US Open 2020 (Thankfully) Gets Underway

Bad luck for #CocoGauff but flinty #Sevastova was a *tough* R1.

#Isner...5 sets...tiebreaks...again?! SoCal's own #SteveJohnson👍

#NaomiOsaka👏✊ #Giorgi match will be 💥💪🎾

#Djokovic never loses...*on*-court😇

Strange, echo-y, hallucinatory start to #USOpen😼

RIP Chadwick Boseman

RIP #ChadwickBoseman

Gone way too soon. Rare leading man with serious acting chops to match that simmering charisma. 13 movies in 7 years! When he unleashed upon us (#GetOnUp & #MessageFromTheKing), wow, he gave a tantalising glimpse of the range to come. Never to be forgotten.

LeBron, er, Lakers (Finally) Win First Round Series Against Eighth-Seed Trailblazers

A series win is a series win... even if it's a tough one against a scrappy, shorthanded 8th seed😇

Great stuff from #LeBron, er #Lakers...it's not often a 36-10-10 playoff triple-double gets overshadowed but #AnthonyDavis...o di*s mio🤭😳💪✊!

PS. #Blazers #Melo...not done yet!

Liverpool Lose Something Called the Community Shield to Start New Season

Wait, #PL started already? D*mn, when it rains sports it pours😱!

This #CommunityShield's an exo, right? Otherwise this post-restart start-and-stop #Liverpool play would be cause for concern, no? No😬?!

PS #Arsenal hashtag is *this* close to a Twitter ban🤣#ARSLIV

#LFC | #YNWA

Chadwick Boseman Passes Away ... What?!

#ChadwickBoseman

Whaaaaaaaaaa?!???!!!!!!!!!

Top-Flight Tennis Back (Suddenly) with Cincinnati Open... in New York!

I mean, months of radio silence one second, and the next, wham! top-flight #tennis😬!

So many awesome matches from so many people...but, wait, #AndyMurray's back😲?!

Massive kudos to #NaomiOsaka, willing to forfeit...how many of her elders would've done the same?

#CInCyTENNIS

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

#BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure (1989)

A most excellent, most charming, most sweet, most fun, most goofy movie featuring two of the most awesomest leads. Talk about a timely message: be excellent to each other…and party on, dudes!….wait, forget the second part, no party😬😷!

Bloodshot

#Bloodshot

Good, clean, #TheTerminator-Meets-#EdgeOfTomorrow by-way-of #MichaelBay B-movie fun. Kudos to Vin, so good at what he does, & that kid #LamorneMorris, didn't realise he was British (Narrator: He's not🤣). PS. #GuyPearce, man, *still* going strong💪!

James Anderson Becomes First Pace Bowler to Get 600 Test Wickets

Massive congrats to the workhorse #JimmyAnderson (Sir #JamesAnderson😇?) on 600 test wickets! That's a h*lluva exclusive club to belong to. Well-deserved.

Congrats to #PAK, too, for losing a test series to #ENG...after 10 years😳! That's a h*lluva stat, no?

#ENGvPAK | #Cricket

LeBron Powers Lakers to 3-1 Lead Over Blazers

If it's one thing #Kobe knew it was that the brightest stars shine the brightest on the brightest stage...

What a win for #LeBron, er, I mean #Lakers tonight!

No that I ever sweated it 😜

Oh wait, the series isn't over😬

#NBA

LA Galaxy Thrilling Upset Over LAFC in El Trafico

Sorry TBH, thx to (LA's own😁)#Zubak (&, per commentators, #Pavon), I'm not yet jumping off #Galaxy bandwagon!

#LAGalaxy hashtag: #LAFCvLA
#LAFC: #LAFCvLAG

That's da real Battle of #LA🤣

PS Speaking of...LA win augurs well for #LeBron, er, #Lakers, right😬?!

#ElTrafico #MLS

Boys State

#BoysStateMovie

Tremendous #BugsyMalone-Meets-#MrSmithGoesToWashington-Meets-#LordOfTheFlies fun, except it's all real😲! Jawdropping hearttugging experience. PS All the open emotion at an all-boys "school" -society sure has come a long way from back in my day🙏! Steven & Rene👏

LeBron, er, Lakers Tie Up Series with Trailblazers

‪Man, g*d bless #LeBron's...GM-ing 😇‬

‪Per Elias,#AnthonyDavis was on #Kareem-level tonight👊💪!‬

‪Thanks for the easy win #LeBron, er, #Lakers, my old heart got to rest easy for once!‬

‪#NBA ‬

RIP Chetan Chauhan

‪RIP #ChetanChauhan‬

‪Heard about him growing him... always "Chetan-Chauhan," double-barreled, legendary name, conjured up bygone (Golden? no, every Indian cricket era is Golden!) era. Plus, didn't he manage that famous 2001 Test series vs Australia? Big part of our sports history.‬

“Echoes Through Generations...”

‪👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏‬

Lakers (Predictably😫?) Upset by Blazers in Game 1

‪😱🤭😬🥵‬

‪The most nervewracking 1-8 since #Federer-#Davydenko? #Mavs-#Warriors? #Nuggets-#Knicks? lived up to its billing!‬

‪The series #NBA set up to happen is gonna kill me😵!‬

‪C'mon, #LeBron, er I mean, #Lakers, you chaps can bounce back, right? Right🙏?!‬

‪PS. Logo #Lillard😳‬

The Old Guard

‪#TheOldGuard‬

‪Good, clean turn-off-your-brain fantasy-sci-fi-ish action-adventure fun. Honest, raw human moments in between all that mayhem ("there was an unanticipated amount of carnage"😂👏) means we have a proper filmmaker at the helm. PS. #MatthiasSchoenaerts🤩🤩🤩!‬

LeBron’s the Real MVP

‪Dear #NBA voters,‬

‪Look, we all love hip new indie #Giannis...‬

‪...but don't take studio-backed greatness for granted (it's why #Spielberg & #Scorsese don't have more #Oscars).‬

‪It's not a "lifetime achievement" veteran-#Oscar type award...‬

‪...this year #LeBron *deserves* #MVP!‬

Happy Independence Day 2020

‪Happy #IndependenceDay everyone!‬

‪Please make sure you do your SUPW (socially distanced, of course😷!), and,‬
‪in the meantime enjoy this photo of the beautiful #Darjeeling landscape...‬

‪#Bengal #WestBengal #India‬

Venus Almost Pulls Off Thrilling Upset Over Serena 2020 TS Open

‪Aw, man, bad luck for #Venus who comes *this* close to pulling off a sensational upset over #Serena! What a match!‬

‪#CocoGauff pulled of a thrilling upset of her own yesterday.‬

‪Man, #ATP has some big shoes to fill...‬

‪#TSOpen | #WTA‬

The Dog (2014)

‪#TheDog (2014)‬

‪A headspinning truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-way-stranger documentary. If "The Dog" weren't a real person, you'd have to make him up! Kudos to the documentarians for digging at the darkness beneath, and that eye-opening inside look at early gay rights activism.‬

RIP Trini Lopez

‪RIP #TriniLopez‬

‪Heard his music growing up thanks to my parents. I'm rubbish at lyrics but I can recite #IfIHadAHammer & #LemonTree even now. Years later I finally watched #TheDirtyDozen. A charming screen presence that he should've gotten more opportunities to showcase.‬

Cats

‪#Cats‬

‪Good, Clean, I-Don't-Believe-What-I-Just-Saw-Looks-Like-I-Picked-The-Wrong-Week-To-Quit-Drinking-Future-Dorm-Room-Staple-Purgatory-Allegory-From-#Lost-Competing-For-The-Chance-To-Die-And-Go-To-Heaven-Er-Heaviside-Layer Fun. Also…#RayWinstone😼👏👍💪✊!‬

Ferro Wins Palermo to Become Tennis's First Post-Coronavirus Tournament Winner

‪PS. Congrats to #FionaFerro on beating #Kontaveit to win #WTA's first post-coronavirus tournament‬

‪You'd think #tennis, of all sports, would be ideal for a socially-distanced comeback...kudos to everyone for finally bringing it back...‬

‪Oh, hey #ATP, anything new with you guys?😶‬

Perry Mason (HBO)

‪#PerryMason (#HBO)‬

‪Terrifically entertaining, esp LA-PI-noir stuff, later courtroom drama is agreeably comforting. G*d bless HBO production values🙏! This has to be one of the better ensembles put together, with MVP honours going to #JulietRylance & the great #TerenceBlanchard👍‬

England Pulls Off Thrilling Win in First Test 2020 ENG v PAK

‪PS. When it rains (English "summer"🤣) it pours exciting Test #cricket matches!‬

‪#ENG wrap up win after #PAK(in typical fashion) almost pulls off a shocking upset, only to suffer a disappointing loss(ITF).‬

‪PPS. Is PAK's supply of fast bowlers really inexhaustible😲?!‬

‪#ENGvPAK‬

Collin Morikawa Wins in Thrilling Fashion 2020 PGA Championship

‪🏌️😲🤩✊👏‬

‪A [(multi-)Generational Post-#Tiger #Golf]Star is Born!‬

‪#Collin #Morikawa!‬

‪Bad luck for #Finau/#DeChambeau/#Koepka‬

‪PS. #HardingPark👍... can't believe it's been 15(!)yrs since we watched Tiger vs #JohnDaly thx to my pal Nisheeth!‬

‪#PGAChamp ‬

Collin Morikawa Makes Incredible Eagle on the 16th 2020 PGA Championship

#Collin Bl**dy #Morikawa!!!!!!!!!

🏌️😲🤩✊

#PGAChamp 

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Collin Morikawa Hits Unbelievable Tee Shot on No. 16 2020 PGA Championship

#Morikawa!!!!!!!!!

🏌️😲🤩✊

#PGAChamp 

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The Loneliness of the Middle-Aged Surfer

‪The Loneliness of the #MiddleAged #Surfer‬

‪😝🏄‍♂️👨‍🦳🤟✊‬

‪#LosAngeles #CA‬

Doctor Sleep

‪#DoctorSleep‬

‪I don't watch horror, but between TBH & one-name film-school DP-G*d #Fimognari…‬

‪Eminently-watchable supernatural mystery-thriller directed with languid nihilism by young Flanagan. #RebeccaFerguson's superb. PS. They went *there* - the courage of youth, right😲?!‬

The Innocents (1961)

‪#TheInnocents (1961)‬

‪🤭‬

‪One of *the* greatest films of all time, & one of *the* most *terrifying* experiences of my life! Director, DP(👏), writer, prod/costume/sound design...my goodness! The cast: housekeeper, those infernal kids, and the great #DeborahKerr, revelatory!‬

RIP Wilford Brimley

‪RIP #WilfordBrimley‬

‪One of my all-time favourite character actors. "Discovered" him thx to all the clips of #Cocoon I saw before watching the actual movie. So great in #TheFirm, #TheThing, #TheNatural, #HardTarget...so *many* others. Instantly recognisable & unforgettable.‬

RIP Alan Parker

‪RIP #AlanParker‬

‪One of my favourite directors whose movies will stand the test of time. We watched #BugsyMalone *all* the time growing up & I'll never forget what Ma wrote in her letter: what has 4 i's & can't see? So many great ones to (re)watch to celebrate a great filmmaker.‬

Cynthia Erivo Snubbed at the Emmys (😖)

‪Dear @TheEmmys,‬

‪#CynthiaErivo would like a word...‬

‪🤬‬

‪#Emmys #TheOutsider‬

The Donut Hole

‪As the wise Greek philosopher-poet once said:‬

‪Mmm... socially-distanced #donuts!!!!!😋😊😍🍩🍩🍩‬

‪#TheDonutHole #LaPuente #CA‬