped $1.56 million of donor cash to buy 67,000 free copies and mail them to anyone who donated any amount. That’s two-thirds of all print sales. Nothing says “Young Man in a Hurry” like rigging your own book numbers with political slush funds while California burns. nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/…

Trump, asked why his voice sounds different on air: "I've been screaming at the Iranians all day. You know why? Because it's the only language they understand. Kindness? They don't get that shit."

Disney just built an IMAX competitor without installing a single piece of equipment. Here's what actually happened at CinemaCon. Disney didn't buy a projection company. Didn't sign an exclusivity deal. Didn't announce new construction. They slapped a certification brand on 75 domestic and 300 global premium screens that already existed. AMC Dolby auditoriums, Regal RPX, Cinemark XD. Same screens, new sticker. IMAX's business depends on one thing: being the single brand consumers recognize when they want the premium experience. The company runs on joint revenue sharing, taking a cut of every ticket sold in that format. TTM revenue $410M. Gross margin 60%. The brand is the entire moat. Disney just went after the brand directly. When a moviegoer walks into AMC on Dec 18 for Avengers: Doomsday, the marquee says Infinity Vision instead of IMAX. The proprietary tech argument keeps getting thinner every year. Laser projection and premium audio are commodity installs at every major chain now. The incentive alignment is what makes this lethal. AMC, Regal, and Cinemark already paid for those screens. Every Infinity Vision ticket they sell, they keep 100% of the uplift. Every IMAX ticket, they share with IMAX. Disney gave the chains a way to earn more per Marvel ticket without changing anything physical. The timing is surgical. Sep 25 Endgame re-release. Dec 18 Doomsday. Two tentpoles projected to do $2-3B combined. Every premium screening of the biggest films of the next year gets Disney branding instead of IMAX's logo above the door. IMAX closed at $37.84 with a $2B market cap, up 50%+ over the last year. The stock is priced like a scarcity asset. That pricing assumes nobody would ever challenge the brand head-on. The biggest content owner on earth just did.

This is literally mind blowing Spencer Pratt exposes Los Angeles Department of Water and Power salaries - Over 100 LADWP employees earn an annual compensation of over $500,000 per year each - 26 LADWP employees earn more than $600,000 thousand dollars per year - 4 top level LADWP employees earn more than $700,000 dollars a year - The LADWP has a combined water and power budget of 11 billion dollars I looked into it further, and get this 100% of leadership and oversight of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are aligned with Democrats Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass appointed the 5 member Board of Water and Power Commissioners, which sets policy and approves major decisions like executive hires and salaries California is essentially run by the mafia They are literally giving themselves $500,000 -$800,000 EACH and this is just one department

@MarioNawfal @hasseynz Your grift is REALLY hard to keep up with.

Inject this into my veins!!!!

Over the several months WBD was on the market ...Hastings publicly remained a Sphinx about the potential purchase Looking for a crack in the Sun King’s court, some speculated that Hastings’ reserve was a sign of disagreement with ...Sarandos @DEADLINE deadline.com/2026/04/ted-sa…

🚨 JUST POSTED 🚨 “Who’s dumber, Tucker Carlson or Joe Kent?” OOF. 😂🔥

Disney just showed the trailer for AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY. Lots of shots of Captain America, Cyclops leading a battle at the X-Mansion against Sentinels, it ends with a reveal of Doctor Doom. Robert Downey Jr. bellows, "I'm here to open the Strait of Hormuz". Audience goes silent.

Santa Monica reacts to latest closure news as apocalyptic Third Street Promenade struggles for survival: 'I hate this so much' trib.al/z2Zi2ws

Chris Evans, Anthony Russo, Alan Bergman and Joe Russo pose together at #CinemaCon for #AvengersDoomsday

Ted Sarandos: Netflix Was 'Willing to Put Emotion and Ego Aside' and Walk Away from Warner Bros. Acquisition variety.com/2026/tv/news/t…

Trump on the Pope: "The Pope has to understand that, it's very simple. I have nothing against the Pope." "I have to do what's right ." "His brother is MAGA all the way!" "I'm not fighting with him. The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon." "I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if the Pope looked at the 42,000 people that were killed over the last two or three months as a protester with no weapons, no nothing, I mean, you take a look at that. So I can disagree with the Pope. I have a right to disagree."

Goodfellas alternative poster.

REPORTER: Iran is going to execute four more protesters, including the first woman protester. What do you tell Iran? TRUMP: Tell that to the Pope