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THB #482: Over The Hump (Day)

THB #482: Over The Hump (Day)

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Feb 01, 2024
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It’s 5:22 am on a Thursday morning in Los Angeles.

It’s pouring rain.

Every sign is that Paramount will be chopped up for parts before the end of the year. None of the people who seem to want to buy the company have deep enough pockets to do anything else.

Argylle is a punching bag for writers who are too bored to bother.

Sundance is over and a couple of the Audience Award winners went to nice homes yesterday.

Social Media CEOs got pounded on Capitol Hill, though the bullying rhetorical excess of some of the Senators were so extreme that it almost made you feel sad for Social Media CEOs. (It started with “You have blood on your hands!!!!” Oy.)

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