30 June 2018

(Poor) Messi & Ronaldo Crash Out 2018 World Cup

So, #URUFRA, the matchup we didn't want but the one we need!


Bad luck for (Poor)#Messi & #ARG, but they were outclassed by #Mbappe & #FRA (playing up to potential for once). 

#FRAARG


Bad luck also for #Ronaldo (& 1-man? #POR), but that #Suarez-#Cavani goal๐Ÿ‘! #URUPOR


#WorldCup

Petra Kvitova's Inspirational Comeback

Excellent stuff from @Bonnie_D_Ford! #Kvitova's comeback has to be one of the most inspirational (forget just sports/tennis but human) stories of all time! Hoping for a deep #Wimbledon⁠ ⁠run! #PetraKvitova





29 June 2018

Roger Federer's Backhand Evolution

Get ready for #Wimbledon with this great read from #MichaelSteinberger about #Federer's backhand. Let's hope that thing-of-beauty-which-sometimes-misfires 1HBH holds up for the next two weeks! ๐Ÿ˜ฅ


https://t.co/zzjUB3M4AY


Three Identical Strangers

#ThreeIdenticalStrangers

I mean, that whole truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thingy doesn't even *begin* to describe what we have here!๐Ÿ˜ฎ 

Don't read/see/hear *any*thing about this incredible doc...just go see it with a blank slate & prepare to have your mind *blown*!๐Ÿคญ

@NEONrated



28 June 2018

Senegal Crash Out Because of Something Called the Fair Play System 2018 World Cup

Wait, wha?! #FairPlay?! Ya gotta be kidding me! Bad luck for #SadioMane & #SEN. I'll miss  eminently GIF-worthy #AliouCisse๐Ÿ˜ซ #SENCOL


#AlexiLalas was mad about the end of the #JPNPOL match...wonder why?!๐Ÿง


Great goal by #Januzaj. #BEL's reward: #SideOfDeath!๐Ÿ˜ฑ #ENGBEL #WorldCup

27 June 2018

Germany Crashes Out While Mexico Advances 2018 World Cup

Angelenos came through today, huh?๐Ÿ˜„


#MEX ran into a #SWE-dish buzzsaw(?!), but got bailed out by #KOR, & their goalie #JoHyeonwoo!

#MEXSWE #KORGER


PS. Congrats to #BRA (& their...defense?!); #WorldCup wouldn't have been the same without them. 

#SRBBRA

Madhabi Mukherjee & Soumitra Chatterjee Join the Academy

Congratulations to the great #MadhabiMukherjee & #SoumitraChatterjee on being invited to join @TheAcademy. Absolutely brilliant the two #Charulata leads are going in together. Richly deserved... and really what took so long?! ๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ‘ 



26 June 2018

Argentina Get Past Nigeria While Iceland Fall 2018 World Cup

Finally! Redemption for (Poor) #Messi (#EverBanega pass๐Ÿ’ช)! Sad for superfun #SuperEagles & their 19yo (#Goycochea-esque๐Ÿ˜‡) goalie #Uzoho! Those #Maradona reaction shots!๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ณ

#NGAARG


PS #FRAARG, the #UnderachieversBowl?! ๐Ÿ˜…


Bad luck for #ISL๐Ÿ˜’#fyririsland

#ISLCRO 


#WorldCup

25 June 2018

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

#JurassicWorldFallenKingdom: How does that @GEICO commercial go?... as long as dinosaurs are brought back to life you can count on people doing dumb things?๐Ÿ˜‚


Sit back, relax & let your senses feast on all those dinos, um, feasting... PS. Bayona's #Spielberg-ian opening ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฆ–



24 June 2018

Federer Comes Up Heartbreakingly Short in Defending 2018 Halle

Duuuuuude...let's hope this isn't a prelude of things to come...


Great career-changing victory for #Coric over #Federer to win #Halle & stop that awesome #GOAT-run. Sigh๐Ÿ˜’...


For what is considered the epitome of gentility #Wimbledon sure is gonna shred my aging nerves! ๐Ÿ˜ฐ

23 June 2018

Federer Reaches Finals After Another Tough Match 2018 Halle

Yikes! Another day another tough match for #Federer. #GOAT-fighting spirit comes through against young American (remember those?) #DenisKudla. #Coric up next & the kid has revenge on his mind...

duh-duh-duh! ๐ŸŽพ๐Ÿ™€


#Halle

22 June 2018

Switzerland and Nigeria Win 2018 World Cup

Speaking of #SUI what a cracker from #Xhaka...& run from (Xherdan) #Shaqiri (Swiss X-Men?๐Ÿคฃ) to beat #SRB! #SRBSUI


Bad luck for TBH's fave #ISL, #WorldCup run all but over.  #NGA's 19yo goalie #Uzoho! ๐Ÿ˜€#NGAISL


PS. #DerekRae: "The Ice is melting!" "Where #SuperEagles dare!" ๐Ÿ‘

Federer Wins Another Close Match 2018 Halle

Whew! Another close one for #Federer as he uses all his #GOAT magic against #Ebden to keep the #Halle (& No. 1 ranking) dream alive!

Hope he keeps something in reserve for #Wimbledon... man these next few tennis weeks are gonna be brutal on my blood pressure! ๐ŸŽพ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ฐ

Babylon Berlin (Netflix)

#BabylonBerlin: My goodness!! The reason that @netflix was put on this Earth! *Lavish* subtitled(!) post-(the *other*)war Berlin noir, cops, gangstas, politics, Le Carre-esque intrigue, corruption, etc.! Tykwer, DP Fischer, Bruch, Kurth, Brandt, Janusauskaite & *esp* Fries! ๐Ÿ‘



21 June 2018

Peru and Argentina Lose 2018 World Cup

Bad luck for TBH's (2nd) fave #PER, so-close vs. #FRA. That kid #Mbappe is a bolt of lightning! #FRAPER


Beauty by #Modric, but poor #Messi. Has there ever been a more melancholic #GOAT? #ARG never had a chance. #ARGCRO


PS. #AlyWagner-#DerekRae are awesome!⚽️๐Ÿ‘

@FOXSoccer 

Federer Squeaks by Paire 2018 Halle

Whew! #Federer needed *all* of his powers to fend off #Paire at #Halle. Give the "old" #GOAT credit, he still refuses to go gentle into that good night!


PS. Take it easy champ... we need you to conserve all your energy for #Wimbledon!

20 June 2018

Salah / Mane / Suarez 2018 World Cup

Meanwhile, in #WorldCup #Liverpool news, #MoSalah scores but #EGY loses by the skin of its teeth & #SadioMane doesn't score but #SEN wins by the skin of its teeth…

& (as always) #LuisSuarez ends up at the right place at the right time for the #URU win.


#RUSEGY #POLSEN #URUKSA


England Thrashes Australia After scoring 481 in an ODI!

Wait, wha?! 481 for 6 isn't a Test score, but it's what #ENG put up in an ODI… against archrival #AUS?!

Everyone has #WorldCup fever, but someone in England must've noticed this, no? ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ช

PS. Anyone beginning to, just a teeny bit, feel a bit sorry for the Aussies? 


#ENGvAUS

19 June 2018

Federer Wins First Match 2018 Halle

No fuss, no muss as #Federer keeps the #GOAT-train chugging after solid win over #Bedene.


To keep that #MercedesCup-#Halle Double dream alive he'll have to get past stylish Frenchman (aren't they all๐Ÿ˜‰) #Paire, all 6'5"(!) of him, a tall (ahem) order on grass...

In the Dark (Podcast)

#InTheDark: Kaleidoscopic, chilling, moving look at a crime too horrific to comprehend. Podcasting/journalism at its very best, no? None of the true-crime podcasting tricks to create any false drama. Massive credit to @madeleinebaran, the dogged reporter at the center of it all.



18 June 2018

Bill Plaschke’s Around the Horn Chair

That's one off ye olde #BucketList: @BillPlaschke's @AroundtheHorn chair!


Thanks @LATimesFreshInk for the wonderful tour! Sad to see the venerable @latimes leave its venerable DTLA HQ…keep up the venerable great work though! 

๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ช



17 June 2018

Brooks Koepka Wins 2018 US Open

Well done #Koepka, uncomplainingly (ahem) won back-to-back! Great showing by #Fleetwood (63?!๐Ÿ˜ฏ) I was cheering for #Finau.


But *all* everyone's gonna be talking about is #Mickelson๐Ÿง?!Hopefully fawning golf writers will take checkered past into account for his legacy.


#USOpen


Brazil Shocking Draw / Germany Shocking Loss 2018 World Cup

Speaking of #SUI, did they just beat #BRA 1-1?! How many yellows?! PS Remember when #Coutinho was scoring those beauties for #LFC ๐Ÿ˜’ #BRASUI

But #GERMEX was something, eh? Fantastic win for #MEX over fancied #GER. Well done (22yo!) #Chucky(๐Ÿคฃ) #Lozano! PS #Chicharito ๐Ÿ˜ญ

#WorldCup

Federer Wins 2018 Mercedes Cup

Congrats to #Federer, cementing his No 1 ranking with a squeaker over #Raonic to win #MercedesCup! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŽพ

I'm not saying the end is nigh but the margins are getting uncomfortably closer so let's just enjoy the #GOAT while we still can ๐Ÿ˜ƒ @rogerfederer

16 June 2018

Iceland Impossibly Draws with Argentina / Peru Loses 2018 World Cup

To steal a phrase: #ISL⁠ ⁠Attachment.png Beats #ARG⁠ ⁠Attachment_1.png 1-1?๐Ÿคญ

Lotsa #Goycochea-esque(๐Ÿ˜‡) saves from #Halldorsson! Poor #Messi, has there even been a more melancholic #GOAT?

#ARGISL

Bad luck for TBH's (2nd)fave #PER⁠ ⁠Attachment_2.png (*every*one's fave is #Iceland, no?), had all the chances vs #DEN⁠ ⁠Attachment_3.png๐Ÿ™

#PERDEN

#WorldCup⁠ ⁠Attachment_4.png

Federer Battles Past Kyrgios to Regain No. 1 Ranking 2018 Mercedes Cup

Whew! #Federer needed all of his #GOAT-ness to overcome mercurial/awesome #Kyrgios! 


He'll need *all* of his No. 1 power against flamethrower #Raonic in the finals...


... but I guess I buried the lede... Welcome back to No. 1 champ! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸŽพ


#MercedesCup

15 June 2018

India Beats Afghanistan in Their First Test

Any #Shikhar Test Century & #IND Win is a reason for celebration... but well done #AFG. The fact that they got to play a Test at all, in the face of all these obstacles, is remarkable. One of the best sports stories of our times.

PS. Great sportsmanship by #Rahane! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ


#INDvAFG

Egypt Loses to Uruguay / Portugal Beats Spain 2018 World Cup

Sigh, in the #LiverpoolBowl #MoSalah loses...& #Suarez somehow manages to win (again). Tough loss for #EGY to #URU.


Look, #Ronaldo is not a likeable guy but whatagoal!⚽️๐Ÿ˜ณ Any win for #POR over #ESP (& villainous #SergioRamos) is a win for us all!


#EGYURU #PORESP


#WorldCup

Incredibles 2

#Incredibles2: Fine, so it's not as good as the original (*nothing* is!), but it's one of the most fun movies you'll see all summer! #BradBird has to be on a shortlist of greatest living male action director. Secret star, again, is composer #MichaelGiacchino. PS Voyd=#KStew?! ๐Ÿคฃ



Federer Sets Up All-Important Clash with Kyrgios 2018 Mercedes Cup

Another good, solid win for #Federer over #GuidoPella. 


Buuuut...he's gonna need *all* his #GOAT-magic for the person who stands between him & an unexpected return to No.1: #Kyrgios... duh-duh-duh! ๐Ÿ™€


#MercedesCup

13 June 2018

Federer Beats Zverev in First Round 2018 Mercedes Cup

Welcome back Champ! Okay, not exactly #GOAT-esque, but that good, gutty #Federer win over the awesome (other?) #Zverev (serve-&-volley on grass... remember that?๐Ÿ™ƒ) was a good first step. This #Wimbledon summer is gonna be murder on my nerves! ๐Ÿ˜ฐ


#MercedesCup #tennis

12 June 2018

2001: A Space Odyssey (Unrestored 70mm Reissue)

#2001ASpaceOdyssey: Brilliant unrestored #70mm! Remains a terrifyingly immersive cinematic experience. Original analogue mix: Bl**dy H*ll my ears were bleeding as my brain was reeling! Film, still ain't nuthin' like it! So whats it all about? Your guess is as good as mine!๐Ÿคท‍♀️




11 June 2018

Rafa Wins the French Open... for the 11th Time!

Congrats to #Nadal on winning the #FrenchOpen ... for the 11th time?! Wait, what?! 11?! 


*11*?! 


Wasn't young #Thiem supposed to, um, challenge him?!


#Rafa's clay record will be recorded on Mt. Olympus for the G*ds to behold & marvel at what Man is truly capable of.


#RG18

Bob Baffert Wins the Triple Crown... Again!

Congrats to #BobBaffert/#Justify/#MikeSmith on winning the #TripleCrown (with a little help from #RestoringHope?๐Ÿ˜‡).


Though I know nothing about horse racing, even I could see this coming after that turn in the #KentuckyDerby. ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘


#Belmont

09 June 2018

RIP Anthony Bourdain

RIP #AnthonyBourdain. A life lived in *full*, but  also a life cut way too short. I was lucky to see him speak live, charismatic, vivacious, confident, passionate… you just never know.

Tremendous writer. "My Aim Is True" - you can see where that narrative voice came from.

So sad



Simona Halep Wins 2018 French Open

Oh man, bad luck for #Sloane, uncharacteristically faltered down the stretch.


Well done #Halep, overcame all kinds of psychological baggage to win her maiden major.


Maybe the post-#Serena/#Venus #tennis landscape won't be so terrifyingly bleak after all.


#FrenchOpen⁠ ⁠Attachment.png #RG18⁠ ⁠Attachment.png

08 June 2018

Cavaliers Lose NBA Finals to Warriors...Again

Death, taxes & #Warriors beating #Cavs to win #NBA title. #TheCity?! Try Flop City. #StephCurry got the calls #LeBron didn't in Gm1. But, this was inevitable. 


@KingJames gets too much blame/praise...#GOAT discussion needs more nuance.


#KD catching up to #Kobe?! #SteveKerr๐Ÿ‘

Kevin Durant, Not Steph Curry, Deserves Finals MVP

Gawd, if there's any justice #KD, not that insufferable twerp #StephCurry (whom I used to like) will win #FinalsMVP...


#Warriors #Cavaliers #WhateverItTakes⁠ ⁠Attachment.png

LeBron Fighting to the End

Okay, fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, I was wrong... 30-pt game and #LeBron is in the game ... remember the Captain goes down with the ship...


#Warriors #Cavaliers #WhateverItTakes⁠ ⁠Attachment.png

Cavaliers Pretty Much Throw in the Towel for the Entire Fourth Quarter

Dude... #TyLue... it's win or go home... you can't throw in the towel for the entire fourth quarter?! C'mon #LeBron get out there ... pad the stats a little... it'll all be part of the future #GOAT discussion...

#Warriors #Cavaliers #WhateverItTakes⁠ ⁠Attachment.png...apparently not...

Warriors Build Insurmountable Lead Over Cavs... in 2:27

#Warriors up 10-3 in the first 2:27.... so it's over already?!


#Cavaliers #LeBron ๐Ÿ˜ง

#WhateverItTakes⁠ ⁠Attachment.png

Finally, Ovechkin Has His Stanley Cup

Wha?! #Capitals won the #StanleyCup?! Weren't they supposed to be, uh, #ChokingDogs?!


Congrats to #Ovechkin for (finally) getting the monkey off his back (& beating the insufferable #SidCrosby on the way). #TJOshie ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘


Sad for #GoldenKnights, (2nd) best sports story of 2018.

07 June 2018

Warriors Complete Soul-Crushing Comeback Over Cavaliers 2018 NBA Finals

And so the #LeBron #NBA era ends with a #KD 3-pt bang ๐Ÿ˜ข 


For a second there #Cavs were up, #KevinLove was pulling down rebounds, role players were clicking...

...and then the inevitable happened.


Hopefully, #Warriors will show #Cavaliers the courtesy of a gentleman sweep.

06 June 2018

Beginning of the End for the Non-Big Four Tennis Stars?

PS. About that depressive air, is this the end of the *Non*-#BigFour Era?! #DelPo's comeback is miraculous, but what about #Wawrinka (#Stanimal!), #Ferrer, #Tsonga, #Berdych, #Monfils (#LaMonf), #Gasquet?! Any advanced stats for how awesome this group is...sorry was☹️?

#Tennis

05 June 2018

RIP Bill Gold

RIP #BillGold. 


You may not have heard his name, but you've definitely seen his awesome work. Legendary movie poster designer behind some of the most iconic images in movie history! We sure could use more of him right about now...


04 June 2018

Serena Withdraws from the French Open

Bad luck for #Serena, just adding to the faintly depressive air hanging around this year's #FrenchOpen. ๐Ÿ˜’๐ŸŽพ


Help us #Sloane-#Kasatkina(!๐Ÿ‘€)/#Thiem-#Zverev(!๐Ÿ‘€)/#Cilic-#DelPo(!!๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€), you're our only hope!


#RolandGarros #RG18

03 June 2018

Cavaliers Try... But Warriors Thrash Them in Game 2 2018 NBA Finals

Ya know, #Cavaliers made it a 4-pt game in 2Q, #Warriors made it 11 in the blink of an eye...5 pt in 3Q that become 11...7 pt in 4Q then that #StephCurry prayer &...

At least #GeorgeHill & #KevinLove continue to play hard.


At some point #LeBron has to get some calls.


#NBAFinals

01 June 2018

American Animals

#AmericanAnimals: Terrific truth-isn't-just-stranger-than-fiction-it-*is*-fiction meta-heist/calling-card movie by the talented young director Layton! Reinforces, then hilariously upends genre conventions. Entire cast, incl young leads are aces, esp Keoghan. Not to be missed!