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I used to work for Uproxx, HuffPost, Movieline. I’ve written for New York, Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and Empire
"He’s fairly normal” — Reddit user CaptainPhantasma21
My newsletter: www.thehardpass.net
contact: michaelwilliamryan at gmail
At Comic-Con Kevin Feige was asked about Doctor Doom’s rollout into the MCU compared to Thanos. In his answer he blamed me personally. This is, somehow, a true statement. Also, he makes a really great point
(This was for @mhweber.bsky.social)
I still don’t know how that happened. Situation wise it’s less likely than the 13 second game. Eight seconds, no timeouts
“I hate rooting for the eagles but I needed you to beat the jags so thanks!” I did not send it.
I was in the middle of a “congrats” text to an eagles fan
That’s a “you don’t come back from that one” kind of loss
No, he said that. I’ve heard that story. I just mean I’ve never been this low on SNL before. Maybe around 94
I haven’t
In SNL’s sixth season, after an on air F bomb, they canceled shows (and then there was a writers strike) to retool. Just putting that out there
SNL is in a bad place
Kalen DeBoer seems chill
This reminds me, I had a friend who convinced the phone company he had a kid named, pronounced, Tay Dooday. They didn’t believe him. This went back and forth. He won, then the next time he called me, “The Dude.”
We may have a Ford Focus about this soon
I’ve reached the age in which when I’m wearing contacts I basically can’t read. (I’m near sighted and my natural vision is still great close up.)
I love how I misspelled my own first name
I rewatched HALLOWEEN 6: THE CURSE OF MICHEAL MYERS and on Letterboxd posted the section of my Paul Rudd interview from a few months ago when I asked him about playing the character that finally beat Michael Myers once and for all
Brent Venables sounds like Super Dave
Harrison’s Empire trailer narration is AI
Two blog posts this week!
First, a 30th anniversary tribute to THAT THING YOU DO, with a look at the editing lessons you can learn by comparing the Extended Edition to the significantly better-paced theatrical release
What? Who still expects this for free?
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