Andy Burnham - Our First Indie-Kid PM?
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Does Hollywood have a problem with censorship?
The rest is entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, fan mail is one of entertainment's strangest bargains. You send total devotion one way and the understanding that nothing may come back.
Certainly in our day, you would write to a film star or a singer. I wrote to Howard Jones. And maybe three months later, a sort of signed photo comes back that's clearly pro forma, you know, that you know Howard's never really looked at.
Steve Martin used to have the performer sort of thing, which would just leave blanks, like insert, like small details to make a joke about how completely impersonal his personal reply to you was. It was just like a standard thing.
Impersonal is interesting. That's why we're talking about this, because with Octopus Energy, you always can reply to their emails. And not only can you reply to them, they will go to the same small group of people who always deal with you. That's like unbelievable.
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Are contactable in some way.
Hello and welcome to this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment with me, Marina Hyde.
Who is Andy Burnham and why is he considered cool?
And me, Richard Osman. Hello, everybody. Hi, Marina. How are you, Richard? I'm very, very well, thank you. I've been away for a week, which is absolutely lovely, but I'm delighted to be back.
Yes.
To talk about show business and billionaires. What are the billionaires up to?
What are the billionaires up to? Because we are going to be talking about Artificial, which is an almost completed film about Sam Altman. that Amazon have just dropped for reasons.
They'll have a good reason.
I'm sure they'll have a really great reason for doing that.
We're also going to talk about, we're about to have a new prime minister, as you know. What, are we? We're recording this on Monday.
Yes, I believe that today we will see the great drama addicted, drama afflicted British public will see that lectern for the seventh time in a decade.
But please don't panic because we are not going to talk about politics. We're going to ask the question, is Andy Burnham cool?
But we're also going to say, can any politician ever be called?
Yeah, but via his entertainment choices. We are not going to be talking about his monetary policies. We're going to be talking about his favourite albums.
That'll be a help. Right. And we're also talking about, Quentin Tarantino said there have been no good films recently. He said there have been no good films since the pandemic. which sparked a bunch of lists and things saying that they're happening. What about these ones? And we're going to talk a little bit about his comments, but a lot about the phenomenon of those lists, those cultural lists that you probably see a lot more of than you ever used to.
And I like the fact that you're saying that like it's a bad thing. So I should just add, I will also give everyone my top three films since the pandemic.
Oh my God, I know I have to do this. Okay, I will do this too.
Yes. Sam Altman, Amazon, a lot going on.
Okay, we have to do a little... Who is Sam Altman? Sam Altman is... Do you know what?
Who is Sam Altman?
Exactly. He has the cold, dead eyes of the boyfriend who joins in the search for the missing girlfriend, in my view.
But he is also... He's like a dislikable Elon Musk.
Yeah.
What did Quentin Tarantino say about movies post-pandemic?
He is, I think, potentially the worst, which really matters in that particular group. But he's the OpenAI sort of chief executive. OpenAI, obviously their most famous product is ChatGPT, but they have various other systems. Remember, it started OpenAI as a not-for-profit, sort of weirdly idealistic, altruistic enterprise. And in 2016, Sam Altman was saying, anyone familiar with the 1930s, it's absolutely chilling watching Trump in action. Anyway, by the time of the second inauguration, there he was in oligarch's row. OpenAI is no longer a non-profit. It is a rapacious capitalist entity. They've accepted a number of defense contracts that even Anthropic said, we can't in all conscience do this.
Even anthropic.
Yeah. Anyway, so that's who Sam Altman is.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Does Hollywood have a problem with censorship?
0:01–1:04
2
Who is Andy Burnham and why is he considered cool?
1:04–2:56
3
What did Quentin Tarantino say about movies post-pandemic?
2:56–4:14
4
What are the best films released since the pandemic?
4:14–6:35
5
How does Andy Burnham's music taste reflect his identity?
6:35–8:14
6
What does Andy Burnham's album list reveal about him?
8:14–16:29
7
Why are cultural lists becoming so popular in media?
16:29–18:46
8
What recommendations are made for movies and shows?
18:46–54:07