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The 29th season of the WNBA kicks off tonight... There are a lot of questions for the upcoming season... I could probably list a lot, but a lot of people here are too insecure about women's sports... Some notes/questions: The season now consists of 44 games. The finals are now a best-of-seven. How will the Golden State Valkyries do in their first season? How will Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese do in their sophomore season? How about rookie Paige Bueckers? How will she do this season? Will A'ja Wilson become the league's first player to win four MVP awards? With all of the trades and free agent moves this off-season, how will it pan out for all teams? Can the New York Liberty repeat? I know that the biggest question here would be, "Why should I watch women's sports?" or something very similar to that... As I said above, you are just too insecure and think basketball needs to have dunks to be considered "worth watching"... These posts just make me (and others) laugh... Anyway, enjoy the season...

Looks like Clark is supposed to play against the Liberty tomorrow... Tough first game back...

New Years Day?

If he played for any other team, maybe...

Yeah, that was surprising...

No... There will be a stretch where he struggles and the average will drop... Every pro has that...

Bueckers became the second rookie to register 35 points and hit five three-point buckets in a game... The other? Caitlin Clark...

I tell you, Florida had a lot of chances in OT and had a lot of pressure at the net... Edmonton did as well, just didn't seem like the quality chances that Florida had... I felt like Edmonton wasn't going to be able to pull it out, but I am glad I was wrong...

Phew... What a game last night... Now it is a best-of-three...

https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/11/scarface-actor-harris-yulin-dead/ Harris Yulin, the actor best known for his work in "Scarface" and "Ghostbusters," has died, TMZ has confirmed. His rep tells us ... the acclaimed actor who appeared in dozens of films, TV and Broadway shows over his decades-long career, died Tuesday in NYC after going into cardiac arrest. An exact cause of death has not been released. Yulin appeared in several blockbusters such as ... "Ghostbusters 2," "Clear and Present Danger," "Training Day" -- and perhaps his most famous ... "Scarface." As fans recall ... in the Al Pacino gangster classic, Yulin played Officer Bernstein ... who tried to shakedown Tony Montana -- and that ended with Tony killing him in cold blood. When he wasn't in front of a camera or onstage ... Yulin was an avid bird watcher and lover of the sea. Harris is survived by his wife, Kristen Lowman; son-in-law, Ted Mineo; nephew, Martin Crane; and godchildren Marco and Lara Greenberg. He was predeceased by his daughter, actress Claire Lucido. He was 87. RIP

Looks good for 98 IMO...

https://deadline.com/2025/06/spaceballs-2-casts-rick-moranis-bill-pullman-keke-palmer-1236431204/ EXCLUSIVE: Bill Pullman and Rick Moranis are set to reprise their respective roles as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet in the new Spaceballs movie from Amazon MGM Studios, with Keke Palmer (One of Them Days) joining the cast, sources tell Deadline. Amazon declined to comment, and character details for Palmer are under wraps, as is the sequel’s plot. The addition of Moranis is particularly striking, as the actor hasn’t been seen much on screen for decades. As announced this morning, the original film’s director and star, Mel Brooks, will also feature in the cast once again, reprising his role as Yogurt. Slated for release in theaters in 2027, the film has been described by those who have not yet read the script as “A Non-Prequel Non-Reboot Sequel Part Two but with Reboot Elements Franchise Expansion Film.” Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) will direct from a script by Benji Samit, Dan Hernandez, and Josh Gad, as announced in June of last year. Gad is also expected to star and will produce alongside Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Jeb Brody, Brooks, and Greenbaum, with Kevin Salter, Adam Merims, Samit, and Hernandez exec producing. Released by MGM in 1987, the original Spaceballs is an iconic send-up of the sci-fi genre, which took inspiration from the Star Wars franchise and other classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey. The plot revolves around the evil Dark Helmet (Moranis) and President Skroob (Brooks), who attempt to steal the atmosphere of the peaceful planet Druidia, only to be thwarted by the hero Lone Starr (Pullman), his sidekick Barf (John Candy), and the Druish princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga). Others in the cast included Joan Rivers and Van Patten. The film grossed just over $38.1 worldwide but has endured over the years as a cult classic. Otherwise best known for turns in iconic works like Independence Day and David Lynch’s Lost Highway, Pullman has most recently been seen starring in series like The Sinner, as well as films including The High Note and Dark Waters. Upcoming, he has the Duffer Brothers’ Netflix series The Boroughs, A24’s Famous opposite Zac Efron, and more. An icon of the ’80s and ’90s, Moranis rose to fame with roles in Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids films and more, after writing and starring in famed Canadian sketch series SCTV. Famously, he for the most part stepped away from acting in the late ’90s, focusing on raising his children following the passing of his wife, costume designer Ann Belsky. Most recently, he teamed with Ryan Reynolds on a 2020 ad for Mint Mobile. Palmer is coming off of success with One of Them Days, a TriStar buddy comedy where she stars opposite SZA, which recently got a sequel set up for development. Next up, she’ll be seen in The Pickup, Amazon’s heist comedy out August 6, opposite Eddie Murphy; Aziz Ansari’s Lionsgate comedy Good Fortune, out October 17; and Boots Riley’s Neon pic I Love Boosters. Pullman is repped by CAA; Moranis by Bailey Brand Management and Nelson Davis; and Palmer by 3 Arts and Hertz Lichtenstein.

I hope it is better than History of the World Part II was... That was absolutely terrible and Mel was involved with that one as well...

https://www.on3.com/news/ncaa-hints-at-positive-momentum-towards-mens-basketball-moving-to-quarters-from-halves/ The NCAA revealed there’s been “positive momentum” toward the move to quarters, and the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel further recommended Division I conferences actually develop a working group to provide further feedback on the option. Men’s college basketball is the only division of the sport that utilizes halves as opposed to quarters. Women’s college basketball has utilized quarters since the 2015-16 season. “In considering the decisions last month, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee had conversations about ways to continue this direction in the upcoming years, which includes positive momentum for moving the men’s game from halves to quarters,” the NCAA’s press release Tuesday read. “The committee realizes there are hurdles to implementing the quarter format to the game, including the structuring of media timeouts to accommodate commercial inventory. “The committee recommended NCAA Division I conferences create a joint working group to provide feedback on the potential change from halves to quarters.”

Sixty percent of Americans surveyed in the June poll said they believe the parade is not a good use of funds, while 38 percent said they believe the parade is worth the cost. MAGA is at 38% now? It is a huge waste of money... Very similar to what North Korea would do and has done in the past...

Death has a plan... Looks like a new Final Destination movie (after Bloodlines)... Though with one survivor, could be a very short movie...

Okay?

I would guess either "I", "we", or "you"... Maybe "Yes" or "no"...

Paige returned after missing four games due to a concussion and puts up 35 points on 13-19 shooting (5-7 from beyond the arc), six rebounds, and four assists... Dallas still lost to Phoenix, but for a first game back, pretty good numbers for Paige...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/entertainment/brian-wilson-death CNN — Brian Wilson, cofounder of The Beach Boys and the creative force behind the group’s surf sound, orchestral arrangements and perfect harmonies, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. He was 82. “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,” his family wrote in the statement shared on Instagram and his official website. “We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.” CNN has reached out to representatives for Wilson for comment. Wilson’s life was marked just as much by struggles of substance abuse and mental illness as it was by repeated comebacks, remarkable talent and timeless songs that still echo across the country, decades after their release. His story, by all accounts, is one of resilience. Despite a childhood scarred by his father’s abuse, becoming partially deaf, and the years of haunting voices in his head from schizoaffective disorder, the two-time Grammy Award winner went on to become the “reigning king of pop melody,” as the Denver Post once put it, often bringing to life songs that told a much different tale than his own reality. “That is probably why I wrote those happy songs. I try to get as close to paradise as I can,” Wilson told The New York Times Magazine in 2004. Over the decades, many have revered his genius. “I don’t think you’d be out of line comparing him to Beethoven,” Tom Petty once said. In 2001, CNN credited Wilson as the creator of “some of history’s most intricately woven pop songs.” “He managed to both distill a simplicity of human emotion out of his songs and yet, do something that’s so artistically complex and beautiful,” musician Don Was once marveled about Wilson during an interview. Rolling Stone magazine in 2023 named Wilson one of the 200 greatest singers of all time. In The Beach Boys, Wilson found a family that accepted his perfectionism and eccentricity – he did, after all, install a giant beach sand box under his piano for inspiration. And later, as a solo artist, he revisited and released the one project he couldn’t fulfill while in the group: the SMiLE album that Wilson called a “teenage symphony to God” and looked back on as his greatest accomplishment. An ‘unbeatable’ record The oldest of three brothers, Wilson was born on June 20, 1942, in Inglewood, California. His love for music began early, but so did the abuse from his father, who, during bouts of rage and depression, would beat Wilson with a belt or take out his artificial eyeball (he’d lost an eye in an industrial accident) and make Wilson look at the empty space. Wilson used music to escape, and his life was always shaped by the melodies around him – with some of his greatest influences including the Four Freshmen, Phil Spector, George Gershwin and, at one time, the Beatles. In 1961, Wilson wrote his first original melody in “Surfer Girl,” according to the biography on his official website. The same year, Wilson and cousin Mike Love wrote “Surfin,” recording the song with Wilson’s brothers, Dennis, and Carl, and friend Al Jardine – and soon after becoming known as the Beach Boys. The song was included in the group’s 1962 debut album, “Surfin Safari.” From left to right, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson (1944 - 1983) and Carl Wilson (1946 - 1998) of The Beach Boys. Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images But the high demands of a relentless industry proved too much and in late December 1964, Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown and stopped touring, becoming a full-time studio artist for the better part of more than a decade after that. “I probably had a little too much too soon,” he speculated to CNN’s Larry King in 2004. It would mark the beginning of his experience with depression, which Wilson said never really went away. (Even in 2019, Wilson postponed a tour and said that he had been feeling “mentally insecure” at the time and was grappling “with stuff in my head.”) Wilson went on to compose, arrange and produce the legendary “Pet Sounds” album alongside songwriter Tony Asher, with a single goal in mind: to create the “greatest rock album ever made.” It was released May 16, 1966. The 13-track album, which now holds the No. 2 spot on Rolling Stone’s 2021 list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” has become the group’s landmark record. Paul McCartney – who Wilson has referred to as one of his heroes – once called the record “unbeatable in many ways.” The voices in Bryan’s head – and a resurrection While bringing to life many of the band’s iconic songs, Wilson was also plunging deep into his personal hell, taking drugs including hashish, amphetamines and LSD. It was a sort of self-medication, he had said. “It’s called ‘nepenthe,’” he told King in 2004. “Alcohol and morphine – nepenthe means numbing the soul,” he said, referring to a fictional antidote for sorrow mentioned in Ancient Greek literature. Wilson continued to spiral, at times spending days in bed. Around age 25, he began hearing voices: awful ones he desperately tried to tune out, which at times threatened to harm him. It was a symptom of schizoaffective disorder, Wilson said. “Every few minutes the voices say something derogatory to me,” he told Ability Magazine in 2006. The only antidote for those proved to be singing, writing and being around his family, Wilson said. Wilson and his first wife, singer Marilyn Rovell, were divorced in 1979 after about 15 years of marriage. He met his second wife, Melinda Ledbetter, in a car dealership in 1986, when she sold him a Cadillac. He released his first solo album – “Brian Wilson” – in 1988. His wife, Melinda, called that time the “Landy years” — a reference to the domineering therapist hired to help Wilson but who instead, according to the musician, overmedicated him, controlled him and banned communication with his friends or family, Wilson and Melinda told King in the 2004 interview. (After a 1991 settlement, Landy was banned from having any contact with the artist.) Wilson married Melinda in 1995. He pointed to her as a critical backbone and support system during his struggles, and the one who helped him take his life back. After her death, Wilson called her his “savior.” In 2004, came a stunning resurrection: more than 35 years since its inception, Wilson revisited the “SMiLE” project and with the help of lyricist Van Dyke Parks and band member Darian Sahanaja, performed the entire finished album at the Royal Festival Hall in London. He released the “Brian Wilson Presents Smile” album in September 2004. Wilson has called it his “biggest accomplishment ever.” “I get the impression that Brian knew he was running out of time and if he was going to present the work he’d have to make a decision to do it and no longer be embarrassed that he had followed his own madness as a 24-year-old composer,” Parks told The New York Times at the time. In May 2024, after his wife Melinda died, a judge ruled to place Wilson under a conservatorship, to which the musician agreed to. Court documents said Wilson had a “major neurocognitive disorder” and was unable to care for himself, CNN reported. ‘Wilson Power’ In Wilson’s mind, The Beach Boys – as the world knew them – broke up in 1998, after Carl Wilson died of lung cancer. Dennis Wilson died in 1983 in a swimming accident. For all the sorrow and internal battles that haunted his life, Wilson never forgot about the things that made him happy: his wife, his children and music, above all else. “They’re the light of my life. Nothing brings joy into my life like my children,” Wilson told Ability Magazine in 2006. “My children and my music are my two greatest loves.” In his interview with the magazine, Wilson said he had found ways to overcome the darkest days of his mental health conditions with the help of medication and regular visits with a psychiatrist. On what gets him through the day, he said: “I walk five miles a day in the morning, I eat really good food, I get a little sleep at night—four or five hours, sometimes six if I’m lucky—and I use my love with people. I use love as a way to get along with people.” And when the going got tougher, he said he got through it with his willpower – which he, fittingly, called “Wilson Power.”

I agree jbycho... F--- off... Post your crap in other related threads...

No need to have a streaming service... https://www6.f2movies.to/movie/sinners-123595

Go to something like the Alamo Drafthouse...

Is there something horror-wise that it is similar to? If anything?