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Ed Sheeran Delivers Pointless Statement Then Cries During Latest Concert

Sheeran delivered everything you'd expect from a person in his position: equivocating, meaningless bullshit that was most likely written by someone else.

More reasons not to ever pay attention to Ed Sheeran—not that I've ever intentionally listened to any of his music. There are just so many choices he could have made to handle this differently, but he just went with the most basic, toothless, and cowardly approach. I definitely don't think every individual has to have an opinion on every political matter in the world, but being against genocide seems like a pretty simple one so enabling the silence of someone who has spoken up to support the Palestinian people seems like a pretty idiotic thing to do. Just be human for gods sake.

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Robert Eggers to Direct ‘Romeo and Juliet’ for Focus Features — Will Be His Next Film

No surprise, sources say the actors will be speaking the original Shakespearean language. Of course they will. This is the guy who made Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson talk in 19th-century maritime dialect, and who researched Viking-era speech for “The Northman.” Nobody should expect otherwise from Eggers.

I really wish people would stop it with the Shakespearean English. Robert Eggers doing Romeo and Juliet actually sounds like a fun pairing, but I'm so tired of all the Shakespeare language—I get that it's lyrical and I'm probably supposed to think it's elegant, but I hate it so much.

Caleb Williams Suffers Awful Injury At Awful Time In Awful Game

It’s a horribly sad turn of events for a team that, after decades of futility, finally seemed on the verge of a real breakthrough.

This was a heartbreaking game to watch—devastatingly terrible football, followed by this injury. Luckily, it sounds like a minor hamstring injury. If that's the case, I bet they sit him for the next two games to make sure he's 110% and hopefully he makes a return without issue.

‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees

When asked if ShinyHunters was going to attempt to extort the FBI, the representative said, “what we plan to do is not something I’d call extortion, maybe coercion.” “This is not financially motivated,” they added.

This is absolutely bonkers. Obviously, ShinyHunters aren't great people given they likely make a living via hacking and extortion, but... I am interested to see what "coercion" means in this instance against the current administration.

FPF statement on ‘editorial independence board’ for CBS and CNN

The fish rots from the head, and this particular fish is headed by a compromised oligarch with a history of throwing journalists under the bus to advance his business interests

‘Nuff said. I mean, I get the hesitation, they’re scared. But in a situation like this, you have to use every lever you have, and that means fighting until the end. I still think Paramount would’ve regretted moving to Tennessee more than California would have.