Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson gives schoolboy shock of his life with Pride of Britain award

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-gives-36005872

With #RobertDowney playing, and #Hawkeye called into action there's going to be a lot of confused Avengers fans about the place if the #GAA hashtag isn't used 😆

#AllIrelandHurlingFinal
#Mastodaoine

Time for some Sunday Morning Reading as we continue treading water until the election on November 5th and prepare for the aftermath here in the U.S. There’s more tech and culture in this week’s edition than politics, but that’s here too. Hard to avoid it.

Speaking of politics, this article from Leah Feiger, Meet the Far-Right Constitutional Sheriffs Ready to Assert Control if Trump Loses, should remind us that this election isn’t just about one fascist. It’s about quite a few of them, already in power.

Take a look at We Are Willing Lord, But What, If Anything, Is Needed?, by David Todd McCarty. It’s a fascinating, very human discourse on attempting to find a way through the madness we’re mired in. And it’s not just about politics.

There was a big kerfuffle when the LA Times owner chose not to make an endorsement in this year’s election. There was a much larger one when Amazon mogul Jeff Bezos did the same with the Washington Post. Cowardly moves by both men who got where they are by not being cowards. Funny how money can change a guy. Many of those working for the papers are upset, some have quit, some are making their views known, including Alexandra Petri, the humor columnist for the Post. Check out It’s Fallen To Me, The Humor Columnist, To Endorse Harris For President. 

On the AI beat this week, there’s more discussion about just how much, and what type of energy will be needed to power all of these Artificial Intelligence moves. Adele Peters takes a look in Google and Amazon Are Betting On ‘Advanced’ Nuclear. This Critic Warns It’s Not Ready.

Speaking of AI, Adobe seems to have put their foot in their mouth. Again. Jess Weatherbed reports that Adobe Execs Say Artists Need To Embrace AI Or Get Left Behind. Sadly, I think there’s truth in what Adobe is saying.

This week news broke about location surveillance issues and how our easily our smartphones can be tracked via ad tracking data. Yes, we’ve heard that for awhile, but if you check out this article from Brian Krebs called The Global Surveillance Free-for-All In Mobile Ad Data and this from Dan Goodin called Location Tracking Of Phones Is Out of Control. Here’s How To Fight Back, you’ll be thinking about this anew.

Iceland Embraced A Shorter Work Week. Olesya Dmitracova lets us know how it turned out. Spoiler alert: Better than predicted.

I keep talking about treading water, waiting for the election, Natasha MH talks about The Waiting Game in a broader context.

McNeal is a new play, by Ayad Ahktar on Broadway that tackles AI and creativity. Alexander Alter takes a look at How ‘McNeal,’ a Play About A.I., Lured Robert Downey Jr.to Broadway. There’s some fascinating semiotics with Ironman in this role of a writer embracing AI.

If you’re interested in just what the heck Sunday Morning Reading is all about you can read more about the origins of Sunday Morning Reading here.  You can also find more of my writings on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. You can also find me on social networks under my own name.

https://warnercrocker.com/2024/10/27/sunday-morning-reading-74/

#ai #Culture #McNeal #Politics #RobertDowney #SundayMorningReading #Tech

Dicen en esta web que Robert Downey Jr. se parece a Gilles de Rais. No le veo el parecido, la verdad 😂. En todo caso no se conserva ningún retrato real del Mariscal de las Tinieblas, aka el Vampiro de Bretaña; sólo imaginarios 👹

https://www.akal.com/libro/la-francia-de-gilles-de-rais_53804/

#robertdowney #gilles

#RobertDowneyJr stunned fans as the #IronMan star removed a mask during the #SanDiegoComicCon Hall H panel to reveal that he will play #DoctorDoom, one of #Marvel’s biggest villains, in the upcoming film #AvengersDoomsday. #RobertDowney

Robert Downey Jr returns to Marvel as Doctor Doom
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/28/robert-downey-jr-returns-to-marvel-as-doctor-doom

'Oppenheimer' wins best picture Oscar :

The Oscars made up for lost time by heaping seven awards on Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic, including best actor for Cillian Murphy, best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. and best director for Nolan.
#20DaysinMariupol #AcademyAwards #AP #Barbie #ChristopherNolan #EmmaStone #film #hollywood #JimmyKimmel #MstyslavChernov #Oppenheimer #Oscar #RobertDowney

https://kbindependent.org/2024/03/10/oppenheimer-wins-best-picture-oscar/

#Numlock Awards: Where the Oscar race stands right now

Lots of #Oppenheimer on the board, but there's still a lot more race to come.

Favorites for The #Oscars

Oppenheimer - Big Favorite
Actor: #CillianMurphy
Director: #ChristopherNolan
Supporting Actor: #RobertDowney Jr.

The #Holdovers
Actor: #PaulGiamatti
Supporting Actress: #DaVineJoyRandolph

Best Actress
#EmmaStone (#PoorThings)
#CareyMulligan (#Maestro)

#oscars #movies #movie #cinema
https://awards.substack.com/p/numlock-awards-where-the-oscar-race

#RIPTonyStark is #trending on various social media sites, NOT because actor #RobertDowneyJr is dead (he's alive and well), but because Oct.17, 2023 is the day that #TonyStark died in #AvengersEndgame while fighting #Thanos.

I repeat:
Robert Downey Jr. is alive and well.

#MCU #IronMan #Avengers #Endgame #MarvelsAvengers #IronManDiesDay #RIPIronMan #RobertDowney #TheSnap

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/9356680/robert-downey-jr-dead/