alexkidd_in_world t1_j2647tp wrote on December 29, 2022 at 10:52 PM

Reply to comment by No_Position_2890 in TIL: Weezer's first gig was opening for Keanu Reeves' band Dogstar by quegrawks

Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley (she was the girl in The Wizard)

alexkidd_in_world t1_j13id2j wrote on December 21, 2022 at 12:05 PM

Reply to comment by volkmasterblood in Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative by geoxol

I can handle ads. It's the intrusive nature of the ads and the fact they track me anywhere that bothers me. I'd be happy to provide a few key data points (age, gender, home state/region) and that can target ads at my demographic while I'm on there site to pay for servers.

Advertisers have been very successful for years on less and I'm sure if it became the norm they'd be successful again.

alexkidd_in_world t1_ixymcj3 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 11:59 AM

Reply to comment by No_Pen9448 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto

The role of Capone was pretty critical to the movie. De Palma couldn't risk having some idiot who didn't have any work come time to shoot so he took $200k of the production cost to ensure that no matter what, the shoot could go ahead. It's not that wild.

A delay in shooting would have cost considerably more money. Seems like a smart move to have a contingency plan.