This week鈥檚 Nose is a willow hamper containing umpteen pins, plaques, and official citations of the highest order.
In this week鈥檚 newest nonsense news: Jon Stewart . The Pope . And 黑料新闻鈥檚 own fart bottling 鈥渇artrepreneur鈥� .
And: The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun is Wes Anderson鈥檚 new anthology film. It tells five different stories in three different aspect ratios and in black and white and color, and it stars many of Anderson鈥檚 usual stable of actors: Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Edward Norton, etc.
Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
- The first black actor to win a best-actor Oscar, and the first to become America鈥檚 top box-office draw, Poitier leaves behind a singular legacy.
- The brand tried making cracks at Dry January鈥檚 expense
- The Netflix feature Don鈥檛 Look Up from director Adam McKay starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, has become a massive success in 11 days.
- The No. 1 men鈥檚 tennis player was told to leave the country following a 10-hour standoff with government officials at a Melbourne airport, ending his chance to defend his Australian Open title.
- Spider-Man: No Way Home bodes well for cinemas. Yet smaller-budget films might get left behind.
- How the Drive for Easily Marketable, Mass-Consumable Children鈥檚 Media Stifles Complexity and Creativity
- Elmo has been beefing with a rock since 1999
- Junior staffers at Penguin Random House scoff at the idea that one of their own was powerful enough to derail a new collection of the author鈥檚 work.
- Asked if firearms should be banned from film sets after the fatal shooting involving Alec Baldwin last year, Cage said they are 鈥榩art of the job profile鈥�
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- Theresa Cramer - A freelance writer and editor and the co-founder of
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- Tracy Wu Fastenberg - Development officer at 黑料新闻 Children鈥檚
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.
