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sparkedblaze · 2 years ago

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Okay, I'm gonna let you know that this is almost entirely inspired by your fight club au.

And it's in my influencer/modern au

If that's gonna give you an idea of how messed up this is about to get :)

T/W violence below the cut

Idk if you read my Albert post for this au, so I'm going to restate some of that bc it had Delancey things

The Delanceys started the RFC (Refuge Fight Club, more commonly known as the Ring) when Oscar turned 14, Morris was 12. They had an itch that needed to be scratched, and they knew that the only way to do that was to fight. At least this way, they had consent to kick the others’ asses. No holds barred, bare knuckled fistfights. These are all out brawls that happen in the basement of the Refuge. The two of them hold top spot for years. There’s an age requirement (no one under 13-originally placed so Oscar could keep Morris safe just a little longer). There’s rules against girls fighting (Oscar underestimates everyone. He thinks that being born with a uterus means you’re weak). There’s special brutality toward out lgbt folk.

Albert is the first to break the age requirement. He’s only 10 when he fights for the first time. He’s allowed to fight because he essentially bullies Oscar (who’s six years older, and at least two feet taller) into letting him do it. And by bully, I mean this kid pranks him relentlessly. It starts with small things. Hand in warm water while he sleeps, whipped cream in the hand and tickle his nose, stealing his clothes while he’s in the shower. They’re simple, harmless pranks.

Until they’re not.

Soon, Albert is oiling the stairs-hurting Oscar, Morris, and several of his own friends (he feels so fucking bad about his friends getting hurt). He’s putting mousetraps on the floor below his and Morris’s bed.

Oscar asks him what it would take for him to fucking stop before someone actually gets hurt, and Albert tells him that he’s gotta let him fight, just once. If he holds his own, he keeps fighting, and if not he’ll know better.

Albert fights almost every day after that. Fights daily until he’s exhausted and heaving with it, but he grins the entire time. He loses about twice a week, when he’s too exhausted for the fight to go on too long, and he’s in and out of the ring. But he goes, patches himself up, and passes out on a bed for roughly 22 hours. He eats, and immediately goes down to the basement, looking for whoever had beaten him the night before.

His first break in that pattern comes when Antonio gets put in the Refuge (he’s 11). Toni is appalled by the Ring at first. He thinks it’s brutal and horrifying and all these other things. But, he starts thinking about the bets his papá made at the horse track in Brooklyn, and his brain starts working out how maybe they could do that with the fights and-wait his new red-headed friend is literally a dead man walking right now.

Toni (not Racetrack, yet) told him that he would probably stop losing if he’d just take a day or two break a week, and at first Albert says hell no

But then Toni talks him into taking a break for a day, and Albert goes back the day after absolutely ready to dominate the ring.

And he does

And that's the first fight Toni takes bets on. And everyone expects Albert to suck and be out of practice.

So he rakes in the dough on that fight.

Morris and Oscar✔️

They’re professional MMA fighters. They were raised in a bad environment, and they did a lot of bad shit when they were kids, and now they’ve found a healthy way to get out all their anger. Not active on yt or twitch, they’re mostly MMA stars and instagram influencers.

They’re also getting ready for the opening of Lethwei to the world. Very excited to bare knuckle fistfight, pretty much no holds barred, until someone either gives up or they run out of time. Have a running bet to see who’s going to win the most matches.

Once they get into Luthwei, they never go back to MMA fighting.

Morris starts off as a very defensive fighter. He keeps people at bay until he can get a chance for the hooks and headbutts. Once he kind of realizes that being defensive no longer scratches that itch (it takes him a while to realize) he goes into the ring with an animalistic fury. He's suddenly gone from 'wait until I find an opening' to 'create the opening I'm looking for'

Oscar, on the other hand, fights very much like Dave Leduc. Front kicks to establish striking distance, then coming in with elbows followed by headbutts and powerful hits. Everyone wants to challenge him, but he comes in a flurry of elbows and fists and knees, no one beats him. He never gives in. He’s got plenty of draws, but outright losses? None. He’s very nonchalant before the bell, leaning against the ropes, preparing himself mentally.

When they were younger, they lived in the orphanage that their uncle worked in, and they were neglected as much as the other kids, but acted out in hopes of getting the attention of any adults that could help. No one ever did.

i am experiencing modern delanceys brainrot again

#newsies #livesies #92sies #morris delancey #oscar delancey #newsies modern au

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alright-red · 4 years ago

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The rhythm of my heart

Summary: Street racing wasn’t something that Race was particularly proud of. He didn’t like the shitty attitude that people in the scene had and he sure as hell didn’t enjoy spending time after time breaking several laws in one go.

What he did enjoy was the rush of adrenaline, the way his body almost disconnected from his brain. The way his brain assumed that he was almost flying.

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Hey you guys, this is a prequel to a fic I’m currently writing and I thought why not share it. This is for my street racing AU featuring Race and this lil’ thing is mainly me figuring out plot holes so.

Disclaimer: I don’t know anything about street racing and I’m pretty sure it’s shows, but bear with me. Also English isn’t my first language but I think I did okay.

Rated: T for language, I guess. There’s a lot of cursing. ~1500 words

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The engine roared loudly, the entire car vibrating from it’s force, being pushed into third gear with the hand brake still on.

The wheels were turning and had started smoking against the dark asphalt, making sounds that any other person would’ve deemed hurtful to their ears.

To Race though, they sounded like a melody, an old familiar song, that accompanied him on the street. He took the pedal down to the metal and looked straight ahead, where some female thing was waving around flags like she was a shitty circus performer.

Race never knew where the guys got the girls they put on the spot, but he didn’t really care either. They enjoyed the feeling of being part of something like this, so who was he to judge?

Suddenly her waving pattern changed, a pattern Race would recognize anytime anywhere. He checked his rearview mirror one last time.

Three. Two. One.

He put down the break and almost flew into the night, the lights of the city traveling by faster than shooting stars. He barely registered them, focus unwavering and locked on the road in front of him. He knew the streets by heart, knew every bump and sign, knew the way the curves tightened and loosened.

He was confident he could win this thing and he got Albert to listen to the police radio and inform him in time if a car was headed up their way. He rarely got into races with that much confidence but today just seemed to be one of those days. He shifted up to the next gear within a mere blink of an eye.

Street racing wasn’t something that Race was particularly proud of. He didn’t like the shitty attitude that people in the scene had and he sure as hell didn’t enjoy spending time after time breaking several laws in one go.

What he did enjoy was the rush of adrenaline, the way his body almost disconnected from his brain and did all the driving while he focused on the traffic and made sure to let his opponents think they could beat him, just long enough to not end up in a giant brawl in the end, because they could count his win off as luck. It was tactics that helped him survive out here.

Aside from that. there was also the fact that his brain couldn’t quite tell they were driving anymore. It straight up lost all common sense and assumed that he was flying. There was nothing Race could do that would even come close to that sense of freedom (and he had tried to find a less dangerous pasttime).

Race also loved the car that Finch had assembled for him. Well, maybe less for him than for Charlie, but he was the one who took her out for drives at night and beat her up to over 140 mph in the city.

This year Charlie had chipped him a Toyota Supra despite Race’s protesting (“only the best for the best, Race”) and Finch had modified the sleek sportscar with gadgets and technology Race didn’t even pretend to understand. What he did understand though, was that Finch wouldn’t dare to disappoint Charlie and that’s why he trusted in the car. Well that, and because he assumed that Finch wasn’t one to go out and try to get people killed.

Halfway through the course that he had agreed on with his competitor, Race realized he should’ve taken the Toyota out a bit more before racing. Every now and then his driving got weird, whenever the car handled the speed and wind differently than he expected it too and he felt like his handling was going to get him to lose grip and send him flying into the next wall.

He started checking his rearview mirror more regularly, a slight insecurity starting to settle in his stomach, but realized that he couldn’t find a trace of the other’s car behind him. That was beyond weird. Morris Delancey most definitely had not managed to overtake him, yet he shouldn’t be far back either. At least not so far, that Race couldn’t even see his lights in the mirror. Morris’ car was a damn powerhouse and with any other driver surely would’ve come out top of each race.

Race was starting to feel sick. He definitely could not lose this race. Not with high stakes.

Race was well aware that the decision to race Morris was hella risky. Most of the city’s racers went under nicknames, trying to make sure that they couldn’t be ratted out and the plice couldn’t trace them. Or for that matter, other racers.

Morris Delancey though, he didn’t need a nickname to be safe. His daddy’s money made sure of that all by itself. If the police ever got him he’d be free again sooner than sunrise. The racers around the city were cautious of him; not only did he have supplies and money to boost his ride, he also was known for not following the few rules that street racing had.

So when word got to Race that Morris Delancey wanted to race him, the one person nicknamed after his talent in street racing, Race’s initial reaction had been to decline. He was good at what he did, but that didn’t make him stupid.

But now here he was, in Charlie’s car, getting more nervous by the minute, because Morris Delancey had made him an offer he couldn’t pass up. The same Morris Delancey who apparently had cheated and took a shortcut, because there was no way in hell he was that far behind Race.

“Crutch, you read me?”, he asked while speeding up even more, having to use the handbrake to make the turn and partway drifting through the turn that got him back on track to their starting point. His vision started blurring and he took a deep breath in an attempt to calm his nerves. The alarm that had started blaring in his head as soon as he had realized that Morris wasn’t where he was supposed to be, didn’t really help as he tried to concentrate on getting back as fast as possible, throwing any caution to the wind and pushing the car to it’s limits.

A small crackling sound reached him through the radio, followed by Charlie’s voice. “Yeah, man. What the hell is going on out there? We lost signal on Morris’ car a few miles ago. His team ain’t any wiser.”

Shit. Race, contrary to popular belief, wasn’t stupid or slow. He knew damn well that could only mean one thing.

“Crutch, he’s taking a blackout. Haven’t seen his car for a bit and there’s no way he took the lead. He’s playin dirty. I can’t lose this one, you hear me, Crutch?”

When he got no answer, Race started to panic and for split second forgot he was supposed to be handling a monster of a machine at a speed that would kill him if he made one mistake. He heaved the car off the course into the street lamp back onto the road. His knuckles had turned white a couple minutes ago from the death grip he had on the wheel.

“Crutchie?” Nothing.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Fucking Morris Delancey. Fucking asshole.

Another crackled sound made it to the radio. “Yo, Race, it’s Al. I had Charlie take over the radio station. Give me a sec and I will find where that ass is hiding.”

Race breathed out a sigh of relief, thanking the gods for giving him a best friend that had too much free time on his hands and tought himself how to hack pretty much any system. He knew the race couldn’t take that much longer; if he kept up his speed he’d probably be back in around 15 minutes.

“Al, how are we lookin? I need good news and preferably now.” Another turn, another neigh drift. Shifting gears, using the momentum for faster acceleration.

“I got something and… Shit.” The connection went down for a second before - “Race, he went right through that old lane that belongs to the outer parts of the red-light destrict. I don’t know how you can overtake him, man, he’s got a couple miles on you.”

A string or curses left Race’s mouth, some of them slipping right back to Italian. Merda. Va’ a fare in culo!

“I feel ya. So what you wanna do now?”, Albert asked through the com.

What do you wanna do now? Race didn’t need to think twice. He had raced cheating assholes before, making sure they got a lesson for trying to best him under entirely unfair conditions.

“Funny you should ask, my dear Al. Because I have quite the idea.” He got off the road he was supposed to be taking and drove down a lane that would save him a good couple minutes on his way.

“I wanna take out that motherfucker and I sure as hell won’t let him beat me at my own damn game. Al, get your systems started, I want a route that will put me in front of him me, pronto! I want his sorry ass to eat dirt.”

He heard laughter on the other line, then frantic typing. A beat of static noises and then - “There you go, dude. Show him who’s the King of ‘Hattan!” A small clicking noise let him know that Albert had cut the connection for now, most likely because he knew that any kind of distraction might cost Race his win.

A mere second later the screen inside the car lit up, providing him navigation and - on top of that - let him keep track of Morris’ position.

“Alright, baby, let’s see what you got”, he murmured and took the car down the trail that would cost Morris his sweet, sweet victory.

Race only had one thought as he flew down the streets of Manhattan: I am going to win this thing!

#newsies #newsies fanfiction #racetrack higgins #crutchie newsies #crutchie morris #racetrack newsies #albert dasilva #albert newsies #finch newsies #writing #english isn't my first language #I'm genuinely sorry about weird wording or grammar mistakes #Street racing AU #I don't know anything about street racing and it shows #I just liked the idea of Race being nicknamed after actually being a Racer #morris delancey

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avva-rm · 7 years ago

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Vince Vaughn & More Join Kristen Stewart In Jean Seberg Thriller ‘Against All Enemies’ – Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Against All Enemies, the political thriller that stars Kristen Stewart as iconic actress Jean Seberg, has added key cast components. Vince Vaughn, Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2, Atlanta), Yvan Attal (Munich) and Stephen Root (Get Out) are all now on board for the Benedict Andrews-directed film.

Fred Berger (La La Land) and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik are producing alongside Kate Garwood and Stephen Hopkins. Phreaker Films, led by Alan Ritchson and Marina Acton, has come on board to produce and finance. Bradley Pilz of Bradley Pilz Productions is also producing. Sales kick off in Cannes this week via Memento Films International. UTA is repping U.S. rights.

Along with Stewart — also at Cannes as a member of the festival’s competition jury — Deadline previously revealed the cast includes Jack O’Connell, Anthony Mackie, Margaret Qualley and Colm Meaney. Filming is set for June in Los Angeles.

Seberg, an American actress who spent half her life in France, was a darling of the French New Wave. Because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal (Mackie), she was also a target of the FBI’s attempts to disrupt, discredit and expose the Black Power movement. O’Connell plays the ambitious young FBI agent assigned to surveil her, only to find their fates dangerously interwoven.

Vaughn is set to play Carl Kowalski, the FBI agent in charge of the investigation, who is not afraid of bending the rules to his advantage. Root plays Seberg’s longtime agent, Walt Breckman. French star Attal will play the iconic novelist Romain Gary, who was married to Seberg at the time.

Vaughn has been on a hot trajectory of late. He most recently starred in S. Craig Zahler’s Brawl in Cell Block 99, and has reteamed with Zahler on Dragged Across Concrete alongside Mel Gibson for Lionsgate which will be seen later this year. In 2016, Vaughn starred in Gibson’s WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge.

Against All Enemies has attracted top creative collaborators including Academy Award-nominated director of photography Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) and Academy Award-nominated costume designer Michael Wilkinson.

Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Edge of Tomorrow 2) penned the script, and will serve as executive producers. They have just completed production work on Captain Marvel for Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and are currently adapting Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Blood in the Water for Amy Pascal and TriStar.

Vaughn is repped by WME and Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein. Root is repped by Gersh and Brillstein. Beetz is repped by Gersh.

Phreaker Films is a finance and production entity providing debt and equity investments in film and television that was founded in 2018 by Ritchson and Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist Acton.

Bradley Pilz Productions recently produced Naomi Watts thriller The Wolf Hour; survival drama, 6 Below; and executive produced Margot Robbie bank thriller, Dreamland.

Against All Enemies will be presented by Phreaker Films and Ingenious Media, with Peter Touche serving as an exec producer for Ingenious.

#Cannes Film Festival #Against All Enemies #Kristen Stewart #Vince Vaughn #Jean Seberg #Zazie Beetz #Yvan Attal #Stephen Root #Benedict Andrews #Jack O'Connell #anthony mackie #Margaret Qualley #Colm Meaney #Michael Wilkinson #Rachel Morrison #Movie #2018 #Cannes #Seberg

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dalerwalker2 · 3 years ago

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After a blindside shove on Heat's Markieff Morris, Nuggets' Nikola Jokic is facing a suspension.

Miami power player Markieff Morris started things off with a stinging, flagrant elbow. Then followed a retaliation, nasty blindside push from Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. Jokic will most likely face a suspension and a fine next. Last season's NBA MVP, Nikola Jokic, labelled his late-game actions in Denver's 113-96 victory on Monday night "dumb." Erik Spoelstra, the coach of the Miami Heat, was furious, calling it a "very dangerous and filthy move." Here's how everything went down at Ball Arena: Jokic recovered the ball and carried it down the court, then passed off around midcourt, with 2 minutes, 39 seconds left in a hard contest. Morris, seeking to halt play, slapped Jokic with a strong elbow to the exposed right side of Jokic when he was delivering an overhead pass. Jokic, apparently enraged by the flagrant foul, charged after Morris and decked him with a strong right forearm to the back. The Miami forward was knocked out hard. A stretcher was brought out, but Morris was able to rise to his feet and head to the Heat's locker room after several minutes on the floor. Morris had damaged his neck, but he was up and moving about in the locker room and was expected to be OK, according to the organisation. link from here : Phoenix Suns are retaining Jokic from his Nuggets Morris was called for a flagrant foul two, and Jokic was dismissed. After the game, Spoelstra observed, "That was a really risky and filthy move." "Keef took a foul, one of those fastbreak fouls, and he took it with his shoulder." You may argue that there was more than simply slapping someone, but after seeing it on tape, it was a take foul. That's how I interpreted it. And then there's the play following that, which is really uncalled for." Jokic stated that he was concerned that he had inadvertently injured Morris, but he presented his own explanation for what occurred. "I feel horrible," said Jokic, who had his first triple-double of the season, scoring 25 points, grabbing 15 rebounds, and dishing out 10 assists. "It was a dumb play." That's not how I'm meant to respond. "I assumed it was a take foul, but I believe it was a dirty play." And all I needed to do was defend myself. I felt awful; I shouldn't have reacted that way, but I needed to defend myself." For a brief period, it looked like a brawl might erupt as members from both sides started shoving and yelling at one other. Miami's Jimmy Butler had to be detained after yelling and gesticulating at the Nuggets. He was summoned for a technical examination. The referees and coaching staffs of both teams kept the situation from escalating. If Jokic is banned, the Nuggets will be shorthanded against Indiana on Wednesday night at Ball Arena. Denver is already missing Jamal Murray due to injury, and Michael Porter Jr. is expected to miss many games due to a lower-back issue. Michael Malone, the Nuggets' coach, avoided questions about whether or not he believes his centre would be punished. "I'll be concerned if they tell us he's suspended," Malone said. "I'm not going to squander my time poring over my crystal ball and tea leaves." That's something I don't have. He'll be accessible until they tell me he won't be. And I don't see why he shouldn't be available on Wednesday night." The Heat's players were not accessible to the media, but Spoelstra spoke for them. "If Markieff was really facing Jokic, this entire situation might have been a lot worse," Spoelstra said. "The fact that (Morris) had his back turned and (Jokic) made that move, blindsiding him, it was simply a really hazardous play." When asked about his players' moods in the Heat locker room, the coach remarked, "The video and image (are) worth a thousand words." from new 24 hour Michael Porter Jr. agrees to 5-year, $207M max source : canoncitydailyrecord#instagram #happy #nature #photography #fashion #instadaily #beauty #instalike #fun #friends #me #summer #tbt #cute #beautiful #likeforlike #smile #music #ootd #family #model #follow4follow #lifestyle #design #motivation #beach #sunset #amazing #dog #makeup Read the full article

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rosepmarkert · 3 years ago

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After a blindside shove on Heat's Markieff Morris, Nuggets' Nikola Jokic is facing a suspension.

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laylavonrueden · 3 years ago

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After a blindside shove on Heat's Markieff Morris, Nuggets' Nikola Jokic is facing a suspension.

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annettedlopez2 · 3 years ago

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After a blindside shove on Heat's Markieff Morris, Nuggets' Nikola Jokic is facing a suspension.

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neilmobile · 7 years ago

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Here are all the new movies I saw in 2017, I bolded the good ones and italicized the terrible(I watched a lot of terrible garbage, sorry, also Bright is easily the worst fucking movie I saw all year), also some I have seen already but I put them on the list if it was a movie I hadn’t seen for a few years (to wit; Back to the Future 3):

1. The Triangle 2. Coherence 3. Masterminds 4. Legend of the Drunken Master 5. Jack Reacher 2 6. Neon Demon 7. Godzilla Resurgence 8. The Russia House 9. The Presidio 10. Fiddler on the Roof 11. Hacksaw Ridge 12. Elvis and Nixon 13. Blood Father 14. River 15. Hard Target 16. Big Trouble In Little China 17. Sign “O” The Times 18. The Infiltrator 19. Money Monster 20. Family Business 21. Blair Witch 22. Red Rock West 23. Terms of Endearment 24. Night Flier 25. American Honey 26. Edge of Seventeen 27. Fury 28. Silence 29. John Wick 2 30. Live by Night 31. Birth of a Nation (2016) 32. Justice League Dark 33. Paterson 34. Rush Hour 3 35. Entrapment 36. Moana 37. Frank and Lola 38. Finding Dory 39. Back to the Future 2 40. Back to the Future 3 41. Manchester by the Sea 42. In a Valley of Violence 43. Logan 44. Get Out 45. Gold 46. Bananas 47. Obsession 48. Gimme Danger 49. Police Story 50. Kong: Skull Island 51. I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore 52. Bon Cop Bad Cop 53. Beowulf & Grendel 54. Demolition 55. Fences 56. Double Life of Veronique 57. Kill Zone 2 58. Sukiyaki Western Django 59. La La Land 60. Moonlight 61. Perfect World 62. Hidden Figures 63. Morris From America 64. Mr Death 65. Standard Operating Procedure 66. Fast Cheap and Out of Control 67. Cinema Paradiso 68. Hunter Gatherer 69. Delicatessen 70. Reptilicus 71. Cry Wilderness 72. Wait Till Helen Comes 73. Phoenix 74. Blown Away 75. The Giver 76. The Time Travelers 77. Avalanche 78. The Beast of Hollow Mountain 79. Starcrash 80. The Land That Time Forgot 81. Manos: Hands of Fate 82. The Love of Hercules 83. Yongary: Monster from the Deep 84. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom 85. Carnival Magic 86. The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t 87. At The Earth’s Core 88. The Kingdom 89. Harry and the Hendersons 90. Hancock 91. Battleship 92. Furious 8 93. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 94. From Russia With Love 95. Dr. No 96. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 97. Spaceballs 98. Reindeer Games 99. Diamonds are Forever 100. Assassin’s Creed 101. Spy Hard 102. Horse’s Mouth 103. The Void 104. Fire Walk With Me 105. Beauty and the Beast (2017) 106. Alien: Covenant 107. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 108. Cool Hand Luke 109. War Machine 110. Lego Batman 111. Free Fire 112. Wonder Woman 113. Life 114. Popstar 115. The Mummy 116. Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children 117. Power Rangers 118. Cure For Wellness 119. XXX: Return of Xander Cage 120. L’Avventurra 121. Ouija: Origin of Evil 122. Baby Driver 123. Spider-Man: Homecoming 124. The Patriot 125. Dunkirk 126. War for the Planet of the Apes 127. Keeping up with the Joneses 128. Atomic Blonde 129. Dark Tower 130. King Arthur: Legend of something who fucking cares 131. Blackcoat’s Daughter 132. Things To Come 133. Lost City of Z 134. Personal Shopper 135. Rings 136. Page Eight 137. Turks and Caicos 138. Salting the Battlefield 139. Bicycle Thieves 140. Logan Lucky 141. Death Note 142. Wind River 143. La Dolce Vita 144. A Prairie Home Companion 145. Good Time 146. War on Everyone 147. It 148. Colossal 149. Southland Tales 150. Fist Fight 151. Baywatch 152. Death Sentence 153. Kingsman: Golden Circle 154. Wilson 155. Fallen 156. The Little Hours 157. Transformers: The Last Knight 158. Near Dark 159. Blade Runner 2049 160. The Age of Shadows 161. Don’t Think Twice 162. Mother! 163. Sleepless 164. The Wailing 165. The Slumber Party Massacre 166. Top Hat 167. Once Bitten 168. Hocus Pocus 169. Motel Hell 170. Just Friends 171. Silver Streak 172. Thor: Ragnarok 173. The Stupids 174. Murder on the Orient Express 175. Uncle John 176. La Notte 177. The Outfit 178. Big Night 179. Justice League 180. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 181. It Comes At Night 182. Batman and Harley Quinn 183. The Shootist 184. The Odd Couple 185. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 186. Bad Batch 187. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 188. Seconds 189. Heist 190. All the Marbles 191. Psych: The Movie 192. Lady Bird 193. The Beguiled (Remake) 194. Always 195. Spielberg 196. The Brand New Testament 197. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 198. 20th Century Women 199. Age of Innocence 200. The Foreigner 201. The Age of Shadows 202. Sleepless 203. Brawl in Cell Block 99 204. Our Kind Of Traitor 205. American Made 206. Split 207. Lion in the Desert 208. The Mountain Between Us 209. Killing Gunther 210. Remains of the Day 211. Goon: Last of the Enforcers 212. Bright

#it was an ok year for movies #if mother! gets an oscar nom I'm gonna shit

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nerdolopedia-blog · 7 years ago

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Journey to the City of Glass

In the southern most point on the continent of Itherion sits the Southern Spear, an oasis city on the southern end of the Wind Desert. Here five adventurers find their way to a tavern known as the Sandy Hydra.

Ophasira, a dragonborn sorcerer was known for accidentally catching fire to objects nearby. Morrie and Popo, a pair of artificier gnomes who came for promise of payment to repair the house that Popo damaged. Mithdoliel, a friendly half-elf bard who adventured trying to find the truth behind myths and legends. Nekane, a teifling paladin who was tasked with a secret mission from her organization.

At the Sandy Tavern they meet a teilfing by the name of Herald who tells them he intends to find the legendary City of Glass, a story told by sailors but discounted as hallucinations. They are promised 5,000 gp each upon return, they all agree to go and continue enjoying the evening. Nekane’s grandmother Kat showed up, much to the barkeep Dragnor’s dismay. As they are leaving Popo accidentally fires off his experimental mortar launching Popo and Morrie into the night. They return long enough to hit on Herald, and to be kicked out of the Sandy Hydra.

The following day they meet Herald at the docks where they board a sand ship scheduled to take them to Quine, an oasis town along the Tempis River. On their way to Quine they are attacked from the sky by a raiding party of Yuan-ti riding flying snakes. The party managed to fight them off. Popo, having fell off during the fight, saw something move beneath the sand having taken one of Yuan-ti knocked off the boat. After safely back on the ship they made their way safely to Quine.

At Quine some make their way to a tavern called the Sandy Bollosom. It doubled as a brothel where they met the crew of Captain Richard Score’s ship. Morrie and Popo make their way to a seedy tavern where they get into a tavern brawl. A few men try to kill Morrie after he used magic to gain an advantage in a fight. They managed to befriend a shipwright who brought them to the ship that they would be sailing on. Mithdoliel heads to the nearby lake, where she attempts to find her companion Faeron, an elven druid who has traveled with her since he found her outside the Swamp of the Dead. Mithdoliel nearly gets eaten and Faeron joins the group in hopes of discovering the source of the madness plaguing nature. They began their adventure heading into the desert.

After a few days they come across a field of strange plants that have a bulb containing water. They started to harvest them when they also came across another strange plant. It was a cacti looking plant covered heavily in furry long spines. On closer inspection they discovered that these spines sucked in water. Later that evening a sand storm began brewing. They suddenly found that the cacti they discovered were carried by the wind. Several larger cacti formed limbs and moved like a humanoid. During combat, Ophasira perished and the cacti responsible found their stash of water plants jumping into them and expanding tremendously becoming a monsterous plant that the party defeated.

During their travel the next day, the ship collided with a rock protruding from the desert itself. Stopping to repair the broken front of the ship the party decided to investigate this mysterious monolith. Upon digging it out they discovered the entrance to a long lost tomb written in the lost language of the Illuna people. Before them was a puzzling set of challenges with depictions of 4 beings, a radiant woman with the symbol of the sun, a bearded man covered in vines, an elegant woman with the symbol of the moon, and a robed man with animated stars painted on the robes. Each held their hands out in a way that let a small compass that resided in the center of the room fit. However the compass did not point north, but in the direction the players chose it to be. They had to set the compass in a specific direction for each statue to open the way to that trial.

The Trial of the Sun was room containing a pillar of light. In the center of the light sat a pedastel with a singular level on it. Written on the wall in Illuna were the words “Scuno’s light burns in the visitors eye”. When they attempted to reach into the light, they were burned leaving nothing but ash. They had to shut their eyes and reach for the lever, hoping not to be burned before they could reach it.

The Trial of the Earth contained a room filled with moving vines. When one got closer to the vines, they reached for that person. When burning the vines it only revealed the lever for a short time before the vines quickly grew back. The solution was to let the vines grab hold of them, which allowed them to pass through unharmed.

The Trial of the Moon amplified all light brought into the hallway. A lit torch caused some of the players to be blinded. On the far side of the room was a single lever, no matter how much they walked towards the lever it seemed to always be just out of reach. By turning the opposite way and walking backwards they were able to reach the lever.

The Trial of the Stars contained a small room with several beds. Written on the walls in Illuna read the words “Overcome one’s fears to achieve one’s dreams”. Each of the characters rested and faced a their own personal nightmare situations. As each completed their nightmare a lever began to fade into existance. Faeron’s nightmare was the forest gone mad, something he had been trying to discover for a long time. At the heart of the forest was a pitch black gem, when touched he nearly went mad. Once all had finished the lever was completed.

Once all four trials were completed the way forward was open. The next room was dome shaped, with depictions of the stars moving across the ceiling. In the center of the room was a sarcophagus and behind it a monsterous snake with the face of a mortal. It claimed noone could pass beyond as it guarded a large door. They faced it down turning it into a smaller snake as they explored the room beyond, finding a magical barrier that permitted no magic beyond and preserved the numerous maps it contianed. Before beginning to copy as many of the maps down they took the Naga outside, had one of the mechanical servervants fly the snake up to the sky and squeeze it. Once the Naga landed, the party and the ships crew open fired onto it killing it.

The party proceeded to copy down maps. After a day had passed a sailor came rushing to them saying “It’s alive!”, Nekane rushed out to face the fallen foe only to be hit with a Geas spell. On returning the party managed to polymorph it yet again, this time into a frog. However their troubles had not ended there. A rumbling sensation filled the entire tomb. The party fled only to discover a massive purple worm bursting from the very tomb they just escaped. From the boat and sky they fought against the Worm, having fired the Naga into its massive maw. The ship took damage but the players managed to down the beast with much expense to the party’s resources.

From there the party saw an Oasis in the distance, having to have outrun a Purple Worm. The ship went to the Oasis to get additional wood and to stock up on water. When the party arrived they were attacked my acid filled creatures that ambushed them. Upon making it to the center of the Oasis the party discovered that the Oasis was infact a massive plant that attempted to consume them. With quick thinking and the ability of flight they managed to get out just in time.

The party then took the time to deceifer the maps and find the next potential location to check. During that time Nekane enjoyed a meal and drink while talking to the ship’s cook. She soon discovered that he was a Marked man, a black skull tattoo symbolizing having been ressurrected without the proper rituals. He was Nekane’s target but she hesitated to kill him. They discovered a location of a strange gate city with a crystalline dome encasing it.

Traveling for several days a short dispute between party members soon caused Score to step in and threaten to throw members off the ship if more fighting occured. Just as the fighting was coming to a close, the ship seemed to have collided with something else. Several members ran outside to see what it was, only to discover that the ship soon broke a portion of the crystal dome which contained the city below. The ship fell several hundred feet, bouncing off layers within the city before crashing below. Several crew members perished, including Herald. The cook was mortally wounded telling Nekane the truth behind his mark, saying that the man who ressurrected him had a message for her grandmother. The message was “I’m back”. She then ended his suffering.

While the party was helping remove bodies and heal the wounded the echos of massive footsteps made their way towards the crashed ship. The footsteps came from a massive Crystal Golem which seemed hellbent on killing anything in the area. The party fought it to the best of their ability before retreating. Morrie stayed behind long enough to kill it, only for the golem to let out a death cry and summoning another dozen of the golems to the location. They all met in the abandoned building that may have housed several of the Illuna themselves. Formulating a plan Morrie went out to scout on his mechanical servants back and found a massive gateway. Passing through it he heard a voice in his head, telling him to wait for his fellow party. He then reached out to the party only for them to find several Crytal Golems outside waiting for them. Instead of attack the party they transported them to the gate. Once through they were guided through the crystalline structure, massive natural crystal formations with strange sounds coming from them. At last they reached a central chamber where there sat an elegant woman in leafy clothing sitting before them. Some members of the party recognized her imagry as the Goddess of Fate and Time, Werno. There she explained to them her dilemna. No matter what she did the party would always return to this spot, so as an agreement the party would not pursue the City of Glass and keep its location a mystery. She offered them all a chance to look anywhere they wished to see as the crystals showed various locations throughout the world. They accepted and came forth.

Morrie asked for a place filled with ancient technologies. Werno showed him a massive city powered by lightning sitting at the top of Sundering Mountains, far beyond where many have traveled.

Popo asked for a way to cultivate the desert. Werno said she could not grant such knowledge but knew of place that could. She showed him a massive library, outside of which was an inky black void dotted with brilliant stars.

Nekane contemplated long and hard but decided she wanted to see how her father was avoid detection. Werno showed her father, entering a familiar crypt, the vision focused on a familiar ring that he wore on his finger.

Faeron asked to see the source of the strange crystal from his dreams. Werno asked if that was what he truly wanted hesitant to grant his request. He was set on it. What he saw was nothing, but that nothing reached out to him and tried to consume him. From that he lost a bit of his sanity having stared directly into the void.

Mithdoliel was most curious about a statemen Werno had said “When my people were young” and asked about that. Werno stated it was not her place to reveal but there was a place that could give more. She was shown a location deep in the Swamp of the Dead, a place whose reputation Mith was all too familiar with. There she saw a massive city, at its heart was a massive step pyramid. On its summet was a cloaked figure holding an ornate staff adorned with a perfect black sphere. Surrounding the city was an army of undead, among which Mith swore she saw some familiar faces.

Having granted everyone their vision she concluded repeating the promise. She paused and remembered saying “Oh, and do take care of the boy. He will be awefully confused.” Snapping her fingers the party found themselves back at the Sandy Hydra. Herald was asking them if they would take the job. Everyone was there the same day they agreed to take the job. However they decided against it, Mithdoliel trying to convince Herald not to go on the quest but to take more time in researching it. Ophasira and Herald had no memory of the journey they had already gone on. The party then split off for the time being, each having things to take care of.

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The fake stories hitting the headlines – BBC News

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Image caption Suffolk Gazette’s story about David Bowie was published three days before his death was announced

On the day of David Bowie’s death, a national broadcaster reported the rock star had performed at a Suffolk curry house just days earlier. For some, the fine line between spoof and reality is increasingly hard to detect – so what are the key components of a successful send-up?

During the hours after Bowie’s death, journalists scrambled to gather details of the music icon’s last days.

When a story emerged about the singer “giving curry house diners a treat” in Bungay, Suffolk, a media frenzy briefly ensued.

“I was watching the news, and people started picking up on the curry house story and tweeting it,” said Simon Young, a former Sun journalist based in Suffolk.

“As I was watching Sky News, Eamonn Holmes read out about how the Suffolk Gazette was reporting Bowie had performed in a curry house.

“My jaw dropped into my cornflakes. You don’t get much bigger than Sky News on breaking coverage of a high profile person’s death – and they mentioned my site.”

Sadly for Holmes, the Suffolk Gazette is not a genuine newspaper. It is, instead, a spoof created by Mr Young to “satisfy creative desires” and “raise a bit of beer money”.

He had written the Bowie article on the singer’s 69th birthday, three days before his death was announced, and later put a note on the story to explain.

The episode highlighted the prevalence of one of the internet’s growth industries – spoof news – and the pitfalls it can create for its more sober cousin; the actual news media.

Image copyright Southend News Network

Image caption Southend News Network was created in October 2015 and has attracted thousands of social media followers

“Morris dancers and blind footballers in mass brawl” cries one headline. “Dartford tunnel closed due to thousands of Kent residents trying to enter Essex illegally” screams another.

These stories might seem ludicrous or plausible, depending on your point of view. Each treads carefully the fine line between reality and ridiculousness, relying on the reader’s moment of uncertainty for its satirical punch.

Broadcaster Fraser McAlpine, who wrote a book called Stuff Brits Like, said in recent times it had become increasingly difficult to tell which stories were fake.

“You’ve got David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn having their spats in Parliament, making awful jokes. You’ve got Donald Trump – he’s beyond parody – saying the worst possible things.

“News outlets are behaving like spoof sites, and they’re making spoof sites look like sensible news.”

In the world of spoof news, there are a few big-name players. There is US site The Onion, of course, the granddaddy of all spoof sites, which began publishing online in 1996.

In the UK, websites such as The Poke, The Daily Mash and NewsThump have been offering up spoof news across the nation for more than a decade.

Mr McAlpine theorised that news parodies were about “banding together and cocking a snook at people in power”.

“Sometimes spoof news feels like a righteous sword in the side of something you’re bothered about, and sometimes it feels like flicking Vs at a policeman – it’s a release and a relief.”

Image copyright Tim Telling

Image caption Editor of The Daily Mash Tim Telling said the internet had changed the game for spoof news

Tim Telling, editor of The Daily Mash, said the internet had played a huge role in what was being published, and who was publishing it.

“The Daily Mash is a kind of DIY thing done by a small group of people,” he said.

“As a kid, I was into Viz comics, and there was a spirit in Viz that’s also relevant to The Daily Mash – it felt like it was just some guys doing it in a shed, rather than coming through the existing comedy establishment.

“It’s a kind of punk ethos – I think Viz used to sell their copies at punk gigs – and that’s the kind of thing the internet has allowed to proliferate.”

Image caption Satire legend Armando Iannucci reads another legend of the form – Viz

Fifteen years ago, a group of friends from Chelmsford, Essex, decided they would harness the power of the internet after seeing the success of The Onion and satirist Charlie Brooker’s spoof television listings site TVGoHome.

The Framley Examiner took the form of a newspaper, but was displayed as though each edition had been scanned and uploaded to its website.

The brainchild of Joel Morris, Alex Morris, Jason Hazeley and Robin Halstead, the site was set up in 2001 at a cost of 25.

Headlines included “Local museum to be put in a museum”, “New library: the dream is over”, “Fluff misery” and “Cycle lane ‘not even as long as small cycle’”.

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Image caption “It wasn’t a joke about news – it was a joke about the way news was reported”

Image caption Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley honed their spoof news craft on The Framley Examiner

For the Framley Examiner, the joke was as much about the stories as it was about how local news media worked.

The site had the look and feel of a real newspaper, but was never intended to be mistaken for one, Mr Morris said – it was pure parody.

“In the beginning, we wrote about stuff that was quite close to reality. As it went on it got much sillier,” Mr Morris said.

“It wasn’t a joke about news – it was a joke about the way news was reported.”

The Framley Examiner’s popularity led to a book and launched the comedy-writing careers of Mr Morris and Mr Hazeley, whose credits include That Mitchell and Webb Look, Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, and a series of spoof Ladybird books.

To make a site seem as authentic as possible, spoof news creators agree the style of writing is key.

The creator of Southend News Network, a site recently officially recognised by Southend Council, said his stories were often compared to those printed by local media.

The Chief Reporter, as he is known, reckons about half of the people who read his stories realise they are fake, with the other half indignantly commenting and sharing his stories on social media.

Spoof success

A Suffolk Gazette story about an old lady getting trapped in a council toilet in Felixstowe for four days was picked up by several national newspapers and publications, including The Express, The Daily Mirror and The Debrief

Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner appeared to be taken in by an article from The Onion about the World Cup being held in the USA in May 2015

The Onion’s story on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive was picked up by a Chinese newspaper, which reprinted satirical comments and a photo gallery

In 1957, an April Fool’s Day report by the BBC on Swiss spaghetti crops prompted viewers to try to find out where they could purchase their very own spaghetti bush

Suffolk Gazette’s creator said his intention was never to trick people into falling for his stories – people believing them was a “happy side effect” which generates hits, rather than the main aim.

“You do get people commenting, saying ‘haha, that’s hilarious’, but then there’ll be that one person who says ‘I think it’s disgusting’.

“Those who are in on the joke get a double kick out of it – you enjoy the moment other people are taken in.”

Source: http://allofbeer.com/the-fake-stories-hitting-the-headlines-bbc-news/

from All of Beer https://allofbeer.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/the-fake-stories-hitting-the-headlines-bbc-news/

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Michael Rapaport gives an inspirational Slam Dunk contest speech and his NBA mid-season awards

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Terry Funk Scouts The Budding Brawl Between “Two Assholes” Trump And Biden

Pretty Much All The Good NBA Players Are Hurt

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Myles Turner's Big Dunk Created A Great Bench Reaction

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sonofhistory · 8 years ago

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can you do a similar post for innacurracies in 1776 when you get s chance?

(This has been here for a month and I am so sorry.)

John Adams and Martha Jefferson waltz during “He Plays the Violin”. The waltz did not become popular until 1780, when it became the rage at the Hapsburg court in Vienna. It spread to other countries several years later.

In “Cool Considerate Men”, Southern delegates sing about “moving to the right”, but “right/left” political labels originated in the French Revolutionary Assembly of 1789.

Also something of an anachronism is that the first few bars of the verses and the first words of the first verse are clearly a reference to “The Star Spangled Banner”, the lyrics of which in 1776 would not be written by Francis Scott Key for 38 years.

Adams and Franklin talk about Botticelli painting Venus. At his death in 1510, Botticelli had lapsed into obscurity and was all but completely forgotten until a revival of interest in his works in the mid-19th century. John Adams and Benjamin Franklin would probably not have been familiar with him and his art.

Lewis Morris of New York had only 10 children, not 12 and the 3 oldest boys fought in the Revolution- not 4 as stated in the movie.

The insult that sparks a brawl between Dickinson and Adams is “Lawyer!” One of the first lines is “One useless man is called a disgrace, two become a law firm, and three or more become a Congress.” Yet 90% of Congress, including John Dickinson and John Adams themselves, were lawyers, so that seems a strange insult to use against somebody in the same profession.

During the song “The Egg” they sing “on this humid Monday morning”, yet the date is shown as June 28, 1776, which was a Friday.

Caesar Rodney suffered from asthma and skin cancer, but he had not returned to Delaware because he was dying. As a brigadier general in the Delaware militia, he was in Sussex County monitoring Tory activity when he received word that the vote on independence was about to take place. Changing horses several times, he rode all night, eighty miles through a thunderstorm, to reach Philadelphia in time to cast his vote. He remained almost continuously in public service until his death in 1784.

John Hancock was the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The others waited until August 2nd. One signed it in 1781.

John Dickinson was a pacifistic Quaker who objected to revolution, not a Tory leading the resistance to declaring independence.

Stephen Hopkins’ statement “The Colonies are rotting for want of independence,” should actually be attributed to Rev. John Witherspoon.

John Adams and Richard Henry Lee had a healthy admiration and respect for one another.

There was no direct requirement for unanimity, only the understanding that a less than unanimous vote would indicate a divided America to potential allies.

Martha comes to Philadelphia to see Thomas. While Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration, Martha stayed in Virginia, recovering from a miscarriage. Which was why Jefferson constantly requested to be returned to Virginia- being denied every time because he wanted to be with his wife.

When the Declaration is signed, John Dickinson leaves the Congress without signing the document. Though he was a non-signer, he did not resign. At the time the Declaration of Independence was passed, he was on the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation (part of Richard Henry Lee’s resolution).

Caesar Rodney is depicted as a short willowy man, but he was famously tall and thin.

After the song “Cool Considerate Men,” McNair remarks that he could not borrow a dollar from any of those men. Although American dollars were not minted until 1792, Spanish reales were recognized as international currency, and called dollars by English colonists.

After the Declaration is approved Hancock asks the secretary if it is ready to be signed. The secretary replies that it is. This is not possible, as a deletion was made to the text only moments before, so no printed copy could yet exist.

In the close-up of Franklin’s portrait, the painter’s brush is clearly not making any changes; no paint is added and none is removed.

After several days of debate, congressmen made several changes in wording and deleted nearly a quarter of the text. Jefferson resented many of the changes. In reality, Adams and Franklin had made a few substitutions prior to submitting the document to the full Congress.

Congressmen probably did not sign the Declaration on July 4, most signed on August 2, 1776, though others signed before and after. In fact, on the day of July 4, Jefferson was absent from Congress buying gloves and Adams claimed in a letter to Abigail that July 2 would be a future day of celebrations.

The Liberty Bell is depicted ringing as the Declaration of Independence is being signed on July 4 (a mistake itself) in the film. The bell actually did not ring on that date, but on July 8, when the Declaration had been returned from the printer and unveiled to the public.

During “The Lees of Old Virginia”, Richard Henry Lee refers to Harry Lee as “Lighthorse Harry Lee”. Harry didn’t earn that nickname until 1778.

If anyone has more, you can add on!

#Flood Pressles box #Sincerely Anonymous #1776

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Some of the best podcasts of 2019 spent the year looking backwards—at the ramifications of slavery, at companies that imploded, at important thinkers and celebrities who passed away. Podcast hosts retold their parents’ stories, revisited monumental movies and re-investigated weird and wonderful cultural phenomena. And every single show on this list indulges in nostalgia—even the fiction podcast.

Perhaps reaching the end of the decade has made podcasters more reflective and insightful than ever before, or perhaps we as listeners are just craving an explanation for our current moment and turning to the past to find it. Whatever the reason, it made for great listening. Here are TIME’s best podcasts of 2019.

10. Spectacular Failures

Lauren Ober recounts the epic meltdowns of companies like MoviePass and Toys “R” Us with a healthy dose of skepticism: when she reports that the implosion of U-Haul was preceded by boardroom brawls between brothers, she jokes, “There’s not enough Xanax in the world to get me to go into business with my family.” In reporting on how many of these CEOs simply rebrand or start over, leaving legions of unemployed workers in their wake, Ober exposes the “failing up” culture that pervades Silicon Valley, Wall Street and—as in the episode about Trump’s Atlantic City casinos—the White House.

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9. Mobituaries

CBS correspondent Mo Rocca hosts a surprisingly fun podcast about death. Each episode, he eulogizes a different person or thing—from Sammy Davis Jr. to two trees whose deaths sparked an ugly turn in a football rivalry between two schools. He approaches each subject earnestly and curiously, enlisting the likes of Bill Clinton to reflect on being inaugurated the day Audrey Hepburn died, or Tony winners to write a show tune commemorating Thomas Paine.

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8. Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

The jokey premise of the show is that Conan O’Brien has no real friends and wants to use the podcast to force celebrities to hang out with him. In fact, his years-long relationships with veterans of comedy like Tina Fey and Will Farrell are what make this podcast funnier and more insightful than just another interview podcast with a celebrity host. He recalls war stories from the set of Saturday Night Live and embarrassing anecdotes that a journalist would have no way of unearthing.

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7. Scattered

When comedian Chris Garcia’s father died, he requested that his family scatter his ashes off the coast of his homeland, Cuba. But Garcia’s mother had no interest in returning to the country where her husband was forced to work in an internment camp and received electroshock therapy. Garcia seizes the opportunity to learn about his parents’ immigration—but he leavens the harrowing stories with hilarious asides, like when his mother obsesses over the singer Pitbull. It’s the sort of deeply personal account that’s essential at a moment when immigration is so politicized.

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6. Decoder Ring

Slate critic Will Paskin explores a bizarre and delightful cultural phenomenon each month, from “Baby Shark” to Chuck E. Cheese, to try to understand what makes people obsessed with seemingly arbitrary touchstones. These fixations can spin out of control, leading to toxic fights on forums or basements full of broken animatronic critters. But Paskin lends a sympathetic ear to fanboys and fangirls to understand how the strangest media can elicit an emotional attachment.

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5. Moonface

The cinematic soundscape of creator James Kim’s fiction podcast immediately draws the listener into the restaurants and dive bars of Downey, California outside of Los Angeles. Paul (Joel Kim Booster) lives there with his mother, though their conversations are stilted: she speaks little English, he little Korean. Paul cites the language barrier to his friends as the reason he hasn’t come out to his family. As he tries to bridge the emotional and linguistic gap, the show trusts that non–Korean speakers will understand the sentiments, if not every word, of their conversations: the struggle to be understood is universal.

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4. Last Days of August

This could have been a bad true-crime series: When an adult film star named August Ames dies by suicide after writing a controversial tweet, several of her friends tell journalist Jon Ronson that they suspect foul play. To Ronson’s credit, he refuses to play amateur sleuth and build tension on a false supposition of murder. What he produces instead is a nuanced and considered portrait of Ames, a lonely woman who had a complicated relationship with an industry that both worshipped and abused her.

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3. Blank Check With Griffin and David

This consistently great movie podcast examines the filmography of one director at a time. But the series hit new heights this year when hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims focused on Hayao Miyazaki, the man behind masterworks like Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro—whose films are not available to stream, and thus criminally under-appreciated outside of Japan. (The films will make their streaming debut next year on HBOMax.) Newman and Sims offered listeners a chance to seek out his movies and participate in a critical conversation about how Americans can access and appreciate foreign-language films—which, as movies like Parasite generate Oscar buzz, is more relevant than ever.

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2. You’re Wrong About…

You might think you know everything about Tonya Harding or O.J. Simpson, but as journalists Michael Hobbes and Sarah Marshall re-examine these and other stories from surprising new angles—like the perspective of Paula Barbieri, Simpson’s girlfriend at the time of his trial—they prove even the most well-known figures have unplumbed depths. While they never sacrifice accuracy for the sake of fun, their breezy tone keeps even the heaviest of topics engaging.

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1. 1619

Four hundred years after the frigate White Lion brought slavery to America, New York Times writer Nikole Hannah Jones reframes the country’s history through the lens of that institution. (The podcast accompanies the New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project.) Each episode demonstrates how our economy, political system and popular culture are rooted in the slave trade and built on the work of African Americans. Despite the podcast’s sweeping goals, the stories are intimate and conversational—as with a standout episode in which culture critic Wesley Morris identifies the echoes of black artists’ songs in the most unexpected music genres.

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