Today, warnings for legends, playa partiers, and television executives. It’s me, Zach, an advocate for fewer outdoor festivals and more consistent indoor entertainment. |
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AMC Kips Bay, We Will Always Love You Thanks for the laughs and the tears.
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The Twitter community was in a strange mood these last few days. But who can blame them? Becca Schuh assesses the damage and offers words of comfort.
We have experienced a wild stretch of cultural whiplash. I fear what the weekend will bring. As we move into September Incident territory, all I have to say is: Stay safe out there, beloved boomer icons.
It was a horrible week for celebrities …
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… And beloved movie theaters. |
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When he’s right he’s right! |
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Meanwhile, over at the corporations: |
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Is this real or fake? Please let it be real. |
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I think he’s doing these on purpose at this point. |
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In case my summary wasn’t enough, someone took a screenshot. |
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Photo: Amazing Aerial/Shutterstock |
It’s time to admit that Burning Man should end. As wildfires devastate the country’s driest lands with increasing frequency, the invasion of LSD-enhanced Burners on the northern Nevada desert seems even more ridiculous than before. The Bug and Stallion Fires, which started on August 8 and 10, respectively, and the Hawk Fire, which followed two weeks later, are currently sweeping through more than 150,000 acres of land, leading to road closures and power outages. Ninety thousand people are being evacuated, and the festival may actually be getting in the way of those efforts, writes Anya Kamenetz for Curbed.
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“The biggest question is not simply whether the fire will reach Burning Man,” says Donald Abbott, who sits on the city council in Sparks, just east of Reno. “It is whether tens of thousands of visitors can arrive without interfering with the needs of residents, evacuees, and first responders.” He’s also concerned about air quality for the attendees, which is exacerbated on the site by diesel generators and propane-burning, flame-spewing sculptures like El Pulpo Magnifico. |
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Photo: Warrick Page/HBO Max |
Real nature is not healing — television is, I’ve always said. After a decade of eight-episode drops followed by years in between seasons, shows like The Pitt are expanding to 15 episodes and returning annually, the way things were back in the good old days of network TV. This not-so-novel change is hardly coincidental, reports Vulture’s Josef Adalian. |
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One HBO Max insider tells me the effort to balance out the platform’s schedule with more yearly releases and a handful of shows with extra-long seasons is a bid to correct some of the bad habits established early in the streaming era. “We as an industry have just let it go too far,” this exec says of the trend toward taking two or three years to make a season of television. To shorten the gap between cycles, “We do a lot to prepare for a possible next season by planning ahead, ordering scripts, coming up with production plans so producers can see in black and white what it would mean to bring the show back,” this insider says. “It’s a year-round job.”
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Please DM me suggestions of songs to play for my 20-month-old niece while I babysit her tomorrow. I’ve been told the new New York City Center recording of Bat Boy may not be the most appropriate choice. |
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