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On the show today, Lena Dunham has dropped the first trailer for her new series Too Much, and it’s giving chaotic, romantic, autobiographical energy. We break down why this show feels like a return-to-form for Lena and why we're pumped for it to drop. Plus, Sabrina Carpenter has just announced her new album, and it's already making headlines thanks to a bold cover image. We unpack the aesthetic, and whether it's gone a touch too far. And finally, Glenn Powell’s ex-girlfriend Gigi Paris has given an interview dropping bombshells on that press tour with Sydney Sweeney, and we’re diving into the emotional fallout when PR chemistry spills into real-life heartbreak. Want more on Sydney Sweeney? We've got you covered! Have a listen here:The Famous Women Who Wronged Sydney Sweeney & Aussie Stars Banned From The LogiesGET IN TOUCH:Do you have feedback or a topic you want us to discuss on The Spill? Send us a voice message, or send us an email thespill@mamamia.com.au and we'll come back to you ASAP!Read all the latest entertainment news on Mamamia... here. THE END BITSThe Spill podcast is on Instagram here.Read all the latest entertainment news on Mamamia... here.Subscribe to MamamiaCREDITSHosts: Laura Brodnik and Em VernemExecutive Producer: Monisha IswaranAudio Producer: Scott Stronach Mamamia studios are styled with furniture from Fenton and Fenton. Visit: fentonandfenton.com.auBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow started off slow on star power, but ended with a bang, and a couple thuds, as Scottie Scheffler claimed his third major as Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau faltered. Alex shares clips from his press conference questions with Jordan Speith and Sheffler, plus PGA Professional Ryan Lenahan.Ex-convict and 2-time major champion Angel Cabrera won for the second time on the PGA Champions Tour, and Michael wonders if he wins at the PGA Senior Championship next week, will he be a shoe-in for POTY?Alex may finally be done traveling for a little bit, but that doesn't mean he's done with his travel stories of weird people.In Tuned In, Michael finally catches Twisters, and is catching feelings for Glenn Powell, while Alex is finding good entertainment while while airborne.This week's guest is Patrick McDonald, part of the CBS Sports Golf online coverage. Patrick shares what makes this year's PGA Championship "good enough," what its like being on CBS Sports, and how a pimento cheese grilled cheese is his favorite 19th hole meal.The NBA Playoffs head to the Conference Finals, and Alex's Celtics are no longer in the picture.The WNBA kicked off their new season, and the drama between Caitlin Clarke and Angel Reese is already in top form.The NFL released the 2025 schedules, and Alex's Patriots and Michael's Giants are poised for a December MNF matchup when both teams may be in very different places.Michael shares how college softball just had one of the biggest upsets ever, as the top ranked Texas A&M Aggies faltered in the opening regional round of the NCAA Tournament.As the guys #AlwaysEndWithFood, Alex shares how his one slice of pizza at the Charlotte airport almost broke the bank, while Michael tries out Dave's Hot Chicken for some Nashville Hot style fried chicken. Support our friends!Use our special link - https://zen.ai/thecourseoflife - to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan. Watch us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3qvq4DtListen + Love + Subscribe: www.courseoflifepodcast.comSupport the First Tee - Greater Austin: https://bit.ly/3n09U4IJoin us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2NpEIKJFollow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2QJhZLQ

Shai kicks off this week's episode with an I Told You Show for Becky, and his new discovery - vitamins (spoiler: his bodily fluids glow now). Calling from snowy Ottawa, Becky shares tales of Passover with her Russian in-laws, who have gone above and beyond to turn their home into a matzo fry culinary lab, complete with matzo waffles and matzo spanakopita. We also tackle a ton of movies and shows we're watching:  The Wedding Banquet (but Shai makes it about The Last Jedi) The Shondaland whodunnit The Residence, stacked with a killer cast including Uzo Aduba and Ken Marino Hit Man (again... Glenn Powell - need we say more) The Peanut Butter Falcon A revisiting of Mallrats and John Tucker Must Die with the next generation Plus, what's coming in May? Shai and Becky preview: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Lilo & Stitch (Live-Action) Karate Kid: Legends Thunderbolts …and the Nicolas Cage slow burn The Surfer Clown in a Cornfield (a big NO for Becky) Also: Woody Woodpecker, Heart Eyes, and Captain America: Brave New World. Sign up for the Friday Night Movie Newsletter for giveaways, curated episode playlists from the hosts and guests (including our mom), and at MOST one email per month (and probably fewer).  Closed captions for this episode are available via the player on the official Friday Night Movie homepage, the Podbean app and website, and YouTube.  The Friday Night Movie Family supports the following organizations: The Red Tent Fund | HIAS | Equal Justice Initiative | Asian American Journalists Association | The Entertainment Community Fund. Subscribe, rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform, including iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Play | Podbean | Overcast. Play along with Friday Night Movie at home! Read the FNM Glossary to learn the about our signature bits (e.g., Buy/Rent/Meh, I Told You Shows, Tradesies, etc). Email us at info@p4tmedia.com or tweet @FriNightMovie, @pancake4table, @chichiKgomez, and/or  @paperBKprincess.  Follow our creations and zany Instagram stories @frinightmovie, @FNMsisters, and @pancake4table. Follow us on Letterboxd (@pancake4table) where we're rating every movie we've EVER watched.  Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter for exclusive giveaways and news! Theme music by What Does It Eat.  Subscribe and leave a review on IOS or Android at frinightmovie.com.  

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Producer Josh updates us on Cam Ward, a crosswalk hack, and Glenn Powell's new line of sauces.

Stellantis' CMO Raj Register talks about building consistent storytelling across channels, what she's learning from AI and why she's obsessed with connecting marketing action to tangible business outcomes. Episode TranscriptPlease note, this transcript  may contain minor inconsistencies compared to the episode audio.Damian Fowler (00:00):I'm Damian Fowler.Ilyse Liffreing (00:01):And I'm Ilyse Liffreing.Damian Fowler (00:02):And welcome to this edition of The Current Podcast.Ilyse Liffreing (00:09):This week we're delighted to talk with Raj Register, the Senior Vice President and CMO for North America at Stellantis, one of the biggest names in the global auto industry.Damian Fowler (00:19):That's right. Stellantis is the powerhouse behind iconic brands like Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Chrysler, and so many more.Ilyse Liffreing (00:26):And as our North American fans may be well aware, stellantis just ran off one but two high profile spots at the Super Bowl in February, both featuring major celebs,Damian Fowler (00:37):Glenn Powell as Goldlock in the Ram Super Bowl commercial, and Harrison Ford who rarely appears in ads starring in the Jeep commercial.Ilyse Liffreing (00:45):Let's get started.Damian Fowler (00:51):The first thing I want to ask you, Raj, is how did it all come together?Raj Register (00:55):Yeah, that's a great question and not the most straightforward way that many would think. So at Stellantis we have something called a jump ball. And Jump ball basically means that we curate several agencies and we allow them to pitch and based on the pitch how we brief them and whoever comes up with the best idea pretty much wins the business. So for this past Super Bowl, we spoke to around 35 plus agencies and we were able to round them out to the best two, one for Ram, one for Jeep. So we go through several rounds of creative, we determine what's the best story, how does it really relate to our business? And from my perspective it was what's the best creative outside of that? Then what's the best thing that will help give us more runway past the Super Bowl? So outside of the creative is the business aspect and how are we going to perform and make sure that it delivers upon all of our goals.Damian Fowler (01:56):Now everyone knows, I guess at this point that the Super Bowl ad spot is one of the most coveted in the world and one of the most pricey I suppose. But wanted to ask you why was it important for Stellantis? I mean, you're the only order maker as I understand it, to have a spot during the game this year. Why was it important for you?Raj Register (02:14):There's a lot of dialogue around why were we the only one. I saw it as an incredible opportunity for us to be auto exclusive. When do you get to do that? During Super Bowl? It was really important for us to show up, not only to show that we're here, not only are we American born and we are proud of our brands, but when we think of everything we have to offer to our consumers, we wanted to leverage this as an opportunity to tell that story and give them an indication of who we are. And it was almost like a reintroduction back to America as well as supporting our UAW workers, supporting our dealers, supporting our employees. So I think it was a rally cry for us to just let everyone know that we're here and we're here to stay.Ilyse Liffreing (02:58):That's awesome. And such terrific actors in both of the commercials, Glenn Powell and Harrison Ford, and I feel like they speak to definitely different generations obviously of fans and types of moviegoers potentially. What were the main challenges of securing the talents?Raj Register (03:16):Gosh, so Glenn Powell, so we already have an established relationship with him for Ram. He did a really nice job with us for our integration that we had with Twisters. And so for him it was more of a natural fit. He has this serious nature, but he's also very funny. And so when we came up with the idea of Cody Lakson the Three Bears and using that old American fairytale to help bring to life something really cool and unique glim, I mean it was like a no-brainer, like let's extend this relationship because he's easy to work with, but then also he brings a lot to the table to help us with bringing things to life. So he was very involved with making sure that our script and how things showed up were authentic to him. But then also because he knows us as a brand, he knew certain things to lean into.(04:03):So he was a really good partner in that way. Harrison Ford was a lot more difficult for us to secure. So quite frankly, and if you've looked at any of the behind the scenes that were done, Harrison talked about his first answer was No, Olivier and a group of us went back and he started with a different script, one that paid homage to Harrison Ford, but then also related to us as a brand and the freedom of America. And so once we were able to align on the idea and have a script that Harrison actually reacted to in a positive way, he actually reviewed it with his wife and she said, now that's good. Then it was a matter of, okay, well who's the director who could work with him and make sure that this comes to life in the way that he's proud of as well as us? We tap James Mango and that was incredible. So they already have a really good relationship. Mango did four versus Ferrari, so he has this really extensive background in movies, but for commercials, this was, I believe it was his first one. And so just balancing the star power of Harrison, Mangold and Olivier, it was like the trifecta of greatness I would say. But it took a while for us to get to where we needed to be. We shot our Super Bowl at three weeks before,Ilyse Liffreing (05:24):Which that is a tight turnaround.Raj Register (05:27):It's a lot of pressure, but being on set and getting everything together, Harrison was amazing, but that one was definitely a day by day, how are we going to get this done? And just making sure that he felt comfortable with the commercial and it came out better than I could have expected. But that one definitely was a challenge, but in a good way.Damian Fowler (05:48):And it's interesting to note that Harrison rarely does commercials, so it was an amazing coup for you to getIlyse Liffreing (05:53):Him. Totally. And yeah, it's great that it came, but it's also a great example of the brand campaign overall because it's the power of choice and why was this the right message for the moment?Raj Register (06:08):Yeah, so just to clarify, so power of choice was our Ram ad and freedom of choice was our G ad. And so the reason why we chose those bookends of power and freedom one is it's the breadth and the quilt of America being able to make a choice and be happy and stand up for whatever it is that you want or whatever you believe in. The other part was is as we think about the way the automotive business is changing, there's a lot of energy around what type of vehicle should you choose? And our stance at Stellantis is, one, we want you to love our brands and our vehicles first, and then you make a choice as far as what platform or what energy you want. In both commercials we were able to highlight our ice vehicles, which is our gas hybrid and all electric.(07:04):With that being said, it's hey, making a choice should be fun. There's a lot of negative feedback around Bev versus not, or should you have a gas vehicle versus not. And for us it's you have the freedom or power to choose the vehicle that's best for you, and we want to make sure that you make a choice with us and giving customers the education of we are a company for a person like you and we just want you to choose with us. And so that was the premise of it and we were able to do it on one end very humorously. And the other was more around the freedom and pride of being American and being able to make a decision for yourself.Damian Fowler (07:43):Now, one of the most interesting things about the Super Bowl this year was that it was also streamed on Tubi, which is Fox's fast channel. And I wanted to get into this in terms of the campaign. How did you think about and come up with a digital strategy around that that goes beyond the second quarter ad?Raj Register (08:03):Yeah, so I'll just say even for the day of, it was interesting because being at Super Bowl, I got a chance to see what was happening on the two B app and really being able to just see the integration and being able to not only see our ad live, but also our halftime show. So that was incredible to see live TV while you're on the spot because it's a different experience. What consumers see at home is not the same as what you see in the stadium. The important thing for us was leveraging all opportunities from TV to streaming to social, to tell a complete story. And we want it to be just, okay, here's the TV spot and move on. How can we leverage other avenues to make sure that our story is getting out there and then continuing the story with our consumers or those that are interested in learning more. Yeah, there's a group that are watching on TV or in a environment where they're in a sports bar or something like that, but you also have these other group of customers that are watching on their phones. And so that's why it was important for us to leverage all avenues and all media channels to make sure that our collective 360 story was getting out there.Ilyse Liffreing (09:11):Totally. Did you know that it was going to be streamed on Tubi when you first made the buy?Raj Register (09:17):No, we didn't. And so I learned when I was in the suite with Fox Sports, and so they came and said, Raj, you can see everything live and here's how everything works. And so I had everything set up and it was really nice to see. So I was trying to balance be here in the moment, but then I was enthralled by Tubi and so throughout breaks and things like that, I was very much so engaged. So it was a surprise and delight for me and something that I'll definitely continue to leverage as we look at our media buying practices in the future.Ilyse Liffreing (09:49):Totally makes sense. Curious about how those overall numbers added to the results of the Super Bowl spots. And on that note, let's get into those results with the overall takeaway. First off, what was the reaction to the campaign overall?Raj Register (10:04):That one, we did something a little bit different than we typically do. So what we have normally done is Super Bowl is the coveted day. We don't do teasers as a company. Everyone sees it at the same time and it's under lock and key. And we tried something a bit different this year. So for Ram, we created some teasers and so we went live with our teasers a week before Super Bowl, and then on the Wednesday before we had an opportunity with the Today Show to show the entire commercial and really start some of the excitement and engagement before Super Bowl. From a press standpoint, the world knew or people knew that we would have a Jeep spot and we kept up with our previous practice of everything's under embargo, so no one knew that one, we had Harrison Ford or we had a two minute spot.(10:56):And so it was a complete really surprise to most people. And so to have that go live during the Super Bowl itself, I mean that just took off from a social sentiment standpoint. Me being a former Ford employee, I got so many text messages because the last line where Harrison talks about loving his Jeep even though his name is Ford, that was quite the zinger. And so everything that we've seen so far has been overwhelmingly positive. Positive sentiment for Jeep was 99%, and for Ram it was 98%. From a global PR standpoint, over 10 billion for ram, we had over 200 million views for Jeep, over 106 million views on social channels. So many recognition and rewards. Ad blitz was one where we were number one spot for Jeep, and so they just keep coming in. And so those are the things that you know, did the right thing.Ilyse Liffreing (11:52):Yeah, those are fantastic numbers.Damian Fowler (11:54):Amazing. I guess it's fair to say you hit your metrics for successRaj Register (11:58):For game day and right after. So another thing that we did differently this time is that we have usage rights for 90 days after Super Bowl, so it wasn't just a day of and done. We're leveraging the content for some localized messaging. We leveraged our websites CRM and really doing a complete 360 after the fact. So we'll have a postmortem after the 90 days of our campaign, which is something very different for us. And having cut downs and really being able to support more product and storytelling key, why buy messaging? And it's something that I think will be pivotal for us as a company and really set the stage for how we do things in the future.Damian Fowler (12:42):I'd love to zoom out a little bit. You have many iconic brands on your watch, not just Jeep and Ram, Dodge Chrysler and also European brands too. I wanted to ask you though, how do you balance your marketing across so many different brand identities while also sort of keeping in-house that cohesive idea of strategy for the whole company?Raj Register (13:05):At a company Stellantis where you have essentially a house of brands, you have the very all American Chrysler, Dodge, Ram G brands, and then Alpha Mayo and Fiat, each brand has its own DNA. And that's how I see it is the DNA is what sets the stage for the fabric of how that vehicle or how that brand should show up. And we need to be tried and true to that. Many times we get ideas and an agency may pitch us and it might be a great idea and say for example, they pitch us for Chrysler and it comes across as Dodge. I say that's a great idea, but it's very dodge, it's very brotherhood, badass speed power for Chrysler, more of the family with Pacifica and capability and off-road with Jeep and Ram also having capability. It's the only brand that has, and basically in the world that only does pickup trucks.(14:03):And so when you think of all those things, each brand has its own identity, and so you don't have to mix and match things. As individuals, we have our own personalities and as families, we have our own DNA. That's how I see the brands. And so that part to me is fairly easy to really just understand and make sure that there's clear lines of delineation. When I think of marketing though, there's best practices and there's things as a company that we know to be true. When we think about, for me, I have things that are considered either above the line or below and just really understanding what investment, what media channels, what optimization, what tactics are necessary for us to be successful with a particular nameplate or launch. And ensuring that I have a complete cohesive plan and really establishing what are my KPIs and goals and things that I need to make sure that I'm accomplishing.(14:58):If there's something that needs to be communicated and it falls below the line where we have maybe digital only or we're doing only experiential, really understanding what are my priorities, what am I trying to deliver upon? And then holding true to that. So as a company, having marketing rigor and expertise around what it is that we really need to establish as far as a North star. And then also working with our brand heads on does this meet the brand? DNA does it meet our customer goals? Does it meet our key why buys? And then you move forward. And so a lot of things we do are collaboratively. So it's not the marketing team on our own just driving things and bringing things out the door. It's how are we establishing what's necessary for us to be successful? And at the end of the day, it is about sales and share and making sure that we have a positive sentiment in the market and people are shopping us.Ilyse Liffreing (15:54):Speaking about shopping and digital, today's consumers are really omnichannel in their approach to shopping. How has that shift really impacted marketing in the auto sector? Is AI and automation having an impact on that approach?Raj Register (16:12):So I would say I don't know if AI necessarily has an impact as a compliment. And so what AI does, and when you think of omnichannel, it allows us to do things faster, more agile, more targeted, more regional focused. And so when I think of how customers consume things many times it takes them seeing something in many different places and how are we collectively telling a story and really understanding what part of the funnel are we leveraging, what channel for and ensuring that we're doing it in the most authentic way that is not overbearing to someone that's receiving it. But to me I see it as how are we taking them down the funnel? So if on TV I'm leveraging a brand campaign for excitement and engagement, but then when a customer sees a similar ad or a version of it at the digital level where they're now as a call to action where we're saying, Hey, learn more, there's a call to action for either building price or learning more about our features and options.(17:17):And then when you get to the deal level, allowing them to be the closer of the play. And so all of these things should be, as I said, in compliment with one another. Whenever we create something, we leverage AI to help us with not only creating faster content in a way that gives us that agility, but then we also use it for our data and our forecasting for our modeling and how are we leveraging our media channels, and then also how are things performing and then helping set the stage for, well, you did this component very well, how do you go deeper in a particular audience or market to help establish what success really looks like? And so I think AI is very complimentary in a positive way to really help establish not only from a content perspective, but when you think about performance, it definitely helps guide it from a forecast standpoint what we should expect or how we should leverage certain investments.Ilyse Liffreing (18:18):Certainly, and it's hard enough obviously to differentiate the brands from each other and keep true to their own brand guidelines, but as a marketer, you have to also differentiate your brands from competitors like GM and Ford and Tesla. What shapes basically your approach to that,Raj Register (18:43):The brand, DNA, when you have that and it's rooted in everything you do, we don't have to worry about looking or sounding like someone else because we know who we are. And that when you have that as your true north is very easy to really understand who you are and where you show up. Now when I think of brand health and brand sentiment and things that we need to listen to customers on, so for example, if we have feedback that's saying our brand is beloved, but customers don't understand our features and technology or they don't understand capability or they don't understand certain components, we use that as data to help us with our storytelling, especially at the tier two and retail level, to really start leaning into things that maybe we're missing the boat on, especially if it's something that we believe is a key factor as to a why buy. But when I think of a Tesla or a Ford or a gm, they have their own brand identities as well. And so trying to chase or be them is not the answer. Many of our brands have been in place for decades. I mean, Chrysler will be coming up on its hundredth anniversary at this point. We know who we are. And holding true to that I think is the most important thing you can ever do as a brand and as a marketer.Damian Fowler (20:07):I love that answer. When you know who you are, that's what you lean on. And I think that goes for individuals too in lots of ways. Not to get too psychological about this, but it is a true, it's true. Yeah, it's true. I know that there's a question here about, and maybe that's the answer to this next question, but when things are changing, big picture, macro conditions, global economy, which has a big impact on the auto industry, how do you as a marketer stay focused?Raj Register (20:35):Yeah, and that's an interesting question because when you think of macroeconomic factors, it can be competitive actions. It could be things like tariffs. There's all these things that you need to take into consideration. And the things that we can control, the controllables, I always make sure I understand what those things are. The things that I can't control are the things that I consider noise, meaning there's disruption and people don't like Stellantis because of X, Y, and Z, or this decision was made, we had a lot of leadership change over, we can't digest all of that. And so what I try to do is make sure that whatever plan is done soundly, it's inclusive of any key stakeholders that are necessary to help us make whatever decision it is that we're going to market with. And then also having consistency. And so yes, there's external things that we need to have into consideration, but if we run our business and change day by day, fly by fly, we'll be a weather report. We won't be able to really hold true. So for me, having consistency and sticking to a plan, now you need to have some agility in there to account for things that are more major. But when I think of major versus minor, I try to keep the minors at bay plan for the majors as much as I can, but then hold true. The more you're consistent and the more you have a plan that you stick to, the better success you have.Ilyse Liffreing (22:08):So it said marketing is a balance between art and science. Do you agree?Raj Register (22:14):A thousand percent. A thousand percent. So when I think of art and science one, that's my background. So I have an engineering background, very much science. And then when you have the marketing piece, there is science there, but there's a lot of art. And when you bridge the two together and you know how to yin and yang the two, it works. While I love data, I love to make sure that things are technically sound. I also recognize that there's art in here that you can never discount. And so I think it's an important balance to respect both parts of it. And when you're able to marry the two together, that's where I think the magic happens.Damian Fowler (22:54):What are you obsessed with figuring out right now?Raj Register (22:57):I'm obsessed with figuring out modernization of marketing. And when I say that it's what are the disruptive things that are not necessarily on the map? So we have a voiceover talent that we use for G, and this is a recognizable voice, and we've used this same individual for over a decade. He got into a car accident and his vocal cords were damaged, we had a decision to make. It's going to be a different voice that we maybe don't want to necessarily use. This wasn't the decision, or could we leverage technology using AI to recreate his voice, get him into an agreement, still going to compensate and all of those things. But how do we continue with ensuring that there's a human part of this? We use the technology, but we were able to still move ourselves forward. And so that's an example for me of I'm obsessed with how do you create opportunities? And again, it goes to the art and science to create things that may be a challenge that you can fix quickly, or are there things that I'm not thinking about that are very different and disruptive that I can start grounding myself on today because it's going to be even more relevant in five years.Ilyse Liffreing (24:20):What if you had an unlimited budget? What would be your marketing dream? What would you doRaj Register (24:27):If I had an unlimited budget? Really being able to establish a true footprint that gave true indication of what things are necessary for all consumers, whether they're African-American, Hispanic women, millennials, whoever it is, being able to create very bespoke one-to-one communications for them at the stage and at the channel that they need to make a decision. I think being able to create something like that and really understanding what's necessary, what drives someone, and then being able to truly correlate a marketing action with a true business sale impact, whatever the call to action is, I think it would be huge. Right now, we guess we say, okay, there's all these things. They clicked on an ad, they did X, Y, and Z, but we don't always know, especially for a big purchase for online things, that's easier to track. But when I think of true decision making, what are the things that really triggers individuals to make a choice and be able to correlate it to business results, I think is something that I've not yet seen done. And if I were to be able to crack that code, I'd be winning. So I think that's limitless.Damian Fowler (25:50):So Eli, what were your kind of thoughts off the back of it?Ilyse Liffreing (25:54):Yeah, I really liked how she talked about consistency, especially being a brand that is so prevalent in today's culture. She said, the more you're consistent, the better for customers because customers can see if you're not. Basically, she said, if we change every day, we're just going to be like a weather reports.Damian Fowler (26:15):That was very grounding. And I think when you talk about omnichannel campaigns and you think about the consistency of the brand across all of those channels, that's got to be a huge factor. The thing that resonates with me about that too is the fact that she talked about the DNA of each brand in her portfolio, whether it be Ram or Jeep, and just knowing that that was kind of a revelation to me. You can lean back on that idea. And I thought that kind of idea of when you know who you are, things are easy at is easier. So that was something that really stuck with me. And then there was one other thing she said that clarity of thought when she said it's what now, so what? Now what? And I just thought that was a really nice way of structuring the way a marketing campaign might be planned and then how it might roll out.Ilyse Liffreing (27:03):I also liked how she talked about the balance between art and science, whether data only tells us so much, but you got to lean into things with your heart as well.Damian Fowler (27:10):Hearts and minds, right? That's the old adage.Ilyse Liffreing (27:13):That is. That's it for this edition of the current podcast.Damian Fowler (27:19):This series is produced by Molten Hart. The Current Podcast theme is by loving caliber, and The Current team includes Kat Vesce and Sydney Cairns.Raj Register (27:26):And remember the brand DNA. When you have that and it's rooted in everything you do, we don't have to worry about looking or sounding like someone else because we know who we are.Damian Fowler (27:39):I'm Ilyse, I'm Damian, and we'll see you next time.

Your hosts discuss their weekend experience at Role Model's "No Place Like Tour" concert in Seattle. From heavy rain, people fainting, and an amazing opening act, this is a story you don't want to miss! They also take a deep dive in to the possibility of Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell's rumored romance. It's a 'will-they, won't- they' discussion involving their love for both actors. Finally, Sam, Audrey, and Jayne share their Song Of the Week, and Sam's choice might surprise you...

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On today's 4.4.25 show it's opening day for the Giants! Graham gives us an update on his wife's trip, the Tiktok deadline is approaching, Sydney Sweeney was seen canoodling with Glenn Powell, Kim K reached out to Bianca, San Quentin is getting a makeover, Disney is pausing the production for the live action Tangled movie, Justin Bieber is in a spiral and people are worried about him, emotional support tigers, Doechii has a message for the public, we play our Chug Wheel game and more!

Allergies are getting to us! Nancy emceed an event that was set up like a radio show. Nerd News! When you run a marathon, your brain eats itself. A 97-year-old tortoise just became a mom. Monkeys are better at yodeling than humans. Burnout or BORE-out? What’s the most boring job you’ve ever had? Hot Tea: Tom Cruise paid tribute to Val Kilmer. Megan Moroney won the Billboard Rulebreaker Award. A man stole his ex’s chicken. The cops showed up at Nancy’s house yesterday. Joey’s twin brother is in Paris, so we called to mess with him and his tour guide. Lucky 7 Joey has to sing in a church choir on Sunday, but his allergies are making him unable to hit high notes. We make him sing high pitch songs to test his voice out. Tom Cruise told Glenn Powell to film himself running because you don’t look as cool as you think you do. Producer Karly realized she runs weird. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allergies are getting to us! Nancy emceed an event that was set up like a radio show. Nerd News! When you run a marathon, your brain eats itself. A 97-year-old tortoise just became a mom. Monkeys are better at yodeling than humans. Burnout or BORE-out? What’s the most boring job you’ve ever had? Hot Tea: Tom Cruise paid tribute to Val Kilmer. Megan Moroney won the Billboard Rulebreaker Award. A man stole his ex’s chicken. The cops showed up at Nancy’s house yesterday. Joey’s twin brother is in Paris, so we called to mess with him and his tour guide. Lucky 7 Joey has to sing in a church choir on Sunday, but his allergies are making him unable to hit high notes. We make him sing high pitch songs to test his voice out. Tom Cruise told Glenn Powell to film himself running because you don’t look as cool as you think you do. Producer Karly realized she runs weird. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On today's 4.2.25 show Selena gives us her review of the new Starbucks cold drink cups, the Giants have their home opener this Friday and we try to convince Selena to celebrate, redesigned baseball bats, someone might've let it slip that Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell did have a thing, would you be okay with your partner wanting to be buried next to an ex wife? there is a new Diddy accuser, Cory Booker delivers marathon speech and breaks record, Justin Bieber has a new tattoo, should celebrities disclose when they are on weightloss meds? Graham tells us about his run-in with the law yesterday, there's a new 'Battle of the Bay' and more!

Glenn Powell was there too. Where were they, and what were they doing?

In today's update... - Sydney Sweeney and Glenn Powell are giving rom com IRL - Asking For A Friend: Is what my husband did considered financial infidelity? - Mysterious pee jugs evidently can NOT be recycled

The Most Talked About Movie of the Year is One That No One's Actually Seen... except for us. We saw it back then and now we've seen it again. We discuss 2020's The Hunt - the political satire and how the critics didn't "get it", Donald Trump's boycott of this movie, the pigs treatment on set, Glenn Powell, Glenn Howerton, right vs left and heaps more... Thanks for listening!

Any takeaways from this episode?Neurotic bosses, parent trapping, New York pizza, and yet! That's right, this week we are breaking down 2018 rom-com "Set It Up" with Zoey Deutch and Glenn Powell.Currently streaming on NetflixKira – Overall Tacos –

Jared is back with another Pop Culture Thursday, breaking down the latest headlines with his signature takes. Blake Lively's not-so-subtle shade at Justin Baldoni—what's the real story? Tom Brady gifts his son an insane watch, but does it send the right message? And Glenn Powell is everywhere—but what's going on with his love life? Jared has thoughts, and you don't want to miss them. Tune in for the hottest pop culture chatter, all with a comedic twist.Want more JTRAIN? Join the Patreon for more, listen to Coffee with JTrain, & send an email to

Hey Folks!On today's show, we finally got Glenn Powell on the show.....kinda, I talk about Anyone But You.- Flicks-ology!

We are watching one of the best new anime's out right now in Solo Leveling! Season 2 is dropping BOMBS on us as it's been revealed that Jinwoo's Dad is now involved in the story?! Things just took a turn! Some more topics on the docket this week! - Anthony Mackie says Captain America "Doesn't Represent America"?! - Achebe to be the Villain of Black Panther III?! - Glenn Powell to Write and Star in a Captain Planet Movie?! - Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four to have Superbowl Promotion?! - Warhammer Series Starring Henry Cavill is Confirmed! - Vincent D'Ononfrio says he and Charlie Cox pushed for "Dark and Gritty" Daredevil with Marvel and they were on board! - RDJ Dr Doom vs Loki God of Stories in Avengers Doomsday?! -Comics of the Week and more Remember to Like, Comment and Subscribe! --------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media!

In this episode of Fly Over Film Country, the hosts discuss their top 10 films of 2024, sharing personal experiences and insights into their selections. The conversation flows from light-hearted banter to in-depth analysis of each film, highlighting performances, surprises, and the overall cinematic experience of the year. In this engaging conversation, the hosts delve into their favorite films, debating the merits of Netflix's 'Hitman' and exploring the performances of Glenn Powell and Adria Arjona. They discuss the impact of 'Rebel Ridge' and 'The Substance', highlighting their unique storytelling and character development. The conversation also touches on 'The Wild Robot' and 'Beetlejuice', showcasing a variety of cinematic experiences and personal connections to the films. In this engaging conversation, the hosts delve into their favorite films of the year, exploring themes of nostalgia, emotional journeys, and the impact of horror films. They discuss the significance of 'Inside Out 2' and 'Alien Romulus', while also highlighting Zendaya's performance in 'Challengers'. The discussion shifts to the cinematic achievements of 'Dune', comparing it to the legacy of 'Lord of the Rings', and concludes with anticipation for 'Wicked'. In this engaging conversation, the hosts delve into their top film experiences, discussing the impact of movies like 'Civil War' and 'I Saw the TV Glow.' They reflect on personal connections to these films, exploring themes of identity, nostalgia, and the power of storytelling. The discussion also highlights the cinematic qualities of 'The Brutalist' and 'The Holdovers,' showcasing the emotional resonance these films have with the hosts.

What shaped the cinematic landscape of 2024? Join us as we welcome back our esteemed guest, Brandon Cole, for another round of insightful movie reflections. Amidst the challenges posed by the writer's strike and lingering post-COVID effects, we navigate through a year filled with mixed emotions. Despite these hurdles, we set our sights on the promising horizon of 2025, with a special spotlight on the upcoming "Mickey 17." With our trusted friend Letterboxd, we compare our film-watching adventures—boasting 238 viewings on my side to Brandon's impressive 117—and revel in Zendaya's stellar performances in "Dune" and "Challengers," showcasing her dynamic range.Expect a lively discussion as we dissect the highs and lows of recent films. Glenn Powell's commendable roles in "Twisters" and "Hitman" catch our praise, while the pre-release sequel of "Wolves" piques our curiosity. From comedies like "The Book of Clarence" and "Let's Start a Cult" to the action-packed "Monkey Man" and "Bad Boys for Life," our conversation spans multiple genres. We're not shy about debating the strengths and weaknesses of films like "Roadhouse" and "Rebel Ridge." As our conversation unfolds, we can't help but express excitement for future projects like the continuation of the "Dune" series, even as we acknowledge some concerns about the source material.Looking ahead, the anticipation for upcoming releases fuels our discussion with a particular emphasis on "Avatar 3" and an unexpected "Happy Gilmore 2." We also celebrate the rising stars like Tom Holland and Glenn Powell, and explore the potential of animated sequels such as "Mario 2" and "Toy Story 5." We're thrilled about the possibilities these new projects bring, while a bit skeptical about some like the delayed "Mission Impossible." Our podcast reflects on a successful year and charts an even more thrilling course for 2025, with next week's episode promising an exciting dive into the official Bob Dylan story with a fresh perspective from our recurring guest.

George Birge joins Evan Paul to talk about (0:50) who inspired his new hit “Cowboy Songs” and why he might always feel like a new artist. Then,(8:20) a humbling George Strait story and how he became friends with Glenn Powell, AKA Maverick in the new ‘Top Gun' movie. Then (16:44) Dylan Schneider and a (31:43) Night Cap with Billy Dukes that gets a bit uncomfortable for Evan. This episode is not sponsored by Better Health but it should be!

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and TV shows I watched in Autumn 2024, and rate them from my least favorite to my favorite. TRANSCRIPT Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 230 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is December the Sixth, 2024, and today we are looking at my movie/TV show roundup for Fall 2024. Before we get to that, we'll have an update on my current writing projects and then we will do Question of the Week.   First up, I'm pleased to report that the rough draft of Orc Hoard is done at 78,000 words, so it'll probably end up being about exactly the same length as Half-Orc Paladin, the previous book in the series. I've also written a short story called Commander's Wrath that newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of when Orc Hoard comes out and hopefully we're on track to have that out before Christmas. I'm also 7,000 words into Shield of Deception, which will be the fourth book in The Shield War series and if all goes well, I'm hoping to have that out in January or February. In audiobook news, recording is currently underway for Cloak of Masks and that will probably be out towards the end of January or perhaps February, depending on how long processing takes.   00:01:02 Question of the Week   Question of the Week is designed to inspire enjoyable discussions of interesting topics. This week's question, what do you listen to while working: genre of music, audiobooks, podcast, nothing else so you can concentrate, et cetera. No wrong answers obviously, and we had quite a few answers.   David says: I listen to audiobooks and music. Music ranges from classical to country to pop, bands and soul artists to instrumental. No rap or heavy metal or dance music or I listen to music from YouTube channels. If I have to really focus on what I'm doing, I'll turn it low so it doesn't distract.   Justin says: video game music is my first choice. It can help you grind in real life just like it does in the game. If that isn't working for me, then rock or classical music with movie soundtracks at third.   Brooks says: I tend to gravitate towards hard rock/punk rock. I have to stay adrenalized. Outside work, I'll listen to almost anything.   Michael says: I find I can't listen to words or lyrics without getting distracted by them, so instrumental music is the way to go. Usually video game music too (the Stelara soundtrack is particularly epic), movie scores (Kingdom of Heaven is one of my favorites), or Dungeon Synth, an amazing music genre I only discovered recently.   Barbara says: sometimes I play music while writing, but most of the time I prefer the silence so I can better hear the voices in my head. Of course, I prefer very specific types of music that always end up coming back no matter how much I try to stray.   Jenny says: lots of EDM and techno if words would distract me or my solid nineties pop punk angsty mix. I also have a giant one I called “I heard it in a video game” for background music. John says: When I did/could work, I enjoyed outlaw country music, particularly that from Texas. Put me in a kick butt and take names kind of mood. When you're a plumber who gets paid by the work done, not the hour, that's where one wants to be.   (A different) John says: I only listen to music when I'm working in the kitchen. I'm eclectic. Sometimes classical music, sometimes ‘80s prog rock with Hawaiian music and occasionally jazz tossed in.   Juana says: I like rock and roll from many eras. I put my eclectic music on shuffle. I also listen to movie soundtracks: Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Animal House, et al.   Brandy says: If I'm cooking, I listen to Pandora. There's a pop ‘90s - ‘20s station. I do have a few that are specifically listed, angry or sad, one more angry German metal or Mongolian throat metal, the other more goth and industrial. I read books instead of listening. If I'm proofing, I usually have something on in the background. Today it's Sanctuary Season One.   Morgan says: ADHD means I jump around a lot on what I'm listening to depending on the day, but audiobooks- usually fantasy or horror. Podcasts- Pathfinder actual play podcasts, horror podcasts, and wrestling/gaming news podcasts. Music, whatever artist/album I'm obsessing over at the time, but usually prog rock, metal, or rap.   Matthew says: I always have my iPad for background noise. If I'm particularly invested in getting chapters done, I'll put on something largely audible.   Gary says: audiobooks, podcasts, worship music, Christian hard rock.   Bob says: Retired now, but when I was working I didn't listen to anything-needed to concentrate on what I was doing. When paying bills, I sometimes have some Morse Code on in the background (one of my previous means of paying the bills). On long car trips, it's nice to have some distraction -whatever radio station I can find, preferably one with a story. In truck stops, we used to find some stories on disc that had the actors doing the voice of the characters and some of them were pretty good.   For myself, I almost always listen to music while I'm working and that genre is usually soundtracks and video games, movies, and TV shows (in that order) that I liked, which makes it difficult to discuss music with people, I have to admit. I do listen to podcasts when I'm working outside, so long as I'm not using a power tool that requires earplugs for safe operation (which sadly seems to be most of the time).   00:04:42 Main Topic: Autumn 2024 Movie/TV Review Roundup   Now on to our main topic, the review roundup of the movies and streaming shows I watched in Autumn 2024. I was going to do a combined Autumn/Winter 2024 one, but it was getting a bit too long, so Winter 2024/2025 will be its own post in a few months. I seemed to watch a lot of time travel movies this time around and quite a few with Space Magic. As ever, the grades are totally subjective and based on nothing more than my own thoughts and opinions. Now let's take a look at the movies and streaming shows from least favorite to most favorite.   First up is Escanaba in Da Moonlight, which came out in 2001 and it is a surrealist comedy about hunting traditions set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 42-year-old Reuben Sodi is the only man in his family who has never shot a buck, so when he complains about this to his Native American wife, she casts a spell to help Ruben bag his first buck, which results in a very bizarre nighttime journey/vision quest. This includes UFOs, visitations by nighttime spirits, and a Department of Natural Resources officer having a mental breakdown. This was a funny movie, but it was definitely very weird and even more specific. If you're at all familiar with the hunting culture of Upper American Midwest, you'll get the humor. If you're not familiar with it, this will be like watching a movie from another planet. Overall grade: C.   Next up is Looper, which came out in 2012. I didn't actually like this movie very much, but I respect how well done it was. Joseph Gordon Levitt plays Joe and is a type of assassin called a looper living in the US in 2044. About 30 years after 2044, time travel is invented but immediately outlawed. Since it's difficult to get away with murder in 2074 due to advanced technology, crime syndicates have taken to sending people they want eliminated back in time to 2044 where the loopers immediately execute the target in exchange for a big fat payout. Loopers can live like kings, but there's a price. Eventually the loop is closed and the looper's future self is sent back to be killed by his past self. Failure to comply results in an extremely grisly fate at the hands of the syndicate. Joe, being a hardened killer and drug addict, is fine with all this and even helps turn in a fellow looper who failed to close his own loop. Then Joe's future self arrives. Joe is about to kill Future Joe (played by Bruce Willis), but Future Joe escapes and Present Joe has to hunt down and kill Future Joe if he wants to survive.   In the process, Present Joe stumbles across the farm of a woman named Sarah (played by Emily Blunt) and her young son Sid. Present Joe realizes that future Joe has traveled back to kill the child, Sid, who will be responsible for the death of Future Joe's wife in the future. Despite everything he's done, Present Joe is not okay with this and gears up to help Sarah defend Sid from Future Joe. This movie was on the very dark side of noir filmmaking: no good characters, essentially only various degrees of bad people trying to navigate their way through the maze of time crimes. I did strongly dislike how fundamentally nihilistic the movie was and the addition of telekinesis did seem like kind of a plot crutch. There is also some unnecessary nudity. Rian Johnson is actually an excellent filmmaker. Knives Out and Glass Onion were both very good, but I cannot imagine how someone will watch Looper and think, hey, this guy is a good choice for a Star Wars movie. Overall Grade: B-   Next up is Agatha All Along, which came out in 2024. It was extremely well written and well-acted. You almost have to watch it twice just to admire how well put together the plot was. I wasn't expecting to like Agatha All Along, but it is an excellent example of writing a show with a villain protagonist and actually pulling it off. The show is also a good example of something I've talked about before on the podcast and the blog: characters can be likable, emotionally sympathetic, or both. It's sometimes tricky to write a character who's both, unlikable but emotionally sympathetic. By contrast, Agatha Harkness is an excellent example of a character who's both likable and highly, highly unsympathetic. Agatha All Along is indeed a show with a villain protagonist, but Agatha is charismatic enough to remain likable even though she's unquestionably an absolute monster who deserves every bit of suffering she endures.   Actress Kathryn Hahn deserves major credit for making someone as evil as Agatha so charismatic. Agatha retains just enough of a sliver of sympathy to keep the audience from turning on her, but even when she shows flashes of humanity, beneath that there are even more layers of monster. She also does a very sort of a modern Doctor Who/ Sherlock thing where she talks very fast and puts up a flippant and silly facade, but she's actually calculating things several steps in advance and manipulating everyone around her to her final goal. Anyway, the plot of Agatha All Along is that Agatha finally breaks free from the spell of the Scarlet Witch placed on here at the end of Wandavision. However, Agatha doesn't have any magic left, which is a major problem for her because she has very many enemies who very much want to see her dead as soon as possible, but then a mysterious teenager turns up and asks for Agatha's help. He wants to walk the legendary Witches' Road and it has said that someone who walks the road and survives to the end will receive their heart's desire. Since Agatha doesn't have any other options and she has some major enemies, she agrees. Agatha, the teenager, and the Witches' Road itself all have very dark secrets and their reveal makes for some major drama. As I mentioned, the show was very well written and acted. I suspect that may be the secret for movie or TV success in the 2020s economic climate: good actors, an excellent script, and keep your costs down. Overall grade: B   Our next movie is Field of Dreams, which came out in 1989. An Iowa farmer discovers he's a very specific kind of necromancer, like how sports medicine is a specific field of study. Maybe sports necromancy is a specific subclass for evil wizards or something. All joking aside, the main character is Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) and he's walking his cornfield one day and he hears a mysterious voice tell him “If you build it, he will come.” Ray builds a baseball field in one of his cornfields and began speaking to the ghost of Shoeless Joe, a popular baseball player who died in 1951. Soon a lot of other ghosts arrive and start playing baseball as well. The mysterious voice starts urging Ray to “ease his pain” and Ray concludes this must means Terrance Mann (played by James Earl Jones), an activist writer from the sixties who dropped out of the public eye and is living in seclusion. So Ray starts on a cross country trip to persuade Mann to come to his baseball field. This movie is really perhaps the ur-example of the Feel-Good Eighties Movies and maybe a Baby Boomer movie. The characters speak with near religious reverence for the ‘60s, baseball is the Great American Pastime, and Ray really wants to heal his relationship with the father he rebelled against back in the ‘60s. The best part of the movie was unquestionably James Earl Jones' character and his performance as he resigns himself to Ray's craziness and then starts to believe in it was pretty great. Overall grade: B Next up is Holiday, which came out in 1938. Holiday is a romantic comedy from the 1930s. Cary Grant plays Johnny Case, who has fallen in love with Julia Seton, the daughter of a wealthy New York banking family. However, his more individualistic outlook soon puts him at odds with Julia's more traditionalist family, though this draws the attention of Julia's elder sister Linda (played by Katharine Hepburn). It felt a bit like watching a play and a little research revealed that it was indeed based on a play from 1928, which may be why the film didn't do so well when it originally came out, though it is regarded as a classic today.   Viewers in the Great Depression era would probably find it difficult to sympathize with a man who wanted to turn down a well-paying job at a bank, not out of moral objections to the bank's business practices, but because he would feel constrained. The Seton family is played as eccentric and somewhat troubled, but not as buffoons or villains as rich people were often portrayed in other 1930s movies. Good performances and worth watching as a classic, though sound technology has improved quite a bit in the last 90 years, so you probably will want to watch it with the captions on. Overall grade: B   Next movie is Twisters, which came out in 2024. This is basically the same movie as Twister from back in 1995, but with some of the plot of Pride and Prejudice bolted on. Kate Carter (played by Daisy Edgar-Jones) is an Oklahoma storm chaser with her boyfriend and best friends. One day, one of their storm chases goes horribly wrong, killing Kate's boyfriend and most of their friends. Five years later, Kate is working for the National Weather Service in New York when her old friend Javi, the other survivor of that storm, asks for her help testing a new radar tracking system. Kate reluctantly agrees and they return to Oklahoma and crosses horns with storm YouTuber Tyler Owens (played by Glenn Powell) who makes videos of his truck shooting fireworks into tornadoes. Naturally, Kate and Tyler immediately misunderstand each other in the same way as in Pride and Prejudice but are forced to work together when it turns out that Javi's company might have ulterior motives. I thought this was a thoroughly enjoyable summer popcorn flick. Given how both Covid and the 2023 writers' strike hit this movie's production like two successive freight trains, it's astonishing it turned out so well. Overall grade: A-   Next up is The Rings of Power Season 2, which came out in 2024. I have the same attitude towards this as I do with Starfield. I really like it. In fact, my Xbox told me I played Starfield for 270 hours in 2024, but I get why some people do not. This show is essentially very elaborate fan fiction. The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, despite the changes from the book, was still recognizably The Lord of the Rings. The Rings of Power is almost entirely its own thing. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this for a couple of reasons and hope it continues. First, it's nice to have an epic fantasy TV series that's not a nihilistic pornographic torture fest like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon and is more competently executed than Disney's ill-fated Willow Series.   Second, all things must be taken in their context. What do I mean by this? Perhaps a food comparison will illustrate the point. The book the Lord of the Rings is like Kobe beef prepared by the finest chefs in the world, the sort of experience you get maybe once or twice in your life if fortune smiles upon you. The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is like a high-quality supermarket steak grilled in the backyard by someone who's pretty good at it. The Rings of Power is like McDonald's, but there are times when you really want some McDonald's. In fact, I kind of want a Big Mac after saying all of that, but The Rings of Power is really good McDonald's, the kind of McDonald's you have after driving the car for 250 miles without stopping across one of America's flatter and less populous states. The only place to eat for like a hundred miles in any direction is this McDonald's in the same building as a gas station, so you stop and don't expect very much, but it turns out the fries are crispy and salty and the nuggets are just right.   I don't think it's surprising that The Rings of Power has had such a mixed reception. The Venn diagram of “enjoys Lord of the Rings” has some wildly divergent circles to it and that is a testament to the fact that the Lord of the Rings is such a great work of literature that so many people from so many very different ideological identity groups enjoy and identify with the book. Even ideological identity groups that are mortal foes agree on their approval of the Lord the Rings. So naturally each different group has its own strong opinion of what an adaptation should look like.   With that very long-winded introduction out of the way, I liked season two and I thought it was an improvement over Season One, a lot more narrative tension. Season One perhaps spent too much time setting the table and building context, but Season Two works well in making Season One better in hindsight. The Rings of Power version of Galadriel is improved in Season Two because she was one of the few characters in Season One able to throw off Sauron's mental domination and seduction. The highlight of the season was the toxic dynamic between Sauron and Celebrimbor.  Actors Charlie Vickers and Charles Edwards did an amazing job portraying the slow-moving disaster that Sauron and Celebrimbor's collaboration would create, two intellectual equals working together to create something great, but nonetheless, Sauron twists everything to his own ends. Their final scene together was just astonishingly good. The portrayal of Sauron is both very modern and true to Tolkien, a destructive narcissist who actually believes whatever lies he's speaking at any given moment. He really, truly believes he's going to heal Middle Earth, no matter how many people he has to kill to do it. The scenes with Prince Durin, his father, and one of the dwarven rings of power were great as well. It had the same sort of feel to it as an adult child watching with horror as a beloved parent succumbs to a drug addiction. The best new character the show created (in my opinion) is Adar, one of the progenitors of the orcs. Tolkien himself could never really decide on the origin of the orcs and came up with different thoughts throughout his lifetime. When editing The Silmarillion, Christopher Tolkien settled on the corrupted former elves version, which seems to be what his father had been leaning towards anyway. Rings of Power takes that to its logical conclusion. Adar wants his orcish progeny to live free of the dark lords Morgoth and Sauron, which makes sense because in the books, the orcs hated Morgoth and Sauron and only served them out of fear. Indeed, in The Lord of the Rings, Sauron seems to have secret police and informers among the orcs to keep track of their loyalties. Since the show displays how twisted and cruel Sauron really is, it makes sense that Adar is willing to go to any lengths to stop Sauron, no matter how extreme. The orcs are still monsters, including Adar himself, but they're monsters who want to be free of an even greater monster than themselves. If you've read The Silmarillion or The Lord of the Rings, you'll know all the characters' efforts are doomed to failure, especially Adar and Celebrimbor's, which lends an air of inevitable tragedy to everything that happens. I know some people were mad that Tom Bombadil was basically Wizard Yoda, but I thought it worked. Tom Bombadil is so inscrutable of a character that he can really do whatever he wants so long as he's inscrutable. It was also great how composer Bear McCreary wove a variation of Sauron's theme throughout the show. The soundtrack was A+ work in my opinion. Overall, I enjoyed the show and would like it to continue. If you know the difference between Fëanor, Finwë, Finrod, Felagund, Finarfin, Findulias, Fingon, and Fingolfin (without having to look it up), and in fact have everything about them from The Silmarillion memorized, you'll hate this show. But I think it's worth watching. Overall Grade: A-   Next up is Casa Bonita Mi Amor, which came out in 2024. Way back in the 1990s I saw an episode of Frasier where Frasier and his brother Niles decide to buy a restaurant. A series of hilarious cascading disasters result. At the time I decided I never wanted to own a restaurant and every piece of both factual information and fictional media I have consumed since has not changed this decision. Casa Bonita Mi Amor definitely will not challenge that decision. Apparently, Casa Bonita was a beloved theme restaurant in Colorado that went out of business during Covid. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, decided to buy the restaurant themselves and reopen it. They budgeted $3.6 million for the restoration of the building. Costs soon swelled to $40 million and the problems were still only just beginning. This is an excellent and entertaining example of the “rich man buys restaurant, soon finds himself over his head” genre of documentary filmmaking. Overall grade: A   Finally, my two favorite things I saw in Autumn 2024 and the first of them is the movie Frequency, which came out in 2000. It's another variant on a time travel story, but I like this one considerably better than Looper. Frank Sullivan is a firefighter and devoted family man living in New York circa 1969. His son John is a police detective living in the house 30 years later in 1999 with emotional problems because he never got over his father's tragic death in a dangerous fire 30 years earlier in 1969.   When the son of a friend stumbles across his father's old ham radio, John lets the kid goof around with it. Later that night, John starts talking to someone on that radio and to his astonishment realizes he's talking to his father from 30 years ago on the same ham radio. Desperate, John tries to warn Frank about the fire that kills him and it works. Frank survives the fire and instead of dying 1969, instead dies in 1989 from lung cancer due to a pack a day habit. The scene where history changes and John suddenly realizes what has happened was pretty great, but this isn't the ending. We're only 40% of the way through the movie. John successfully managed to put right what once went wrong.   However, in doing so, he accidentally also put wrong what once went right. His mother is a nurse and in the original timeline was on bereavement leave the day after Frank's death. In the new timeline, Frank is okay, so she goes to work and saves a patient who otherwise would've died in medical error and the patient happens to be the deadly serial killer known as the Nightingale. To his horror, John realizes that The Nightingale is now free to continue his murder spree and his new target is John's mother and Frank's wife.   As I've mentioned numerous times before, I'm not really a fan of time travel stories, but this one was quite well done. Interestingly, the plot structure was similar to Avengers Endgame. The Avengers go back in time to steal the Infinity Stones to undo Thanos' Snap, but Past Thanos figures out what's going on and follows the Avengers back to the present and attempts to make things even worse than they already are. John manages to save Frank from the fire, but this means the Nightingale serial killer survives and might create a worse present than the one John already has, so that really adds an altogether excellent element of dramatic tension to the entire movie. As one amusing side note, this movie shared Field of Dream's reverence for baseball as the Great American Pastime and John manages to convince Frank he's telling the truth about their time travel radio by accurately predicting the outcome of baseball games. Overall grade: A Now the second favorite thing I watched in Autumn 2024, The Grand Tour: One for the Road, which came out in 2024. I admit that when I started self-publishing in 2011, I knew absolutely nothing about the contemporary United Kingdom, like I couldn't even told you whether the UK used the Pound or the Euro. When I started getting book royalties from Amazon UK, let's just say I learned about currency conversion rates really fast, but as UK book royalties fluctuated as they do, I started reading the UK news since when there's an election or major news event in the UK, book royalties tend to drop for a few days after the same way they do when something similar happens in the US. Because of that, I saw the news article when Jeremy Clarkson was fired from Top Gear in 2015 for punching out a producer. At the time, there were some seasons of Top Gear on Netflix, so I was curious and started watching and was thoroughly entertained.   When Grand Tour started on Amazon, I started watching that as well and I was also thoroughly entertained, but all good things must come to an end. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May go on one last road trip adventure across Zimbabwe. The usual hijinks ensue for one last time, and it was a fitting end to Top Gear/The Grand Tour. I'll miss the show, but I am grateful for over a decade of entertainment from Top Gear/The Grand Tour and from the various spinoffs like Clarkson's Farm and James May's travel show. Overall grade: A   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Look a like Contest have been taking over and there was a Glenn Powell one in Austin Texas. The Toms from Vanderpump rules have announced that their bar will be closed by the end of the year. The cottage from the movie “The Holiday” doesn't really exist and it was just a Hollywood set. Make sure to also keep up to date with ALL our podcasts we do below that have new episodes every week:The Thought ShowerLet's Get WeirdCrisis on Infinite Podcasts

Today's Rapid Fire topics include: * We discuss the comments from a USA Today writer who says Notre Dame doesn't deserve to host a first round College Football Playoff game because of its loss to Northern Illinois. He says that he has no problem with the Irish being in the playoff, but they should not be ranked ahead of the two-loss SEC teams because of the loss to NIU and because the SEC teams all played better competition. * Joey Galloway said on ESPN's College Football Playoff ranking show that Indiana's chances to make the playoffs go from 97% right now to 96% if they lose to Ohio State. So, he says with that in mind he would just sit QB Blake Rourke against the Buckeyes to prevent a Florida State Jordan Travis situation like last year. Do you Buy or Sell it? * We rate Notre Dame special teams coordinator Marty Biagi's "chaos kills" slogan as well as how last week's fake punt touchdown that was called back may have still impacted the energy inside Notre Dame Stadium.  * There's speculation about Deion Sanders' future in Colorado with his success there this season. But Sanders says he's happy where he is "I've got a kickstand down. You know what a kickstand is? ... That means I'm resting. I'm good, I'm happy, I'm excited. I'm enthusiastic about where I am. I love it here, truly do." Do you believe him? * Glenn Powell, who played Hangman in Top Gun Maverick...recently had this to say when asked about reports that Tom Cruise wants Powell to take over the Mission Impossible franchise: “Mom would never let me do that.” We share our thoughts.  * Gladiator 2 is out in theaters this weekend. How excited are you for it?  * In Gladiator spirit, if you had to pick a Notre Dame player to battle for your life in the arena, who would you pick?  Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of No Film School, host GG Hawkins sits down with Jason Hellerman and special guest Matthew Starr, the creator of the Audible original series The Best Man's Ghostwriter. They delve into the creative process behind the audio series, which is described as an American version of Love Actually for audio, starring Glenn Powell and Nicholas Braun. Matthew shares how he transformed his experience as a ghostwriter for best man speeches into a compelling and humorous narrative. The discussion also explores the genre of World War II films. Jason, Matthew, and GG each discuss their favorite WWII movies, sparking a conversation about the role these films play in culture and history. In this episode, No Film School's GG Hawkins, Jason Hellerman, and Matthew Starr discuss: Matthew Starr's journey creating The Best Man's Ghostwriter, from its early concept to Audible production Adapting personal experiences into a scripted audio series Challenges and advantages of creating an episodic narrative in the audio format A discussion on their favorite World War II movies, including The Longest Day, Band of Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Jojo Rabbit How WWII movies have shaped film culture and continue to resonate with audiences Memorable Quotes: “Narrative audio is such a vibrant medium—it's about figuring out how to make it fun and engaging to listen to.” (15:18) “Band of Brothers really captures the experience of fighting and surviving in WWII, unlike anything else.” (07:04) “If you just want to see Nazis getting killed, go watch Sisu. One grizzled old man takes on a team of Nazis, and it's incredible.” (11:15) Resources: Top World War II Movies Matthew Starr's Website: MatthewSStarr.com Follow Matthew on Instagram: @matthewsstarr Listen to The Best Man's Ghostwriter on Audible Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web: No Film School Facebook: No Film School on Facebook Twitter: No Film School on Twitter YouTube: No Film School on YouTube Instagram: No Film School on Instagram Send us an email with questions or feedback: podcast@nofilmschool.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Superman SCREENING and James Gunn Talks DCU Continuity. Plenty of DCU news dropped today with interviews from James Gunn and the cast of Creature Commandos. SHOW TIMELINE: 0:00 - Opening 1:37 - Intro 7:31 - Sophie Turner is the New Lara Croft 10:17 - John Stewart Green Lantern Statue in Burbank 11:45 - Zack Snyder Custom Made Bowls 13:53 - Conan O'Brien to Host Oscars 17:16 - Empire Magazine First Looks 21:50 - Underwater Aliens 23:40 - Simon Pegg Praises Mission Impossible Finale Reckoning 24:50 - The Penguin Pixar 25:30 - Glenn Powell on The Running Man Set 27:48 - Justice League Anniversary 30:44 - IGN Gives Low Score to Dune Prophecy 31:29 - Popey Horror Movie 32:36 - Kevin Smith Clarifies Dogma 2 Comments 34:57 - Weird Joe Biden Video 36:40 - Eric Kripke Worries About The Boys 38:41 - Deadpool and Wolverine Hits Big Numbers on Disney Plus 39:51 - Superman SCREENING and James Gunn Talks DCU Continuity 1:03:04 - Zack Snyder's New Movie 1:08:04 - Red One Box Office 1:12:31 - Dune Prophecy Episode 1 Review 1:16:30 - Questions

Welcome to "Hugging the Cactus," where we dive into all things Mel Gibson! In this episode, we're breaking down The Expendables 3, the third installment of the iconic action franchise. Known for its star-studded cast and high-octane scenes, this movie took a different direction by aiming for a PG-13 rating, leading to a mix of fan reactions. We discuss everything from Mel Gibson's role as a classic villain to Sylvester Stallone's writing choices and the film's impressive yet sometimes controversial production decisions. Expect a full breakdown of the cast lineup, including familiar faces like Schwarzenegger, Ford, and Snipes, along with new additions like Ronda Rousey and Glenn Powell. We dive into behind-the-scenes tidbits, Stallone's choice of director, Patrick Hughes, and the CGI-heavy action that made this installment unique. Tune in as we dissect the highs, lows, and the unforgettable moments that make The Expendables 3 a one-of-a-kind entry in action cinema!

Join us for the October edition of "What Did I Miss?" and take a nostalgic trip back to the roots of the podcast as we embrace a guest-free format, reminiscent of our early days. We're excited to dive into the latest updates on the 28 Days Later franchise, with Ralph Fiennes revealing two out of three new films are already in the can. Our conversation also meanders into Spider-Man 4's upcoming release, setting the stage for a thrilling MCU summer in 2026. We also ponder the potential remake of "American Psycho" and the buzz it would generate with fan casting discussions that include actors likes Glenn Powell and Timothée Chalamet.Shifting gears, we delve into a fascinating legal dispute over Shohei Ohtani's historic 50th home run ball, selling for a record-breaking $4.39 million. We draw parallels to past sports memorabilia controversies and venture into the intriguing world of movie screenings, examining how teenagers might sneak into "Terrifier 3." To top it all off, we share our thoughts on the new N64 copycat console's modern twist, discuss our experiences with Black Ops 6, and play game to make the best team in a zombie apocalypse starring Disney/Pixar characters. This episode promises a blend of spontaneity, nostalgia, and entertainment news that keeps you engaged from start to finish.

Kevin and Lauren are back this week with reviews of Transformers One, Twisters, Rebel Ridge, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Mother of the Bride. Lauren kicks off the show with a trip to the theater to see Twisters. It's not really a remake or a sequel, but it is about Glenn Powell, Daisy Edgar Jones, and Anthony Ramos chasing tornadoes, so it's not a bad thing! Overall it's a great summer watch with an engaging story and, of course the acting is solid. Give it a watch! Next up, Kevin takes us to his old familiar haunt at Netflix. Rebel Ridge, starring Aaron Pierre just dropped a few days ago and it's a great action flick. Pierre is a star on the rise after this one. The action is solid and displays a very unique "no kill" rule. The bits between that action are filled with excellent drama and this one is worth the time, for sure. We hop in our wayback machine next (ok, not that FAR back), as Lauren gives her review of Avatar: The Way of Water. In the best of ways, this is more of the same from the Avatar universe. the story is compelling, the acting is great, and the visuals are incredible. This one can currently ne found on Disney Plus. In a rare occurrence, Kevin had the opportunity to sneak peak a movie before it was released. He and his boys got ticket to Transformers One and this might just be the best Transformers film to date. The OG may win for nostalgia purposes, but this is an excellent story about the friendship and falling out of the two mining robots who would become Optimus Prime and Megatron. While this story is more told from Orion Pax's point of view, they standout character progression is the story of the breakdown of D16 to Megatron. Get your tickets now and see it opening weekend! In what might be one of the funniest reviews in a very long time, Lauren discusses Mother of the Bride on Netflix. This review may cost us the Netflix sponsorship we were never going to get. Lauren absolutely did not enjoy this film and you can feel it the whole review and it's so much fun! The review... not the movie.  As always, thank you for watching. If you haven't already, don't forget to Like & Subscribe. We love new viewers! Also, leave us comments and let is know how we are doing and what we can be doing better. Enjoy the episode and have a great week! Facebook: @apncpodcast Twitter: @APNCPodcast Instagram: AllPopNoCulture

September! The changing of the leaves, the pumpkining of the spice, and of course, discussing the autumnal color stories of our guests, James Jelin and Joe Fahey! They join us for scenes about Hollywood's top prop and makeup guy, the newest Priest/Umpire porn, and Glenn Powell vs Paul Giammatti! James!Joe! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠ManDog on YouTube!⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠BigGrandeWebsite.com⁠⁠⁠! Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠Big Grande⁠⁠ on Youtube! Eat Pray Dunk and Hey Randy on CBB World! The Greatest Conversation Ever YT! - Yes, Also YT!

Kat and A.C. are starving for a blockbuster to make them feel something, as if the movies are actually, finally back. So, they saw Lee Isaac Chung's Twisters, and unfortunately—they're still hungry. Listen in as they hypothesize about what Glenn Powell's character was doing in the years before the events of this film took place (while Anthony Ramos' was “working for the military” and Daisy Edgar-Jones' was Being A City Girl). Could the tornado wrangler have been doing crunches? Optimizing his SEO? We just want cinema to try something new, please!Find Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaletterboxd.com/katexmachinaFind AC:instagram.com/aclambertyletterboxd.com/aclambertyFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramNEW: Letterboxd

Today's guest is Parissa Koo, an actress, singer, and model who has appeared on the Disney Channel, USA Network, Funny or Die, For the Record Live Onstage, Pixel Playhouse, and the Norwegian Cruise Line Escape. You can catch her in commercials for Capital One, Freeform, and Chevron but more imminently - this weekend in HBOhNo…It's a Musical! Today we get into the often overlooked place to find jobs in entertainment, how to make a first impression that leads to lasting collaboration, and the one question you should ask while trying to network. BREAKDOWN:  2:30 - HbOhNo…It's a Musical! 5:30 - Meeting a longterm collaborator on a cruise ship  8:00 - The key to creating a lasting relationship 10:00 - Creating your own work, taking control of your art  14:00 - Liking genres that aren't see as “high art” (shoutout Glenn Powell) 19:25 - Say yes, stay in touch - people come back around 21:00 - be genuine in networking  23:00 - rejection: push harder or walk away?  24:30 - What to ask for when networking! 27:00 - Auditioning for American Idol 31:50 - Auditioning for the Glee Project & getting noticed by Robert Ulrich 33:10 - Deferring & then skipping college + signing to Osbrink  35:00 - Auditioning for Mulan (vs. Jamie Chung) 35:50 - Auditioning for Deadpool without knowing 39:50 - Gaining perspective through geographic distance from the industry  41:04 - YouTube surpassing Netflix for TV watch time and: Pixel Playhouse!  46:00 - Balancing short-term opportunity with long-term strategy for a career 50:10 - TIME CAPSULE CONNECT WITH PARISSA:  IG: @ParissaKoo CONNECT WITH THE SHOW:  All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow    bio.site/nosetpath www.NoSetPathShow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rebecca-doyle3/support

Timecodes: 00:23 Moobie Interview 46:32 Jackie's pit stains 59:29 Love Island USA 01:06:13 Steve's last day 01:10:11 Feits went to the US Open 01:13:30 Feits peed next to a man with the smallest p**** in the world 01:43:37 Des Bishop Mindfullness Bit 01:47:59 Paralympic Swimmer with no arms is FAST 01:49:37 Clip of Guo Jincheng beating 50m world record 01:52:17 Glenn Powell vs Ryan Gosling Links: 01:43:51 Des Bishop Mindfullness Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU_wLC0NlgU 01:49:42 Des Bishop Mindfullness Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU_wLC0NlgU ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Draft Kings: Score big with DraftKings all college football season long. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app NOW and use code KFC. CANN: Head to https://DrinkCann.com and use code KFC20 for 20% off your order of Cann and a free Roadie 6pk sampler.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kfcr

Today Matt updates us on the wild dreams he's been having. Then we ask for calls on what people buy cheap and get into some criminal activity from or listeners. We also get into a heated debate after a movie producer compares Glenn Powell to Ryan Gosling. Support the show: https://www.klbjfm.com/mattandbobfm/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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No Jonni but Juac & Dave keep it light and don't get toooo crazy. In this episode discuss Kamala Harris' VP running mate; “Welcome to Derry” teaser trailer; Ben Affleck playing Hulk Hogan (why??); What X-Men we hope to see in the MCU; Micheal Bay directed “Skibidi Toilet” movie and TV series; The Boy spin-off series; Are we a Glenn Powell pod??; All this and more! QOTD: “You have 15 seconds to talk to to your dog and they can understand you. What do you say?” “After the success of Deadpool and Wolverine, give me 2 MCU characters you think would make a good movie team up.” “Agatha All Along vs. The penguin: Which will be more successful and critically acclaimed?” I F••k Wit It!: NEED MERCH?!: www.insensitivemerch.com Join the cult of Casual Nerds and get up to 15% off! AFFILIATE PODCASTS: CriticalMass (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criticalmass-podcast/id1350565395) For more info about us visit: asylumstudios.live/ Contact via email: joaquin@asylumstudios.live AsylumStudios #InsensitiveCulture #podcast #podcasting #spotify #podcasts #podcastersofinstagram #podcastlife #podcaster #youtube #hollywood #movienews #comedy #itunes #podcasters #film #applepodcasts #podcastshow #interview #newpodcast #television #spotifypodcast #applepodcast #cinema #radioshow #popculture

Midsummer Media Mania: From House of the Dragon to Reality TV Lisa and Dean are back with a Mid-Summer check in on all they are watching and all they anticipate to watch this coming fall season. They dive into the most recent episode of Season 2 of "House of the Dragon", Lisa reviewes her current fav British show "The Responder" starring Martin Freeman, Dean gets super jazzed about the upcoming installment of the Alien franchise called "Romulus" and they tangent into all kinds of other things they have seen this summer.   00:00 The Call to Face Dragons 01:51 Welcome to Killer Casting 02:14 Catching Up on Life and Work 04:24 Discussing TV Shows and Movies 07:08 House of the Dragon Deep Dive 15:46 AI and the Future of Entertainment 27:55 Anticipating Alien Romulus 32:29 Amazon Prime Day Deals 33:22 The Responder: A Must-Watch Series 38:28 Reality TV Guilty Pleasures 43:50 Glenn Powell's Rise to Stardom 49:49 Unique Cinema Experiences 51:52 Upcoming TV Shows and Projects 55:04 Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

Alex Bennett and Jordyn Woodruff deep dive into why its brat summer, Glen Powell & why you should date a man with a beard. Then the girls also discuss the difference between messy vs clean breakups, attachment styles and if right person but wrong time is actually a thing. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Living with a Boy 00:04:09 - Heartburn Myths and Baby Names 00:08:25 - Taking the Bus in New York City 00:12:38 - The Way Hair Products 00:17:20 - Glenn Powell's Big Break 00:21:45 - Delicious Meals with HungryRoot 00:26:01 - Tornado Stories and Experiences 00:30:21 - A Tornado Experience 00:34:38 - Haley Bieber's Pregnancy Experience 00:39:14 - Pregnancy Face 00:43:40 - Conspiracy Theories and Internet Comments 00:48:14 - Your Brain Shrinking and Conspiracy Theories 00:52:25 - Messy Breakups vs Clean Breakups 00:56:47 - the Effects of Energy Absorbing Partners on Relationships 01:01:09 - Giving Space in a Relationship 01:05:26 - Breakups and Moving On 01:09:38 - Follow Us on Social Media ------------------------------------------------------------------ Follow us on instagram at @meangirlpod, Alex @justalexbennett and Jordyn @jordynwoodruff ------------------------------------------------------------------ Presented By Monster Energy #MonsterEnergyBrandPartner #MonsterUltra https://www.monsterenergy.com/en-us/energy-drinks/zero-sugar/ Thank you to our partners this week: Ouai: Go to https://www.theouai.com and enter promo code MEANGIRL for 15% off your entire purchase. Hungry Root Go to Hungryroot.com/meangirl, to get 40% off your first delivery and get your free veggies. Don't forget to use our link, so they know we sent you! Hers: Start your free online visit today at https://www.forhers.com/MEAN ------------------------------------------------------------------ Powered By: https://www.justmediahouse.com Edited & Produced by: https://www.creativeevolutionstudios.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lara and Carey discuss the latest celeb singer to botch the National Anthem and her stan-worthy response to the haters, Carey's spoiler-free view of Longlegs, Michelle Rodriguez back to doing what she does best: showing off her bisexual abs on a yacht, Tom Cruise passing the star torch to Glenn Powell, the meteor that flew over NYC, Sandoval's new demented lawsuit against Ariana, Rachel Leviss weighing in on political violence and why she's lost SUP's goodwill for good. Plus, ANOTHER Aussie Reader discusses her vom-filled journey with DMT. Subscribe and listen to season one of Once Upon a Time in Nashville!Listen to this episode ad-free AND get access to weekly bonus episodes + video episodes by joining the SUP PATREON.Be cheap as hell and get full-length videos of the pod for free by subscribing to the SUP YOUTUBE.Relive the best moments of this iconic podcast by following the SUP TIKOK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by indie rock band Colony House, who this week released a re-recorded deluxe edition of their debut album to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. We hear about the band's process of looking back, but also their future. Plus, we have this week's Slices — from the secret to getting promoted at work, to NASA really hoping aliens like Missy Elliott, to iconic TV shows that fell off in later seasons. And yes there is plenty of Glenn Powell talk for some reason. And at the end, see how you do in our new game "Summer Mythbusters!" Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Christine Riccio & Natasha Polis talk all things nerdy in the book, tv, movie, pop culture, fandoms, and how they integrate into their adult lives. Today they're discussing the new show My Lady Jane and other books/tv that give the same vibes ! Plus they chat Taylor Swift, Baby Reindeer, Glenn Powell, A Family Affair, and more!  Today in Fangirl Tea Time: Join Christine and Natasha for more stories about their recent life escapades.  Support the pod by joining the Forking Fangirls Patreon community: http://patreon.com/thoseforkingfangirls  Get Christine's new novel Attached at the Hip: https://a.co/d/grmPeVy  Add Attached at the Hip on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790639-attached-at-the-hip Natasha's Tudor Tv/Movie Timeline: The White Queen The White Princess The Spanish Princess The Tudors Lady Jane Grey Becoming Elizabeth Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett Mary Queen of Scotts Reign Elizabeth the Golden Age Mary and George The Favourite Outlander Get tickets to the Blood Moon Ball: use code “bloodsale” for 20% off discount! https://www.lovesteria.com/ Check out the Selkie Collection and get 10% off your order with code TASHAPOLIS https://selkiecollection.com/collections/all Follow the visual show on our Youtube: http://youtube.com/@thoseforkingfangirls   Join us at Romance Con in Milwaukee Wisconsin, September 2024! https://www.romance-con.com/ Website: https://thoseforkingfangirls.com/  Email us feedback: thoseforkingfangirls@gmail.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoseforkingfangirls/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/forkfangirlspod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thoseforkingfangirls

We've waited nearly 30 years to head back to Oklahoma and chase the F5 tornados of our dreams, and we finally get the chance with Twisters. The legacy sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar Jones and Glenn Powell, is now in theaters and on-deck for a YHS review!

WRITTEN BY AI!SummaryIn this conversation, Knox McCoy and Jason Waterfalls discuss the career of actor Glenn Powell and review three of his movies: 'Anyone But You,' 'Hitman,' and 'Twisters.' They debate whether Powell is better suited as a lead actor or a supporting character and compare him to Val Kilmer. They also touch on other topics such as the Team USA starting five, George Kittle, and Sidney Sweeney. The conversation concludes with their thoughts on 'Anyone But You' and the age gap in romantic comedies. They explore his versatility, charisma, and ability to play both leading and supporting roles. They compare him to other actors like Chris Evans, Channing Tatum, and Matt Damon, discussing his potential to have a successful and varied career. They also brainstorm ideas for a sequel to the movie 'The Saint' featuring Powell. The conversation ends with a tie in their Cameo Closest to the Pin game, setting up a dramatic finale? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit knoxmccoy.substack.com/subscribe

Rapid Fire topics include: * Buy or Sell the performance of the new offensive tackles as the most important position group question Notre Dame has going into the season? * We hear comments from Notre Dame 2025 quarterback commit Deuce Knight on a variety of topics, including: The coolest moment he's had as a recruit, why he chose Notre Dame, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman and quarterback coach Gino Guidugli, and being a left handed quarterback.  * When Notre Dame hosts Michigan State in 2026, do you Buy or Sell it as prime time worthy? * Which all-time Michigan player would you make an Irish player if you could? * Fill-in the blank...It's BLANK that Baylor, Indiana, Louisville, Minnesota, Nevada, Rutgers, Tulane & Virginia are selling pairs of tickets (b/w $65.99 to $99.99) for home games thru the membership warehouse club. * Glenn Powell, who played Hangman in Top Gun Maverick, says the name of his character in the original script was Slayer. They started workshopping new names and Sauce was one of the options before they came up with Hangman. Did they get it right? We come up with some of our own handles as well.  Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Anneliese tells us what the talk of the town is about the Tony Awards. Christy gushes over her love of party planning and spills on why it makes her feel like she's on a Real Housewives episode. Anneliese also gives us a little teaser of a segment from her book where she discusses her crazy day to day life while performing as Belle on Broadway. Anneliese and Christy also talk about some pop culture tv moments and debate whether Glenn Powell is the new Brad Pitt of the new generation. Which celeb's divorce is getting messy? Why are the tickets for the Tony Awards so expensive?? And why have Anneliese and Christy never been invited???Follow us at @Bignamespod on Instagram and TikTok.Follow Christy Carlson Romano at @thechristycarlsonromano on Instagram and @christycarlsonromano on TikTok.Follow Anneliese van der Pol at @anneliesevanderpol on Instagram and @anneliesevdp on TikTok. You can watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS: Come see Bobby chat with writer Isaac Fitzgerald about his new novel Four Squares NEXT MONDAY June 17th at Books Are Magic! Tickets are available here. Hello Wholigans! On today's episode of Who's There, our weekly call-in show, we play your comments about advancements in ankle monitor technology, golf couple reconciliations, and June 4th birthdays before moving onto pressing questions of the hour covering topics including Forest Whitaker's daughter True, Jojo Siwa's "feud" with someone named Anneliese van der Pol, Keke Palmer's new girl group, Glenn Powell's commitment to believing women, and a whole bunch of famous Martins. As always, call in at 619.WHO.THEM to leave questions, comments & concerns for a future episode of Who's There?. Want more of what you heard today? Get a TON of bonus content over on Patreon.com/WhoWeekly. And pre-order Bobby's upcoming novel FOUR SQUARES, out 6/18, right now! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices