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16+ min ago (1347+ words) When I see those final House credits roll, I won't even feel any sense of achievement " I will just be deciding on my next joylessly sisyphean taskThere are 177 episodes of House, the 00s hospital drama starring Hugh Laurie as a brilliant but cantankerous doctor. What this means, to my dismay, is that I spent five entire days, five hours and 15 minutes of this autumn watching this series. In my defence, when I embarked on this rewatch, I was going through quite a trying time in my life. But I would find it difficult to excuse the fact that I didn't just watch some House to take the edge off things, but attempted every single episode.It's a deranged television programme. It's a tall order to select only a top 10 of the most bonkers plotlines " but here's a representative handful. House kidnaps…...

32+ min ago (259+ words) AdHoc Studio, the creators of the choice-based game Dispatch and one of my personal games of the year, recently revealed that their game has a secret fourth endgame result that, according to them, no player has officially unlocked. During an interview with Eurogamer, founders Nick Herman and Pierre Shorette discussed the different outcomes players can get for "your Robert." Most players see one of three options: the True Hero, the Antihero, or the Everyman. Despite having a three-way moral scale, Herman confirmed there is a hidden fourth result, which the team made "really hard to get." He noted that unlocking the secret outcome is based on "gameplay performance" and requires perfecting the "non-RNG" elements of Dispatch. In other words, you need a flawless run, but Herman was tight-lipped on the specifics. The reason AdHoc's stats show zero unlocks might not…...

41+ min ago (350+ words) Get Out director Jordan Peele was actually offered a job on SNL in 2008, but he was still under contract with the competing show MADtv. Though he's still upset about missing out on the gig, he's yet to fulfill his dream of appearing on SNL since leaving his former show. When Dick Van Dyke was asked about hosting SNL in 2011, he told The A.V. Club, "10 years ago, I would've. But, to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical." Out of the four primary Seinfeld cast members, Michael Richards is the only one who hasn't appeared on SNL. He was a regular on the 1980s knockoff show Fridays, along with Larry David, however. He may have been parodied on the show several times,…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (681+ words) In 1984, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels produced his first film, a sci-fi comedy titled Nothing Lasts Forever. Shot In 1984, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels produced his first film, a sci-fi comedy titled Nothing Lasts Forever. Shot in both black-and-white and color, it tells the story of an aspiring actor in New York City named Adam Beckett (played by Gremlins star Zach Galligan). Beckett discovers a strange group of homeless people living underground, who inform him that the city is merely a dream world. His true purpose, they say, is to head to the moon on a jet-propelled bus in search of his soulmate. Goofy premise aside, the movie had a lot going for it and was shaping up to be a hit. Also appearing alongside Galligan were Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, hot on the success of Ghostbusters,…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (590+ words) Debopriyaa is a poet, entertainment writer, and film critic who writes in-depth features, reviews, and op-eds on a diverse range of topics, with a specialization in South-East Asian perspectives in cultural media. She has been writing professionally about film since 2014, while also dabbling into the realm of digital content marketing and management for a span of six years. How Stephen King Really Feels About Rob Reiner's Misery Adaptation Legendary filmmaker and sitcom actor Rob Reiner has died at 78, an incredibly tragic loss for us all. Reiner rose to prominence as a director with his 1984 cult mockumentary, "This is Spinal Tap," and went on to helm a slew of Hollywood classics, including "The Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally," and "A Few Good Men." Such genre variety should be indicative of the director's incredible ability to tell powerful stories without being…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago (81+ words) Reiner's own films reshaped modern comedy and drama with their intelligence, empathy and range. But through his company, Castle Rock, he paved the way for Seinfeld, Sorkin and many more News: Rob Reiner found dead in apparent homicide Gallery: Rob Reiner " a life in pictures Meeting Reiner was like a visit from Santa Reiner's influence on Hollywood wasn't about detonations and superpowers, but about ideas and empathy and wit, and was all the more impressive because of it....

2+ hour, 10+ min ago (411+ words) Nigel Farage and Oasis also feature in the top cracker jokes to get you giggling at Christmas dinner this year The annual unveiling of the UK's top Christmas cracker jokes has delivered a fresh batch of topical humour, with gags targeting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Oasis, and Sabrina Carpenter among this year's best. The winning joke, a pointed quip about the former Duke of York, leads a list compiled from a nationwide competition. For 13 years, TV channels U and Gold have invited viewers to submit their most inventive jokes. Following a shortlisting by a panel of experts, a public vote involving 2,000 British adults determined the final ranking. Ben Smith from Chelmsford, Essex, authored the top joke and received a prize package including "1,500 towards a holiday, a festive hamper, and bespoke U and Gold Christmas crackers. Gerald Casey, director of programmes, comedy and…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (426+ words) And you can expect more "collaboration surprises" in the works. Not a lot of people can say they've hung out with Michael B. Jordan in a bathroom or juiced a pineapple with Glen Powell, but Jordan Howlett has done both this year. The 28-year-old California native, better known as @Jordan_the_Stallion8 across platforms, has recently found himself in A-list company, but he hasn't always been rubbing shoulders with Hollywood's elite. Before he took off on social media, Howlett had his eyes set on playing professional baseball. "I was getting ready to get drafted," he says. "When COVID happened in 2020 and that got derailed, I was trying to figure out exactly who I was as a person. You get so lost and caught up in trying to achieve this really big goal that you lose sight of what it is that you enjoy." In…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago (777+ words) I'll Know It's Christmas': Watch this performance by the South Bay Veterans Chorus as they belt out some of your favorite holiday tunes in choral styles ranging from traditional to modern. 7:30 p.m.,P rince of Peace Lutheran Church, 12770 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga. bit.ly/4pAeCWg Let It Show " A Broadway Holiday Celebration: Celebrate the season with South Bay Musical Theatre at a spectacular 90-minute holiday concert filled with Broadway magic as local singers perform beloved holiday classics. There will also be a visit from Santa, a sing-along, and holiday refreshments offered at intermission. 2:30 p.m., 13777, Fruitvale Ave, Saratoga. bit.ly/4a4KLk2 17th Annual South Bay Holiday Gospel Concert: Enjoy this interfaith holiday concert celebrating community. All ages, backgrounds, and faiths are welcome. 6:30 p.m., Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View. bit.ly/4pU56gD" Aging With Grace Yoga: These live online classes held every first and third…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago (194+ words) For a holiday with eight days and more than 16 different ways to spell it, Hanukkah once featured extremely limited television programming. Yes, there is a "Weinerville Chanukah Special." Along the way we get a song about the actual Hanukkah story performed by proto-punk pioneer David Johansen (credited as Buster Poindexter) who plays wise elder Gonsah K'nocker and sings an inspired original song, "The Hammer Came Down." Weiner remembers working with Johansen: "I'm not sure who orchestrated getting him, but he was brilliant in that." Opening the special was Nickelodeon icon and "Double Dare" host Marc Summers, reading the traditional Hanukkah story and sharing the screen with "Weinerville's" most famous character, Boney, a skeletal dinosaur who was the angry ornery B-side to the then-famous purple dinosaur Barney. "Boney could do absolutely anything and it would crack me up," Summers recalls. He…...