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Tyger wrote:I feel like I’ve seen more about her retiring the last few years than I ever did about her working but that could just be because I haven’t really been interested in her since The Mask

joey con carne wrote:Let's do this!

We're number one! We're number one! We're number one!

The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski is giving fans the red pill on what the film trilogy is really about – transformation and being transgender.

“That was the original intention. But the world wasn’t quite ready,” says Lilly Wachowski, who revealed her status as transgender along with her sister and Matrix co-director Lana after the films came out.

Wachowski confirmed long-running fan theories about the film trilogy in a Netflix video earlier this week. “I’m glad that it has gotten out,” she said.

The upcoming Matrix 4, expected in 2022, will be directed by Lana Wachowski and will feature original cast members Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss.

The first Matrix film came out in 1999. “The corporate world wasn’t ready,” said Lilly. But, she added, transgender people understood its intent and often thanked the director.

She cited Switch, a character in the first film, as representative of the film’s intent to be about transformation. In the original script, the character changed genders upon entering the Matrix –  a male in the “real” world, a female in The Matrix. Warner Bros. nixed the idea and decided on just one gender or the character in the original film.

Wachowski said she always liked science fiction as a way to explain what she was feeling. “We were existing in a space where the words didn’t exist, so we were always living in a world of imagination.”.

A Netflix Twitter thread cites the movie’s main character, Neo, as a good example of the trans narrative. He transitions from Thomas Anderson to Neo during his journey.

UltimateMarvel wrote:
I just realized something........Matrix 4 is FUCKED!

Tyger wrote:All those shitty men's rights and alt right and every other asshole group that has been trying to use those terrible movies to fit their agenda are gonna be so pissed and that makes me happy.

UltimateMarvel wrote:I saw the movie and it was funny. What the heck is a Peacock though?

Fans of physical media have just been dealt a major blow by Disney. The company is reportedly no longer going to be releasing 4K copies of its library titles via physical media. This means many classic Disney movies, as well as the huge collection of classics that the company inherited as part of the Fox merger last year, will not be making it to 4K Ultra HD. The upcoming 4K releases of Hocus Pocus and Home Alone are expected to be the last older movies to get a physical release in the HD format.

According to a new report, the company will only be releasing new animated Disney movies, Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel titles on 4K disc in the future. Disney has not been particularly eager when it comes to releasing popular movies from its library on 4K in recent years, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 becoming the studio's first ever physical release in the format back in 2017. It seems the company is aiming to put all of its resources into streaming, specifically Disney+, which is viewed as a massive part of the company's future. Meanwhile, physical media has become an increasingly niche market.

joey con carne wrote:I will have to check blu-ray.com to read the turbonerd meltdown. Thanks for the heads-up.

I only have one 4K film and that's Dredd. I have no plans on getting any others besides the Juan Wick series and a few nature documentaries.


Yea, someone posted this news on blu-ray.com six days ago and there's already 1,125 posts.

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WyldeMan wrote:Not sure how many of you buy Disney 4k but that's coming to an end soon.

UltimateMarvel wrote:I read that he was depressed but I didn't know he was broke. I miss Robin Williams.  

joey con carne wrote:Wasn’t he incredibly wealthy? How was he broke?

I have not yet watched that video so I might be missing something. My connection is not good where I am now.

“Divorce is expensive,” Williams, who was married to his third wife at the time of his death, explained to Parade Magazine. “I used to joke they were going to call it ‘all the money,’ but they changed it to ‘alimony.’ It’s ripping your heart out through your wallet.”

WyldeMan wrote:His movies grossed over $5 billion world wide over the course of his career but after multiple divorces where he got taken to the cleaners, when he died his estate was valued at around $50 million which was put into trust funds for his three children that pay out at at different stages of his kid's lives, with them each receiving their full shares at 30 years old.

In the months after his death though his kids were in a nasty legal battle with his widow over his estate, the house, his awards and other personal items. It was eventually all settled once everybody felt fairly compensated.

IMO, a $50 million estate is not what I would call "broke" but I'm not a rich asshole.

“Divorce is expensive,” Williams, who was married to his third wife at the time of his death, explained to Parade Magazine. “I used to joke they were going to call it ‘all the money,’ but they changed it to ‘alimony.’ It’s ripping your heart out through your wallet.”

WyldeMan wrote:I read that God killed Trump's brother as punishment for him constantly fucking with the USPS. #REALNEWS #FACTS

WyldeMan wrote:

American Pie 9 for millenials....

UltimateMarvel wrote:

WyldeMan wrote:I read that God killed Trump's brother as punishment for him constantly fucking with the USPS. #REALNEWS #FACTS

Wow! Was it the virus?

joey con carne wrote:If you’re a guy as rich as Robin Williams and you get married without a pre-nuptial agreement, that’s on you.

Speaking of Trump, I am looking forward to the debates.

If federal prosecutors get their way, Fuller House star Lori Loughlin is less than a week away from spending two months in federal prison for fraudulently paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get her daughters admitted into a top-tier school. Her husband, fashion designer spouse Mossimo Giannulli, would get an even harsher sentence.

“The government respectfully requests that the Court impose the agreed-upon dispositions: a term of imprisonment of five months, a $250,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service for Giannulli; and a term of imprisonment of two months, a $150,000 fine, and 100 hours of community service for Loughlin,” said a sentencing memo (read it here) today from the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts.

The chagrined duo are due to be sentenced separately Friday in Boston before U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton.

While the in-person and COVID-19-dictated virtual hearings in the college bribery scandal took place in Massachusetts federal court, Loughlin and Giannulli are expected to serve their incarceration in a California federal prison like fellow college admissions scammer Felicity Huffman did last year.

Far from the harshest sentence of the ongoing probe, Loughlin will be serving considerably more time than fellow Hollywood star Huffman, who also pleaded guilty in the case and in September 2019 was sentenced to 14 days in a federal prison for her role. Huffman, an Oscar nominee, had made a deal with the government fairly quickly and had handed over just $15,000 to phony Key Worldwide Foundation boss William “Rick” Singer, as opposed to the half a million Loughlin and Giannulli paid out for their daughters.

However, similar to Huffman, first-time offender Loughlin will likely end up serving far less of her actual sentence, if any at all. Loughlin and Giannulli could benefit also from the coronavirus pandemic hitting the overcrowded prison system; the health crisis has seen the feds and states let scores of non-violent offenders serve out their time at home to help prevent further spread of COVID-19.

For those paying attention, the terms expressed by the government in Monday’s filing are exactly the same as those in the guilty-plea agreement lawyers inked with prosecutors back in May. After months of fighting prosecutors over their individual indictments in the nationwide Operation Varsity Blues, the couple obviously saw the legal writing on the wall and the long stretch they could face in prison if found guilty by a jury.

Having formally pleaded not guilty in mid-April last year after first turning down a government deal, Loughlin and Giannulli were initially accused of paying “bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their offspring designated as recruits to the USC crew team — despite the fact that they did not participate in crew — thereby facilitating their admission to USC,” according to a 200-page indictment made public on March 12 last year that snagged more than 30 parents nationwide.

“Loughlin took a less active role, but was nonetheless fully complicit, eagerly enlisting Singer a second time for her younger daughter, and coaching her daughter not to ‘say too much’ to her high school’s legitimate college counselor, lest he catch on to their fraud,” the feds said today, putting Giannulli more at fault for “brazenly lying” to cover up the shenanigans.

Originally looking at around 50 years behind bars and millions in fines for handing out the big bucks and fake qualifications to Singer in successful efforts to get their girls into the California university, Loughlin choose the path of least resistance and more lenient punishment.

While it is anticipated that the Latham & Watkins attorneys for now-disgraced When Calls the Heart actor and her husband may attempt to have the sentencing cut down a bit further, that is primarily seen as courtroom theater by all concerned.

The U.S. Attorney’s office had no further comment on the case besides today’s filing. Reps for Loughlin and Giannulli did not respond to request for comment from Deadline, but really what more is there to say as this drama comes to a close.

WyldeMan wrote:Robin married three times and never bothered with a pre-nup.

It's like whenever I hear someone say something incredibly absurd like that "our love is too strong for a pre-nup", I just laugh at them because we all know how that ends.

UltimateMarvel wrote:Honestly though, when should a pre-nup be brought into discussion? For celebrities I can understand but for normal folks, are we talking overall assets over $50K? $100K?

Alexander Payne. You sat me down & played a soft-core porn movie you directed for Showtime under a different name. I still remember your apartment in Silverlake. You are very well-endowed. You left me on a street corner afterwards. I was 15.

Tyger wrote:Abe, get a prenup before your Russian bride shows up

WyldeMan wrote:The pre-nup should be brought up during wedding vows, something along the lines of "til death or the pre-nup do we part".

UltimateMarvel wrote:

Tyger wrote:Abe, get a prenup before your Russian bride shows up

WyldeMan wrote:The pre-nup should be brought up during wedding vows, something along the lines of "til death or the pre-nup do we part".

Get a pre-nup before the first date. Got it!

WyldeMan wrote:

Damn Rust, your people are crazy!

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