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Happy that @citymdline data was useful in showing this downward trend in Covid testing. – at Brooklyn, NY
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Great use for AI
People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/pe…
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Jeremy Strong texted Jessica Chastain after "Other Mommy" dominated "The Social Reckoning" at the box office.
Strong sent Chastain a Vulture headline which read, “‘Other Mommy’ Spanks ‘The Social Reckoning’ at the Box Office.” Chastain replied, "Omg," to which Strong fired back with a middle-finger emoji and kiss emoji. variety.com/2026/film/news/j…
Does anyone feel like the are getting more notifications from the Oura ring lately? I feel like I am getting more activity from the Advisor
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NBCUniversal Hires Amazon Exec Jamia Bigalow as EVP of Marketing for Platform Distribution and Partnerships variety.com/2026/tv/news/nbc…
“She seems so genuine, but I know she is a liar”
Nathan Fielder says Elizabeth Holmes seemed “so genuine at times” when he first met her, but adds: “I know she’s a liar.”
“When I met her, I remember having this weird experience where she seems so genuine at times. But then I’m like, ‘no,’ and clocking and tracking my thoughts and being like, ‘Okay, I know she’s a liar.’ It was a weird mental thing. From there, we were like, ‘Can we roll the dice on something if they were open to having cameras in?'” Fielder said at #NYFF.
“It wasn’t until we started shooting that moments would happen — some of them are in the film — and then after Lance and I would talk about what we thought happened there. We’d completely disagree on what something meant to us and what we thought was happening. Then we were like, ‘Oh, this is really interesting. If we can’t agree on what’s happening, there’s something here.’ And our curiosity sort of just like drove us from there.”
variety.com/2026/film/news/n…
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BBC and BritBox comedy-drama 'Ludwig' has gone from strength to strength as it becomes the UK’s most-watched scripted launch of the year so far deadline.com/2026/09/bbc-lud…
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'Ludwig' Becomes Most-Watched UK Scripted Show Of The Year deadline.com/2026/09/bbc-lud…
Wow times have changed
MTV VMAs Begin on Time in L.A., But Football Delays the Start of the Show on TV hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
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News -- among the handful of suitors who have expressed interest in acquiring Letterboxd: A24, Sony and....The New York Times Company! Bidding starts at $300 million. w/@LaurenSHirsch
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JustWatch, Which Tells You Where Things Are Streaming, Is Launching Its Own Streaming Service indiewire.com/news/general-n…
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(WATCH) Netflix has released the explosive main trailer for Season 4 of ‘The Diplomat,’ which sees tensions rising to a fever pitch between Kate (Keri Russell), her husband Hal (Rufus Sewall) and President Grace Penn (Alison Janney) deadline.com/2026/09/the-dip…
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'Adults' Season 2 Jumps 40% in Viewership From Season 1 variety.com/2026/tv/news/adu…
Bet the producers of tonight’s Emmy show are scrambling like crazy right now.
Also I’m thinking of Mackie jumpsuit that was a plot point in the final season of Hacks.
Breaking News: Bob Mackie, the designer who bedazzled major stars like Barbie, Elton John and RuPaul has died. He was 87. nyti.ms/4h6hGGP
This feels like a great office to work out of
Need a desk? We have a few available! 🗄️ 💻 🖨️ ☕️
3-5 desks are available for rent in our Williamsburg office, across from Nitehawk Williamsburg.
Available for 10/1: nitehawkcinema.com/williamsb…
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FilmNation head Glen Basner argues the biggest challenge from the indie film distribution space these days is a too traditional approach to packaging — this name actor means this much money and this director and it has to have X, Y and Z to make sense. hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
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LVMH-backed PE firm L Catterton acquired a majority stake in HYROX, valuing the fitness race at ~$700m.
In 2026, HYROX is projected to make $270m (2x sales in 2025) across 121 events in 34 countries.
That includes 1.5 million participants paying $80 to $160 to compete (with another 1.4 million spectators paying $10 to $25 to watch).
All while doing zero paid advertising.
HYROX was founded in 2017 by Christian Toetzke (athletic events entrepreneur) and Moritz Fürste (an Olympic gold-medal winning German field hockey player).
They set out to make a standardized indoor race that millions of gymgoers could pick up mixing cardio and weights.
The race: 1km followed by a functional workout (eg. burpees, sled push) repeated 8 times.
The pair went gym-to-gym to get the race off the ground. By 2019, there were only 3,000 participants (grown 500x since).
The entire thing almost went bankrupt during COVID. In 2022, they sold a majority stake to a Swiss sports marketing company backed by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda.
Toetzke (CEO) and Fürste teamed up with L Catterton to buy it back and go all in om expansion, including trying to get HYROX into the Olympic Games over the next decade.
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Background via CNBC: cnbc.com/video/2026/06/10/hy…
L Catterton: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Another interesting office lease in Hudson Square
Membership Platform Patreon Renews 45K-SF Sublease at 75 Varick Street
The membership and monetization platform, which allows creators to build communities and share exclusive content, has signed a sublease renewal for 44,661 square feet at Hudson Square Properties ’ 75 Varick Street , according to a monthly office report from CBRE . The renewal was confirmed by Patreon. It’s unclear when the San Francisco-based company moved into the 18-story office building, also known as One Hudson Square , or who the sublandlord is.
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Source: Commercial Observer
