The Modern Golem

Indiana University is a National Champion in Football. #NeverDaunted

[Kelcee Griffis @KelceeGriffis]

Just out from me: The @FCC is close to releasing a pair of rulings against @Disney, determining The View is doesn't qualify as a news show and sending its TV licenses to an internal FCC review. This could happen as soon as next month.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Iranian officials privately warned Vice President JD Vance that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were allegedly exploiting U.S.-Iran negotiations for financial gain, according to a new report from Drop Site News.

A senior Iranian official told the outlet the message was delivered directly to Vance. The Trump administration denies the allegation and says no such communication ever occurred.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Hegseth now wants to give testosterone to troops to make them better warfighters.

[Dave McMenamin @mcten]

Joey and Jesse Buss are making an aggressive pursuit through their investment firm, Buss Sports Capital, to become part of an ownership group in the NBA Europe league, sources told ESPN.

[Hoosier Review @Hoosier_Review]

That's right #iufb

[Laura Greek 🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️ @GreciaIsMyName]

First look at Blue Beetle in Man Of Tomorrow!! 💙📷

[Scott Mendelson @ScottMendelson]

Robert Pattinson will be almost 42 years old when THE BATMAN PART II (presumably) debuts in February 2028.
When BATMAN V SUPERMAN, which featured an old, burned-out, past-his-prime Bruce Wayne, opened in March 2016, Ben Affleck was 43.

[Leandro Trossard @LTrossard]

To all the Arsenal fans, thank you for everything, from the bottom of my heart.

Once a Gunner, always a Gunner.

Leo

[Aaron Couch @AaronCouch]

Danny McBride is stepping into the director's chair for his first feature, the GI JOE movie he's writing for Paramount. Via @Borys_Kit https://t.co/sEawGnHuy7

[The Modern Golem @badlands75]

Movie producers needs to know about the generational shrinking attention span of America.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First teaser for ‘THE BATMAN: PART 2’.

In theaters on February 18, 2028.

[Scott Agness @ScottAgness]

Fever at Aces on Sunday night averaged 2.64 million viewers on NBC/Peacock — becoming the second most-watched WNBA regular-season game since 2000.

The network has been averaging 1.5M viewers over four games this season.

This was a massive draw with names and star power.

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

No, @BrendanCarrFCC say it ain’t so. You took gifts from Paramount and approved their merger?

[POLITICO @politico]

Katherine Clark, No. 2 House Democrat, backs cutting Israel aid https://t.co/VPFMi3oXrl

[Marvel Studios @MarvelStudios]

Episode 5 of Marvel Animation’s #XMen97 Season 2 is now streaming only on Disney+.

[The Modern Golem @badlands75]

The drip, drip, drip on this is gonna be awful.

[Robin Lundberg @robinlundberg]

A WNBA spokesperson tells me the report suggesting Adam Silver intervened with Cathy Engelbert over Alyssa Thomas suspension is “absolutely false”.

I am told by a source with knowledge WNBA Referee Operations/Basketball Operations reviewed and made recommendation to leadership.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

OMGGGGG -- Clayton is reduced to sitting in silence instead of acknowledging Joe Biden won the 2020 election

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election?

CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you

OSSOFF: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election?

CLAYTON: I'm not gonna get into that with you

OSSOFF: You're not being honest or forthright

CLAYTON: ...

[The Modern Golem @badlands75]

So, The Batman gets pushed back and now it will take that much longer for Gunn to debut his Batman....

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

'The Batman Part II' Flies To Early 2028; J.J. Abrams' Glen Powell & Jenna Ortega Pic 'The Great Beyond' Heads To Fall 2027: Warner Bros Date Changes https://t.co/WKKVwOE2RC

[The Modern Golem @badlands75]

WTF does Cathy do!?!?

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

𝗦𝗕𝗝 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 🚨

Multiple sources told SBJ that Adam Silver implored WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to reverse course and suspend Alyssa Thomas.

Engelbert subsequently suspended Thomas for one game and ordered a Flagrant 2 penalty that carried a $1,000 fine.

MORE: https://t.co/h9Ob88PdCB

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Ken Paxton: "So what are the differences between me and my opponent? I'm sure you know some of them. One of them is family — actually, let me talk about faith first…"