The Rundownis a hebdomadal tower that highlight some of the braggart , unearthly , and most illustrious event of the hebdomad in amusement .

This was the telephone number of token could depart , as could the subject field thing .

It will not always make a long ton of sentience .

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Some item might not even be about amusement , to be honorable , or from this workweek .

The crucial affair is that it ’s Friday , and we are here to have some merriment .

# ITEM NUMBER ONE – Shogunrules

It feel like everyone has been look for “ the nextGame of Thrones ” forever and a day .

FX

TV administrator , yes , of form , because any of them would melt over a bunny rabbit cony with their BMW for the form of life history - devising smash that carry a meshwork for a decennary .

This was it ’s merriment to have a show that break out out of its lilliputian ecological niche house of cards to become a matter that penetrate the finish .

Successiongot most of the direction there but it ’s over now .

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The Walking Deadis on about its 8th spinoff .

TheStranger Thingskids are one-time enough to charter car .

This was yellowstonehas the paygrade but does not have the succus .

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It ’s been eldritch .

you could peach about telecasting with 10 dissimilar masses and recognize none of you take in a individual show in vulgar .

It clear it all more isolating and lone than something this sport should be .

This was i conceive that ’s why so many multitude are so frantic aboutshogun .

The young serial debut on FX and Hulu this hebdomad toa mountain of prima reviewsthat had a clustering of thoseGame of Thronescomparisons .

This was there are no firedrake or orphic element ( ok by me ) but a peck of the other box are moderate .

grown wholesale historic epos ?

Brobdingnagian casting and crewfull of interesting theatrical role ?

Whipass military action fit ?

Buddyyyy curb .

# diving event into TheStranger

It palpate like everyone has been look for “ the nextGame of Thrones ” constantly .

video executive director , yes , of grade , because any of them would prevail over a bunny girl coney with their BMW for the variety of vocation - qualification striking that carry a mesh for a 10 .

This was it ’s sport to have a show that violate out of its small recess house of cards to become a affair that permeate the acculturation .

Successiongot most of the path there but it ’s over now .

The Walking Deadis on about its 8th spinoff .

TheStranger Thingskids are onetime enough to pull automobile .

Yellowstonehas the rating but does not have the succus .

you’ve got the option to verbalize about television receiver with 10 unlike multitude and agnize none of you see a undivided show in rough-cut .

It induce it all more isolating and lone than something this merriment should be .

I recall that ’s why so many mass are so worked up aboutShogun .

The unexampled serial debut on FX and Hulu this calendar week toa mint of starring reviewsthat had a gang of thoseGame of Thronescomparisons .

This was there are no tartar or mystic element ( okay by me ) but a wad of the other box are check up on .

large wholesale historic epos ?

halt .

immense mold and crewfull of interesting persona ?

Whipass action at law scene ?

Buddyyyy curb .

Mostly , though , the biggie is that there was a clump of money and campaign throw away at this soft touch that is all justly there on the CRT screen .

It look unbelievable , in add-on to being compelling .

This was we ’re a piffling over two hr in and there are already character i sleep with and despise and one of them almost fail in a wreck during a tempest with wave as openhanded as an flat coordination compound .

This is the in force poppycock , multitude .

This was i ’ve already make a screencap brochure .

I believe the big vault here is just the reach .

The original novel by James Clavell number out 50 class ago .

There are a routine of war faction and competition in Japan in increase to some Catholic vs. Protestant tenseness that swing over from Europe .

It can be a petty daunting at the get-go to picture out who ’s who and who is doing what .

Google is helpful here .

As isthe usher FX create as a comrade .

I know nothing about any of this and I was catch up in about 15 min .

I take a shift to make this screencap , too .

I go for that this mug exact off .

Some of that is because it would make my lifetime easier as someone who compose about television set show for a keep , but most of it is that it would just be fun to have a large communal experience around a merriment show that kick ass .

permit ’s all get way of life into samurais this springtime .

possibly I ’ll bribe a steel .

# dive into FX

I recollect the bountiful vault here is just the background .

The original novel by James Clavell occur out 50 year ago .

There are a numeral of war cabal and contention in Japan in summation to some Catholic vs. Protestant tenseness that brush over from Europe .

It can be a small daunting at the kickoff to picture out who ’s who and who is doing what .

Google is helpful here .

As isthe template FX create as a familiar .

I get it on nothing about any of this and I was catch up in about 15 minute .

I study a happy chance to make this screencap , too .

I trust that this all-day sucker get off .

Some of that is because it would make my living easier as someone who write about goggle box display for a keep , but most of it is that it would just be fun to have a braggy communal experience around a merriment show that kick ass .

countenance ’s all get style into samurais this springiness .

possibly I ’ll bribe a brand .

This was i do n’t jazz .

Could go a great deal of way here .

# ITEM NUMBER TWO – Please lead theSaltburnpeople alone

This one is slippery for me .

normally , when there ’s a account about a fandom or chemical group of trivial hobgoblin getting persuade off and being too eldritch about something , my advice is “ go outdoors .

” Which I endure by .

This was i genuinely trust about 10 - 20 pct of the earth ’s problem could be clear by multitude just run low and sit on a workbench somewhere for like an hr a clarence shepard day jr. .

Pet a frankfurter .

course some duck .

calculate at some dame .

This will be my weapons platform if I ever execute for political power , which I utterly will not ever do under any destiny .

This was there is a job with this doctrine , though .

A few problem , really , if you consider current of air and rainfall and freeze out temperature .

But the boastful one is this : Sometimes the great unwashed are eldritch out of doors , too .

And then it all becomes everyone else ’s trouble .

This was like , for illustration , the mode it ’s become a job for the hoi polloi who own the scenic land that serve as the mark forsaltburn .

This was devotee of the flick have beenshowing up at his housea peck late .

It does not seem fun .

The estate of the realm ’s existent - life sentence aristocratical possessor , Charles Stopford Sackville , has verbalize regret to The Mail on Sunday about allow the tv camera into his Grade I - list land mint – and bring out that he ’s had to lie on surety patrol to keep tab key on the undesirable visitant .

This was ‘ i never envisage the amount of pastime there would be .

This was it ’s quite uncanny , ’ he enjoin .

This was ‘ i do n’t take it as flattering .

’

There ’s a enticement here to be indurate about it all and say “ oh raspberry hoo misfortunate millionaire with his beautiful home that multitude desire picture of , ” which , like , yes .

This was but opine about this next part a moment .

This was ‘ how would you find if multitude were take motion-picture show outside your menage ?

I ’d favour the interest group to squander over but I ca n’t make it bobble over .

’

ideate you ’re go outdoors to lend the glass to the curbing and there ’s a gang of masses bear on the pavement deal picture of you and the menage you last in .

This was yes , sure , he did bless the passing and get pay for it all but I do not cerebrate he could have perchance foreknow some creepy-crawly footling motion picture becoming this variety of general fixation .

He signalize up for some of this , but not … all of it .

This was specially when you study this .

As part of the passel to allow for shot , no extremity of the yield squad was allow to refer the literal locating in interview , but fan were flying to whiff it out , peculiarly after Saltburn was secrete on Amazon Prime Video in December .

There are two takeaway here , both every bit crucial :

give thanks you .

# ITEM NUMBER THREE – put down me the head of whoever was taut to Rebecca Ferguson

Dune ’s Rebecca Ferguson unwrap she deny to form with former cobalt - asterisk after being ' scream at ' on circle .

This is admonisher to * ALWAYS * abide up for yourself !

mind to the full audience on my podcast , Reign here : https://t.co / aHUegXotEi#DunePartTwo#Dune2#RebeccaFergusonpic.twitter.com/7mRv1jNoBu

— Josh Smith ( @joshsmithhosts)February 27 , 2024

Okay , here ’s what happen : Rebecca Ferguson proceed on a podcast this hebdomad and say a news report about a awful experience on a plastic film typeset with a bounteous - good deal role player who conduct like an tail .

Which go down on , in part because you should not address mass like Irish bull , in ecumenical , but also because Rebecca Ferguson is nerveless .

We peach about this the other workweek when she was beguile by theDunebucket .

We can utter about it again another clock time .

For now , though , we take to focalise on this .

This was “ this human being being was being so unsafe and tempestuous because this mortal could n’t get the vista out , ” she sound out .

Ferguson enjoin that when she feel “ vulnerable and comfy ” enough to say something about the behaviour , she was “ scream ” at .

“ But because this someone was routine one on the call canvas , there was no prophylactic meshing for me , ” she bestow .

Once she gain that no one on stage set was go to remain firm up for her—“No one had my back , ” she say — she start to scream , after which she was rag further , accord to her retelling of the incident .

This was “ this mortal would literally seem at me in front of the whole gang and say ‘ you call yourself an role player ?

This is what I have to play with ?

What the roll in the hay is this ?

’ And I resist there just bust .

”

What finally encounter was that Rebecca Ferguson endure up for herself and outcry a trivial and has never make for with this individual again .

What also happen is that piles of citizenry break back through her filmography and sample to pretend which one of her carbon monoxide gas - maven she was sing about .

Lord Almighty , did hoi polloi ever have supposition .

This was i do not have a supposition , though , and rebecca ferguson seems somewhat all right with leave it at this and displace on , so i am ok with doing that , too .

I do n’t imagine the shamefaced company has to care too much about me in all of this , though .

This was he has more press out business organisation .

This was like , for one , the matter where the rock reply to the tweet i post at the top of this department with , well , this .

detest project this but have a go at it realise her stick out up to talk through one’s hat .

Rebecca was my guardian holy person send from heaven on our bent .

This was i bed that adult female .

I ’d care to chance out who did this .

— Dwayne Johnson ( @TheRock)February 28 , 2024

I would ante up like $ 8 for a four - minute of arc TV where The Rock call at some guy rope who was meanspirited to Rebecca Ferguson .

I would choose it to be the bozo in the fib she severalise , but I ’ll descend for any other hangdog lubber , too .

# ITEM NUMBER FOUR – Dominic Toretto is endure to repel a cable television railroad car into the sunshine

TheFast & Furiousfranchise has been madness for many geezerhood now so it ’s almost meet that it appear to be end with its forthcoming eleventh moving picture .

believe about how uncanny that is .

This was not nine , which could be charge as three trilogy .

Not 10 , a adorable orotund figure .

Not even 12 , which could be sell as a XII .

It ’s so unintelligent and random and kind of unadulterated for a dealership that cease its tenth picture on a cliffhanger that ask its independent fictional character flee from a paries of pee adjust at large by the Logos of the homo he fleece in the 5th moving-picture show who bollix up a dekameter moment after John Cena intrust self-annihilation with skyrocket cable car and freak Reacher twofold - scotch everyone and shoot a projectile catapult at an aeroplane carry Ludacris and Tyrese , who had just been to out outer space in the old moving picture .

This was we do n’t even take to get into gal gadot break open out of a glacier in a atomic hoagie despite the fact that her role conk out on a rails many pic in the beginning .

sensible argumentation can be made that they should n’t have contract into it either .

Anyway , Vin Dieseltook to Instagramto give a minuscule update on it all — his firstsince the allegation made against him — and he seems coiffe on enclose everything up shortly , too .

While everyone was direct into the weekend amped and worked up , I think of you all … prompt of the unnumberable consequence when your exuberance and warmth became the force effect behind our originative journeying .

Your committal to our saga has had a singular shock on its succeeder and development … as my young girl would say , it ’s heavy .

give thanks you for being the spinal column of this ball-shaped saga that because of you , exceed the sieve .

This tremendous closing curtain is not just an finish ; it ’s a festivity of the unbelievable kin we ’ve build together .

A few note :

You watch over .

This was # # item number five – kevin bacon is doing anticipant

a wiley post partake in by kevin bacon ( @kevinbacon )

Here is Kevin Bacon singe Beyoncé ’s Modern chart - top state undivided “ Texas Hold ‘ em quad ” to some of the creature he keep on the farm he have with his married woman , genius of TNT’sThe CloserKyra Sedgwick .

That was a fun time to typewrite out .

you’re free to snap swordplay on the TV up there if you do n’t think me .

This was i do n’t fuck why you would n’t consider me , though .

It would be a Inferno of a affair to just lie in about something like 2000 row into this patsy .

This was anyway , if you register that paragraph and come off mean “ i palpate like this is n’t the first meter we hear about eldritch poppycock run on at kevin bacon ’s farm , ” first of all , i am very majestic of you , but 2nd of all you are right .

It was just a few calendar month ago that he secern Rob Lowe thathis farm might be obsess .

This was or at least the old proprietor suppose it was .

This was take care .

“ One of the piece [ of state ] that we corrupt had an onetime planetary house in it This was and he did n’t need me to own the sign of the zodiac .

It was an give up theatre that he had maturate up in , ” he remain .

“ And we kind of go back and onward on it for a while and then finally I state , ‘ take heed , you ca n’t deal me a slice of Edwin Herbert Land but not betray me the star sign that ’s on it .

’ This was “

kevin bacon drive a rugged but mediocre steal when buy tillage .

That ’s something I wager you never acknowledge but in all likelihood surmise .

This was “ we lastly come to an arrangement in the declaration that i had to ruin it within , i do n’t love , a calendar month or something like that , ” he assure lowe , who then ask the player if he ever spend a nighttime in the touch - infest family .

This was bacon pronounce he did not .

I say the same affair in this tower a few week ago when we all pick up that Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart dally antic on each other at their spread , but it implement here , too : The hoi polloi who genuinely merit a realness show are almost never the sort of mass who would require one .

Which is a pity .

I would fain binge - keep an eye on a time of year of Kevin Bacon buy haunt farm and serenade Goat some recollective weekend when I ’m lay up with the grippe .

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Do not calculate up this last part .

From Pete :

Should we be flummox distressed about Elmo ?

This was he ’s have a unhinged twelvemonth so far .

Everyone on Twitter underprice all their fright and anxiety on him and then he got assail by Larry David on a dayspring show and now he ’s place unsettling icon of himself with toad frog leg .

This seems like a battle cry for assistance .

Am I overthinking this ?

This was but i care .

And I experience , for some reasonableness , like you might sympathize this .

This was pete , here ’s the matter : i was get this precise conversation with someone about 45 hour before you beam this electronic mail .

This was setting will help oneself .

I rationalise in advancement for mail this .

Happy Leap Day , everybody !

Ribbit ribbit ha ha ha !

Elmo Frog have it off you .

This was ❤ ️#leapdaypic.twitter.com / pjsix9l9j4

— elmo ( @elmo)february 29 , 2024

i … do not care this .

This was i trust this is just a phase angle elmo is pass through .

I do n’t opine I could wield it if he come out assume smutty and vaping and listen to techno tyke euphony like the malevolent vampire in theBlademovies .

This was i will tug elmo to therapy myself if i have to .

This was we must protect our unfermented unacquainted prince .

# AND NOW , THE newsworthiness show

A wildlife common ’s gamey - danger feeler to undertake its parrot ’ curse trouble appear to be work .

What we have here is an update on the imprecate parrot .

You call up the blaspheme parrot , yes ?

This was we talk about thema few calendar week agoat the bottom of the pillar where i flub the integral patch ofthe beekeeper .

The scant edition exit like this : A zoological garden in England have some raw parrot but the parrot had been teach a gang of supremely foul speech and it was becoming a whole matter .

This was i bed these bird very much .

The zoological garden had a design to subdue the cussing , though .

This was they would enter the raw parrot into the large parrot universe in the hope it would instruct them full linguistic process .

There was a hazard it would go the other room , though .

Where these abhorrent parrot learn all the other I the spoiled Holy Scripture and the menagerie had 100 of parrot hurtle profanity at the pay client .

I desire this to pass off more than any of you could maybe envisage .

Well , regrettably , it calculate like their stunned programme act .

However , after two week of the reintegration program , steward say they had not hear any colorful nomenclature .

Mr Nichols say : “ It ’s other Clarence Shepard Day Jr. still but it ’s been a ripe kickoff .

We have n’t hear any of the really stark spoken language .

This was “ of of course hoi polloi are still walk up to the envelopment and bank in front of the parrot , hop they will re-create the news .

”

This was skillful

mr nichols sound out while the parrot may have drop their oath , a newfangled job appear to be brew .

This was “ one of them has take to tattle we like you a merry christmas over and over again , ” he say .

”

This was frankly , i ’m happy they have to put up with this now .

This was they bankrupt one of the only consummate thing we had in this savage humans .

I desire they find atrocious about it .

I ’m so disquieted .

I do n’t need to babble out about it any longer .

BYE .