Could it be? Some actual good news for Chicago sports—even if it is just future potential that will probably be squandered away eventually anyway? Even better is this excludes the young established guys like Bedard, Nazar, and Levshunov.
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‘The Drama’ Is Now A24’s Third-Best Box-Office Opening
moviesAudiences said ‘I do’ to the rage-bait-y rom-com, making it A24’s third-highest-grossing opening to date.
I honestly did not see this coming, even with the high opinion and known quantity that Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are. The movie just didn't seem to really be connecting to its marketing. And while Dream Scenario was a fun movie, it wasn't superb, so we're not selling tickets based off the creator. It has to be a Zendaya thing, but it still surprises me a bit.
Don’t read the book before the movie
moviesWhen you save the book for after the movie, it’s like getting an extended director’s cut that includes so much more material, and lets you dive into that world even deeper with characters and details that weren’t captured on screen.
I thought I was going to strongly disagree with this, but after reading it and thinking about it more, it honestly makes sense. People who read the book are almost never happy with the movie because there's just so much context and depth in a book that you can't get in the movie. So if
Seth MacFarlane to Adapt Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl for Peacock
tvDinniman and MacFarlane will serve as executive producers on the project, with Chris Yost (Thor: Ragnarok, The Mandalorian, Cowboy Bebop) also on board as writer and executive producer.
I thought the first book was a fun romp, but I really hope MacFarlane has learned a little bit of restraint after The Orville so they don’t go overboard on this. DCC finds a sweet spot of sentimentality an over-the-top humor and I can see MacFarlane goes way overboard on both directions if he isn’t reined in.
Cubs’ Cade Horton will have elbow surgery, miss the rest of the season
sportsAfter a brilliant rookie season during which he emerged as a key part of the Cubs’ rotation and posted a 2.67 ERA, Horton was viewed as a big piece for a team that has World Series aspirations.
Whelp… there goes our season. Stupid Pope putting a curse on us so his stupid White Sox don’t look like the mega dumpster fire they are over on the south side.
Bulls fire GM Marc Eversley, executive Artūras Karnišovas in front-office shakeup
sportsThe Bulls had made the playoffs just once since the two men took over the front office in 2020.
Even though the Bulls have been stuck in purgatory since this leadership team joined, I honestly didn't see this coming. The roster at the current moment in time is probably the worst it's been in a decade—which is a bummer—and the leadership team has definitely made some mistakes with draft picks and trades, but to start over fresh and get rid of the team who built the Denver Nuggets juggernaut feels risky, especially at a time when
