Dick Wolf, Christopher Nolan, and a 16-year-old darts phenom to rule them all
Here's the best things I found on the internet this week!
What’s shakin’ newsletter peeps,
That Golden Globes ceremony was a snoozer, and it looks like Oppenheimer could make the rest of awards season a foregone conclusion. Alas, the rest of the internet is at the ready to provide us with interesting, entertaining and educational content…if you know where to look!
That’s the purpose of my “conversation starters,” an internet round-up designed to help improve your media diet AND give you plenty of tidbits to talk about around the water cooler. Here’s what I found this week. Enjoy!
What’s the coolest story or thing you found on the internet this week? Reply to this email and shoot me a link. Would love to hear from you!
As linear broadcast continues to decay, one of the last remaining pillars holding TV up is Dick Wolf, creator of procedurals like the “Law & Order” and “Chicago” franchises. Because of that, he may be the producer who lost the most money on this year’s Hollywood strikes. No matter. In my full profile on the TV hitmaker for Forbes, we name Wolf a new billionaire. (**if you want to read this story sans paywall, reach out to me individually**).
Why do rent prices in New York City keep rising even as more and more people are leaving the city? The New York Mag story asks whether there’s a conspiracy to inflate prices by artificially lowering the supply of available units. I’d never heard of this “warehousing” practice before this.
It’s becoming clear that Oppenheimer is about to dominate awards season after sweeping the Golden Globes last night. Yet Christopher Nolan admitted during an acceptance speech for a different ceremony that he got humbled by his Peloton instructor, who mid-class bashed TeneT and called it “two and a half hours of my life I’d like to have back.” FWIW, I agree with her.
Could you still call your dog a “good boy” if he ate $4,000 cash you left on your counter?
A group of women in Mexico wear nun “habits” (tunic, cap, hood etc.), but rather than spreading Catholicism, they are spreading the gospel of cannabis in a country where drug cartels dominate the industry. Reuters has a great story (and great photos).
The greatest athletic achievement of the week is 16-year-old Luke Littler making his way to the world championship final of darts. Darts crowds get so hyped! Nevermind the fact that he looks like he’s 45 years old.
If you haven’t kept up with the “Stanley Cup” craze, basically there’s a very ordinary mug that has gone viral on TikTok and now people are racing each other and fighting to secure the coveted cups.
New science suggests that sleep consistency might be as valuable as sleep time, according to this Wall Street Journal story. Meaning that going to bed and getting up at the same time every night might be better than the 7-9 hours suggested previously, and the healthiest sleepers had life expectancies of 4.7 years and 2.4 years longer than those with the worst sleep habits.
Thanks for reading and sharing! On Friday we’re talking The Iron Claw for sure, and All Of Us Strangers if I can get to it before Thursday. Movies movies movies!