Maureen Callahan

You know, just be quiet.

Like, don't be like, hey guys, I'm back.

I'm back already.

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Did you miss me?

Did you miss me?

Robert Pattinson, who is becoming quite the actor.

He's carved out a really nice lane for himself.

Everybody thought he was just the dum-dum from Twilight.

I find his choices very intriguing, and I find him an interesting guy.

And for those of us who still, once in a while, inhabit a multiplex, and I'm going to go see the new Baz Luhrmann epic, the Elvis Presley in concert film, within the next week or so, that's very telling.

When you go in and you see those huge cutouts and the one sheets and the posters with the stars isolated, you know, Timothee is going to be rolled up in the back room laughing

Metaphorically, literally.

Okay, a few more quick stories, Rob.

This is not a surprise, but we do have to talk about it because it's a cultural thing and it does matter.

Oscar's viewership plummeted by 9%.

The New York Times is saying it's its first real drop since 2021.

That's like COVID era.

It's just it's not landing in the culture.

We know as of twenty twenty nine, it will be on YouTube and hopefully the nerve will be the absolute go to pre Oscar show on YouTube by then.