This week鈥檚 Nose has been attending various dinners and functions and telling what it鈥檚 learned about banks and troop movements, so on and so forth.
Last night, Elon Musk鈥檚 deadline passed, and hundreds of Twitter employees seemingly decided to leave. And then Twitter until next week. And now people ON Twitter are . The Nose is worried.
And: Amsterdam is the ninth film written and directed by David O. Russell, his first in seven years. It is based on the , an alleged interwar political conspiracy in the U.S. And despite its writer/director pedigree and ridiculously stacked ensemble cast 鈥� which includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Taylor Swift, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro, and many others 鈥� Amsterdam is a .
Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take:
- A writer and producer, he worked with James Brooks and others on 鈥淭he Mary Tyler Moore Show鈥� and was a creator of 鈥淭he Bob Newhart Show鈥� and 鈥淭axi.鈥�
- The French actor and singer spent 31 months in a concentration camp but said he had no reservations about starring in a TV comedy about the Nazis.
- The comedian was scheduled to perform at an event at Las Vegas on Sunday evening but canceled due to 鈥渁 very serious medical emergency.鈥�
- Chappelle鈥檚 15-minute monologue included a number of jokes about the Jewish community and prompted accusations of him normalizing and popularizing antisemitism.
- 馃幎 I THINK THERE鈥橲 BEEN A GLITCH 馃幎
- After a presale for the pop star鈥檚 Eras Tour ended in chaos earlier this week, the ticket broker canceled its plans to sell tickets to the general public on Friday.
- Beyonc茅 led the way with nine nominations 鈥� and is now tied with husband Jay-Z as the most nominated artist of all time 鈥� but Kendrick Lamar, Adele, and Brandi Carlile were close behind.
- The world population just hit a milestone. Here鈥檚 where you fit in.
- It鈥檚 kind of wild that Pete only dated Ariana for five months, because I felt that relationship ruled our lives for years.
- Reflexes start to decline in your 20s, but that doesn鈥檛 mean you can鈥檛 be competitive at first-person shooters any more. Keith Stuart shares some hard-won knowledge
- Try not to develop a God complex.
- After a successful takeoff, a crewless capsule is on its way to the moon. Where鈥檚 the fanfare?
- The seminal music video has been restored, and the results are astonishing.
GUESTS:
- Raquel Benedict: The most dangerous woman in speculative fiction 鈥� and she hosts the podcast
- James Hanley: Co-founder of at Trinity College
- Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian, a writer, and the host of the podcast
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Colin McEnroe and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.
