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Lots of angry tweets like this today (can’t watch):

She’s back tomorrow.

I think it’s tough, though. They lucked out this year with Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, and A Star Is Born. The types of films they usually nominate like The Shape of Water, The Hurt Locker, and Roma are just never going to be what a general audience is going to seek out, even if given more time.

They’ve done exactly the opposite: in 2020, the Oscars are moving up two weeks to February 9. They felt that awards fatigue in that long march to the Oscars was partially responsible for the ratings decline. So now the precursor awards will all have to pack into January. The Grammys have moved back to January 26 to get out of the way. And the BAFTA Film Awards will be held February 2, 2020, the same night as the damn Super Bowl!

@DRW50, your John Mulaney fandom is so funny to me. If there was one person I thought you would stan for, he just wouldn’t be the first to come to mind. (I think he’s very funny too, and SNL elevates whenever he hosts.)

OMG at this typo from José. 😂

Sir Ian got in trouble for saying on a recent podcast that Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey might not have committed abuses had they been publicly open about their sexuality. He’s now issuing an apology. Clip from the podcast:

Plus, here’s a mic drop:

Wow at Wang Yafan coming back from a set and break down against Kenin to win her first WTA tour title in Acapulco. She really gets some pop on her shots.

Oh funny. I went to school with the writer of that article many, many moons ago. This has been making the rounds today:

He can still get it after all these years. Hot and *that voice.*