The More You Know ★
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- imbecile-1
- Ramanisky26
- "Till we meet again!"YakuZoku
- can confirm... WAIT I MEAN...hydro74
- BS!
Like, when you are whittling the pickle.
It is NOT like giving someone a handy.Akagiyama - "I can't, so I won't"utopian
- Some people would consider this a win-win.skinny_puppy
- Gardener1
- "hard"? okay.lvl_13
- “Turn Hard”
You’re the boss!futurefood - "I can't, so I won't"utopian
- misread as MAGA books.. guess that still works.
#naim4moddee-dubs
- imbecile-1
“It is widely believed that Ted Turner had plans to colorize Citizen Kane, but that wide public outcry led to his decision not to. The rumor came from a tongue-in-cheek comment from Turner that he would colorize the film in order to bait critics of the process.
“In actuality, Orson Welles had the rights to the film, and Turner couldn’t have colorized the film even if he had wanted to. Nonetheless, the controversy over the potential alteration of this film was one of the catalysts that eventually led to the film industry requirement that all future video and TV releases of films that have been altered in any way — including the standard conversion from widescreen to ‘pan and scan’ — must carry a disclaimer indicating the film has been ‘modified from its original version.’
“It is also widely believed that when he heard about it, Welles supposedly roared, ‘Tell Ted Turner to keep his crayons away from my movie!’ However, being that he owned the rights to the film, it is highly unlikely that he ever made any such statement.”
- utopian1
To be clear...this is what money will buy you.
The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year.
- imbecile0
In 1995, Pearl Jam canceled their tour due to a dispute with Ticketmaster, which began in 1992 with two free concerts in Seattle. Ticketmaster charged a fee of one dollar per ticket, which Pearl Jam found unacceptable. The band decided to distribute the tickets themselves.
In 1993, they set a maximum price of $18 for their concerts, despite promoters suggesting triple the price. They also reduced the price of their T-shirts, giving up $2 million in revenue.
In 1994, Pearl Jam declared that they would only play at venues that respected the maximum price of $18 and fees of less than $1.80. This led to a conflict with Ticketmaster, whose "service charge" ranged from $4 to $8. The band refused to give in, and because Ticketmaster controlled most of the concert venues, the 1994 summer tour was canceled, resulting in a loss of $3 million.
After the release of Vitalogy in 1994, Pearl Jam announced a summer tour only at venues not affiliated with Ticketmaster, organizing everything themselves.
- great_niko
- Very cool. I saw them two weeks ago in Manchester Tickets £130.Morning_star
- imbecile1
Lucille Ball is famed as a comedian and entrepreneur, but did you know that she also has a special place in the history of science fiction as the savior of Star Trek? In 1964, Ball was the sole owner of Desilu Studios and the first woman to ever run a major Hollywood studio. At the time, Desilu producers were looking for ideas that could be developed into new series and they contracted two ambitious writers to develop pilots: Gene Roddenberry with "Star Trek" and Bruce Geller with "Mission: Impossible."
Desilu took the Star Trek pilot to CBS with whom they had a first-refusal agreement but the network rejected it and opted to pick up another new space-themed show "Lost in Space." The studio then took the pilot, "The Cage," to NBC which called it "too cerebral" but, rather than rejecting it outright, they took the unprecedented move of ordering a second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before." The network decided to order a season but the Desilu Board of Directors balked. Fearing that the studio was overstretching itself with three expensive new programs -- Star Trek, Mission Impossible, and a western called The Long Hunt for April Savage -- all but one of the board members voted to cancel Star Trek in February 1966.
Lucille Ball, however, had high hopes for the fledgling show and was impressed by Roddenberry’s vision so she used her power as board chair to override the decision. Production of the show continued and the first episode aired in September of that year. As studio accountant Edwin Holly later conceded, "If it were not for Lucy, there would be no 'Star Trek' today."
- Gardener1
- nag is from the swedish word naggasted
- https://giphy.com/gi…YakuZoku
- https://www.youtube.…utopian
- lol, nearly fell for thisscruffics
- Gardener7
- Totally worth it!_niko
- woodnbq
- woodssarahfailin
- I'm in (like sin).ideaist
- My scalpel is up here.utopian
- i looked it up recently and organ theft is basically a made-up crime. it's almost never happened. #themoreyouknowsarahfailin
- that's what they want you to think!pango
- NBQ00-2
Bono's networth is about $700 million.
