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Is this the first movie to use Brian Eno’s “The Big Ship” in the trailer? That’s a rad song. I always thought it’d be perfect for a “rock band walking onstage” intro thing, but this works too.

At our wedding, my great aunt Dolly loved our cake so much she ate three pieces (which was unlike her), whereupon she decided to get up and dance (also unlike her), and next thing you know she needed to be hospitalized (she’s alive and well). They didn’t tell me or my wife until afterward; I remember seeing the Read more

And now, Deadspin Slack discusses Will’s first paragraph.

We’re all goons. It’s like in the original NES Ice Hockey when you pick all fat guys. Read more

Great on bears, slightly above replacement level on everything else. Read more

Cavs are so banged up (and Cleveland as an entity so enfeebled) that even a four-game sweep isn’t LeBron’s fault. Every game the Cavs win in this series is the equivalent of a title for somebody else. Read more

Unless you are working the phones at a pizza parlor, no. Read more

If Lil B had sufficient pull to affect the outcome of the NBA playoffs, he would be substantially more famous than he currently is. Read more

The argument here isn’t “you’re not allowed to dislike Taylor Swift,” but “it’s disingenuous to pretend Taylor Swift’s music is intellectually beneath you, or requires less talent or emotional purity than the music you like/make.” (Or, sure, that it “brings down your poem to a level that’s too mundane.”) I don’t Read more

I asked him today if he was a Beatles fan, and he replied that he heard they were good and intended to give them a listen in the future, adding that he really liked their song “Hotel California.” Read more

Why couldn’t you have mentioned this like three hours ago Read more

It’s Reno’s first English-speaking role, and I’m pretty sure he’s supposed to be Italian, but he never does anything to hide his thick-ass French accent. Read more

Is he praying for you or are you supposed to pray for him. Read more