Saturday Night Live has added five new cast members ahead of Season 51. The most headline grabbing name is that of Ben Marshall, one of the founders of comedy troupe Please Don’t Destroy, which regularly make digital videos for the show and appear in sketches. Please Don’t Destroy consists of Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, who all joined the …
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Ben Marshall, Veronika Slowikowska and More
The “Saturday Night Live” shake-up continues, as Ben Marshall has been upped to the featured cast. Also joining as featured players are Veronika Slowikowska, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane and Kam Patterson. The news is part of a larger roster refresh at “SNL,” which this week saw the departure of Heidi Gardner after eight seasons, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker after …
Read More »Ben Stiller says this ’80s Brat Pack flop was his ‘favorite experience ever making a movie’
From Zoolander to Severance, Ben Stiller has had an illustrious career. Still, his favorite film experience may be a surprise to many fans. Stiller recently stopped by The Prof G Pod With Scott Galloway to discuss the breakthroughs, hits, and flops throughout his time in Hollywood. He said he never enters a project expecting it to be “the one.” The …
Read More »Remembering Ben Arnet: A Mizzou Storyteller Gone Too Soon
Story Links Ben Arnet was so excited for the Mizzou-Kansas football game. So excited. Few people in this market care as much about the history, the traditions and the stories when it comes to our local teams, especially Mizzou. As the Sports Director at NBC affiliate KOMU, Ben had become one of our town’s chief storytellers — and …
Read More »Ben Shelton out of the US Open after shoulder injury
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Shelton had just acrobatically taken the third set of his U.S. Open third-round match, getting up from a tumble to the court during the point and then throwing his left arm into the air to encourage cheers after he won it. Just minutes later, he began feeling pain that would ultimately force him to stop …
Read More »Nvidia Earnings, Moats and China, Nvidia vs. the AI Labs – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Nvidia’s earning continue to be governed by supply — and reasoning models make that even more the case. Plus, why Nvidia is so desperate to get back into China. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus for full access. $15 / month or $150 / year With Stratechery Plus you get access to the subscriber-only Stratechery Update and Stratechery Interviews, and the Sharp …
Read More »U.S. Intel – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Now that everyone is using ChatGPT, the lazy columnist’s trick of quoting Wikipedia to open an Article is less cliché than it is charming (at least that’s my excuse). Anyhow, here is Wikipedia’s definition of “steelmanning”: A steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the opposite of a straw man argument. Steelmanning is the practice of applying the rhetorical principle of …
Read More »Bears coach Ben Johnson rips ‘disappointing’ starting offense, considers narrowing playbook for season opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This wasn’t what Bears coach Ben Johnson envisioned. Johnson isn’t panicking, but he seems to be resetting his expectations for quarterback Caleb Williams and the offense. He has taken issue with the offense’s lack of progress a few times throughout the preseason. Then in the finale Friday against the Chiefs, the precious momentum it had mustered …
Read More »Falcons cut 12, including Morgan Fox, Ben DiNucci
The Falcons began trimming their 90-player roster ahead of Tuesday’s 53-player cut deadline. They announced the release of 12 players Saturday. The Falcons cut offensive lineman Matthew Cindric, quarterback Ben DiNucci, running back Elijah Dotson, defensive lineman Morgan Fox, cornerback Lamar Jackson, inside linebacker Caleb Johnson, tight end Nikola Kalinic, inside linebacker Nick Kubitz, wide receiver Jesse Matthews, edge rusher …
Read More »Ben Johnson calls Bears’ starting offense “really sloppy” in preseason finale
Friday night’s preseason game ended well for the Bears. It did not start well, specifically in the estimation of coach Ben Johnson. “Offensively, the first two possessions was really sloppy football that has plagued us in and out of camp so far, and unfortunately that’s what we got here tonight,” Johnson said after the game, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com. …
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