10/18/25 - 90s TV, Lifetime Xmas, and Food To Die For
- bribriny
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Saturday 10/18/25
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New in Theaters
Truth & Treason - drama set during World War II about launching a resistance.
After the Hunt - Julia Roberts in a psychological thriller. Also with Ayo Edebiri (from The Bear) and Andrew Garfield.
Black Phone 2 - Horror with Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, Demián Bichir, Jeremy Davies, Mason Thames, Arianna Rivas, and Miguel Mora.
Good Fortune - Action movie where Keanu Reeves plays a well-meaning but inept guardian angel, and a Freaky Friday idea, with Seth Rogen, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, and Aziz Ansari.
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Keanu Reeves could've been known by a completely different name. When he arrived in L.A. at 20 years old, his management wanted to change it.
Quote, "My middle name is Charles, so I was like, '…Chuck?' And I grew up on a street called Spadina, [therefore] Chuck Spadina. And then I was something Templeton. So then I became KC Reeves. I was credited as KC Reeves.
"And then I couldn't do it. So then I would be in auditions, and they would go, 'KC Reeves.' And I wouldn't even answer. Six months later, I was like, 'I'm not doing this.' That's a Hollywood moment."
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Is there a show you can watch over and over again and not get tired of it? How about a show that gets better every time you watch it? Screenrant.com has a list.
While you'll definitely grimace at some hairstyles and fashion choices, these 1990s series are more interesting to watch when you've already seen them.
1. "Ally McBeal" (1997 - 2002)
2. "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990 - 2000)
3. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997 - 2003)
4. "Friends" (1994 - 2004)
5. "The X-Files" (1993 - 2002)
6. "Twin Peaks" (1990 - 1991)
7. "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990 - 1996)
8. "ER" (1994 - 2009)
9. "Law & Order" (1990 - Present)
10. "Seinfeld" (1989 - 1998)
See their reasoning here.
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Some Swifties are more dedicated than others. There's a guy named Aiden Watson who claims he has EVERY physical variant of Taylor's latest album, "The Life of a Showgirl".
His count is 26, but according to different sources online, there are 27 different physical variants. That's 18 CDs, 8 vinyls, and one cassette.
Aiden has spent about $800, which is A LOT, but he sees it as a business investment. He adds, quote, "And in a weird parasocial way, like you're helping make history."
He added, quote, "The content I make on social media is mostly Taylor-related. Most people think it's absurd to own this many copies of the same album, and they're not wrong,
"But I knew I'd make content of me buying the variants, unboxing them and showing them off. And I must say, it’s been quite a fruitful investment . . . I don't actually play any of the music I buy. I use a lot of my vinyls as wall art."
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As a sign of the times, this year's Lifetime holiday lineup includes a movie called "A Pickleball Christmas".
There are 12 new Christmas movies in total, premiering every weekend from November 29th to December 20th. Some familiar faces you'd recognize in the lineup include Brandy, Vivica A. Fox, Jackée Harry, and Arielle Kebbel.
The Lifetime Movie Network is also premiering a new movie called "Do You Fear What I Fear", about a Secret Santa stalker.
Here's the description for A Pickleball Christmas"
"Fresh off the biggest win of his career, tennis star Luke Hollis (James Lafferty) heads home to Florida for Christmas, only to discover his family's racquet club is on the verge of being sold. Teaming up with Caroline (Zibby Allen), the club's pickleball coach, Luke reluctantly agrees to compete in a high-stakes holiday tournament that could save the club. As sparks fly both on and off the court, Luke realizes the greatest victory might just be love, family, and a new chapter at home."
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If you don't spend a lot of time in Montana, you may not know about the mysterious pumpkin that appears every fall, stuck on the top of a spire . . . high atop the University of Montana's Main Hall in Missoula.
It's been happening annually for 30 years, and it's not as simple as "someone climbed on the roof." You'd have to get up there . . . then climb the multi-story clock tower . . . and THEN scale the spire and stab the pumpkin with it.
It's such a perilous climb that the university has tried to hire professionals to get the pumpkin up there safely, because they're worried about students KILLING THEMSELVES attempting it.
But the students have just added that to the challenge: Working to get it done BEFORE the university does it.
The local news talked with someone anonymous from the "climbing community" who claims to know of people who have done it. The news blurred their face and disguised their voice . . . like they were some kind of FBI informant.
They suggest it would take a TEAM of coordinated climbers, lookouts, and logistics to accomplish . . . using a network of radios and group texts.
Of course, this is 2025: There are cameras literally EVERYWHERE. If they wanted to catch someone in the act, they could just throw a couple ring cameras up there or something.
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An 80-year-old grandma from New Jersey became the oldest person to finish the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii the other day. It's a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and then a full marathon.
80-year-old Natalie Grabow finished in 16 hours and 45 minutes. The cutoff is 17 hours. Craziest detail: She didn't learn how to swim until she was 59.
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Not that I hang around in graveyards a lot, but I've never noticed this.
A woman on TikTok went viral with this a while back, noticing recipes on gravestones are surprisingly common. Now she's a published author of "To Die For: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes". She's spent the past four years traveling around to find the best ones.
It's the 40 she liked best, plus profiles on the people who came up with them.
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