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James Acaster has a routine about "edgy" comedians and mentions Ricky Gervais by name (the video should start at the start of that segment (2:26)):

In the last year I got tired/bored of TV shows and I didn’t have the energy to start shows that had been on for multiple seasons or start new shows where I knew the writers would probably try to drag things out as much as possible. Over Christmas I came over some Korean multifandom fanvids on Youtube, and since then I’ve basically only watched Korean dramas (I think the only exception is Peacemaker), and there is so much great content! The shows are usually only one season so they’re a quick watch, and they have interesting and fun plots. It also doesn’t hurt that the actors are very easy on the eyes. Here’s some recommendations (and gifs!): Her Private Life: A great romantic comedy on Netflix! Deok-mi is a curator at an art museum and in her spare time she’s secretly one of the biggest fangirls of the k-pop idol Shi-an. She and the new director of the museum, Ryan, don't get along when they first meet. When the other fangirls think she’s dating Shi-an and start to harass her, Ryan offers to be her fake boyfriend (because he believes she’s gay and in a secret relationship) to get them to back off. And you can probably guess what happens next! It’s such a fun show with leads that have amazing chemistry together. They’re playful, supportive, mature and talk about things! It’s bright and colorful, and the fashion is *chef’s kiss*. And I would like a Ryan of my own, please and thank you! Snowdrop: Set in 1987 leading up to the presidential election, a student at a women’s college hides a guy she thinks is a student protester from the police in her dorm, but he’s really an agent from North Korea. It starts out sweet but then the shit hits the fan and it turns into a hostage situation in the dorm. It’s problematic in so many ways but it gave me all the feels and it will stay with me for a very long time (there’s also so many great fanvids on Youtube). It’s on Disney+. Here's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbUJloM9F3M Chief Kim/Good Manager: Chief Kim is an eccentric accountant that does the bookkeeping for criminals and he’s trying to save/skim enough money to move to Denmark when he gets a job at a huge corporation. He plans to embezzle money from them, but as he gets closer to his colleagues, he ends up fighting for the company employees’ rights instead. It’s a hilarious workplace-dramady that made me laugh my ass off, and the lead's chaotic energy was turned up to 11 and I loved every second of it! It also had some great enemies to friends/irritating brothers-bromances (one even won the award for best couple!). Guardian: The Lonely and Great God/Goblin: Kim Shin is a military general who was betrayed and killed by his king. As both a reward for the good he had done for his country, and a punishment for all the death that he caused, God granted him immortality and made him a powerful goblin who has to see all his loved ones die through the years. The only one who can kill him is the Goblin's bride, who can see and remove the sword in his chest and end his suffering. After over 900 years of looking for the Goblin’s bride he meets a Grim Reaper and a young woman, and he might get a reason to keep living. First of all: Gong Yoo is a man I could look at all day, he is gorgeous (I wouldn't kick Lee Dong-Wook out of bed either!). The show is a mix of drama, romance and comedy, and every episode made me howl with laughter and/or cry my eyes out. And the fashion (give me all the coats!) and bromance is amazing! The great things outweigh the more.. problematic things (can you say 'age difference'?!) for me personally. Vincenzo: A Korean-Italian lawyer/consigliere for a mob family goes back to Seoul to retrieve 1,5 tons of gold that’s hidden in the basement of a building filled with some unusual tenants. Babel Group, a huge corporation, uses dirty tricks to get the ownership of the building to tear it down and build their headquarters there, so Vincenzo teams up with a lawyer in the building and the tenants (and the lawyer’s lawyer daughter) to fight the Babel Group. It’s a crime drama with some comedy mixed in, and it has some amazing chaotic energy (it sometimes reminded me a bit of Leverage with some heists/capers).

I use https://www.justwatch.com/. It shows where tv shows/movies are available to stream/buy/rent, and you can also easily look up where they are streaming in other countries.

I started watching K-dramas over Christmas thanks to some random Korean multifandom videos I came over on Youtube, and I'm so glad because basically all the series I've seen till now have been great or fun in one way or another! I'll add to the recommendation of Her Private Life - it was such a fun series with adorable leads that had great chemistry. And they talked with each other when things happened! I was afraid in one episode that they would drag things out but then we got a great payoff at the end of it. Also, Kim Jae-Wook is one gorgeous man that can work a suit with no shirt or socks! I've also seen Squid Game, The Girl Who Sees Smells, The K2, Vincenzo, Snowdrop, and The Veil... and no spoilers, but one of them destroyed me completely! I've also started watching Goblin/Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (seen the first 8 episodes), and I am loving it so much that I don't want it to end. So I need to pick up some more series so I don't end up watching the last 8 episodes in one sitting which is kind of what I want at this point. I've compiled a Korean 'to watch'-list which now includes 77(!) series and movies, so I need some help with narrowing it down to the next 2-4 series I'll start. Feel free to recommend other series as well, especially some in the thriller/action genre! The ones I'm thinking of starting watching now are: A Korean Odyssey Awaken Chief Kim/Good Manager Crash Landing on You Descendants of the Sun Doctor Prisoner Healer Hot Stove League Lovestruck in the City Suspicious Partner What's Wrong with Secretary Kim You can probably guess that I really enjoy Namkoong Min and Ji Chang-Wook from that list! The plan is to start one series with each of them, but I can't decide which ones..

This is my favorite:

Shit on it! 😥

Here's Joseph Gordon-Lewitt's thoughts on his character in (500 Days of) Summer:

I would like to recommend a podcast: Elis James and John Robins on Radio X. Two stand-up comedians with an amazing chemistry who have been friends for over 10 years have a weekly radio show where they chat about their life and misadventures. They've had a feature where they discuss if certain bands/artists deserve the accolades they've gotten, a very tense quiz feature and a feature where they would solve the problem of a caller - a lot of the callers were comedians the hosts know. John wrote his own autobiography, A Robins Amongst the Pigeons, in the style of those grandiose celebrity autobiographies after having read from a radio personality's autobiography. It's hilarious and a funny insight in to how weird John is. They're open about the darkness that they've experienced in their lives, and they've created a funny safe space where listeners will email them about their own struggles etc. Someone wrote in to them something that really describes the feeling I (and others) have about them: "The most bizarre friendship I've ever been a part of, given the warmth and affection I hold for all four [Elis, John and their two producers] of you despite us never having spoken." I've listened to all their episodes twice and really want to start over again, it's just really comforting listening to them. If it sounds interesting I would advice to start from the beginning, but if you want to sample a taste first I wold recommend the episode where they filled in for Josh Widdicombe or listen to them on The Comedian's Comedian Podcast where they talk about the show etc and you get a feel for who they are.

When the interpretations of the scenes is so different that they range from 'Sansa has trust issues' to 'Sansa planned to use Jon as bait and was willing to sacrifice him to win', doesn't that show there is a problem with the writing, direction and plotting?

I'll just be very blunt now and say that I think some viewers have spent more time coming up with Sansa's motivation for withholding the information about the Vale army than the writers did. They obviously wanted a surprise save at the end of the battle and that's the reason Sansa didn't tell Jon about the army. This article was published after 6x09 and I think it illustrates the problem with the writing of Sansa: Since we all know how important it is to understand that book!Sansa and show!Sansa are two different characters, I think I actually would welcome our new Evil and Cunning show!Sansa because the show (unintentionally?) presented a pretty strong case for it. * That really made me laugh.

Dan Stevens, Luke Evans and Josh Gad joined James Corden in Crosswalk the Musical: Beauty and the Beast:

Emmy-Winning Actor Bill Paxton Dead at 61 Due to Complications from Surgery

Here's another article about the class ceiling in the UK. Idris Elba held a keynote speech on diversity in the media to Parliament a year ago, where he also had some comments on how class impact people's opportunities.

Nicole Kidman crashed Tom Hiddleston's interview!

In case anyone wants to watch the trailer for the original show, here it is with subtitles: