Monthly Archives - November 2024

Why Disney is the Biggest Loser of the Election

If not the biggest certainly the most high profile is The Walt Disney Company.Under Bob Iger's leadership, Disney has become the company that always and ever only ever only puts its money on one side of the table. Not a great idea for a high-profile business. Hollywood used to be smarter about it. The Moguls would back Republicans and the talent would back Democrats. It gave Tinsel Town a foot in each camp.Now it's only one side but since everyone...

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Blogs and Ends: The Powell Group Update

I return to you now at the turn of the tide.I'll just be updating this post over the next couple of days as I suspect there is going to be minimal interest in a comics and pop culture blog before Wednesday. Just check in now and then.FIRSTOh, dear. It appears that as friends go the Powell Group is definitely of the fair-weather variety. Powell has deleted any and all references to Sweet Baby Inc. from their website and...

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It Was Wiccan All Along?

Apparently so.  I can’t really do a proper review of Agatha All Along because I didn’t watch the whole thing.  Having learned more than I ever wanted to about Marvel TV’s storytelling I figured, (rightfully so as it turned out) that I could just skip everything between the premiere episode and the series finale because any and all in the middle would be utterly pointless filler.  I was right by the way but it does mean I can not in all...

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Sweet Baby Inc. Is Doing Just Fine

“Bowser is Bondage Daddy Sexy!”-Kim Belair: CEO and Co-founder of Sweet Baby Inc.That quote is from Kim Belair’s long-defunct (and as of today mostly erased) podcast, The Sexiest Podcast.  It was one of several podcasts Belair was doing at the time.  She was clearly throwing content at the wall to see what would stick. Sexiest Podcast completely failed to live up to its name.It was a podcast where Kim Belair and a friend discussed various things they wanted to have...

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