by Chris SelogyOn this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the events going on in Israel and Palestine, the disasterous week in the House, and Netflix’s latest slate of anime and gaming anime.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Columbo, Castlevania, MHA, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Time Wasters
- B: Phantom Liberty, Starfield, books, vtubers.
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Explosions rock Israel as Hamas attacked them with rockets and kidnapping & killing civilians with PM Netanyahu promising retaliation
- Heroes of the Week: Two scientists won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their research leading to the development of mRNA vaccines
- Congress passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government at the last minute
- The GOP wants Rep. Jamaal Bowman to be expelled after pulling a fire alarm
- Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed through a motion to “vacate the chair”
- Nancy Pelosi was asked to vacate her Capitol office by the interim House Speaker
- The House GOP is a complete mess now as they try to figure out who will be the Speaker
- Kevin McCarthy’s expected to step down from Congress before the end of his term
- Laphonza Butler has been sworn in as California’s newest US Senator
- The police chief in Kansas who led the raid on the Marion County Record has resigned
- The new SCOTUS term will include cases covering the CFPB, social media, abortion pills, & more
- Walt Disney Pictures VFX workers voted to unionize with IATSE
- Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert film has surpassed $100 million in advance ticket sales
- The head writers of the Drew Barrymore Show declined to return after her controversial stunt
- Disney+ will be cracking down on password-sharing in November
- Netflix reportedly plans to increase prices for Ad-free plans after the actors strike is over
- Netflix has renewed Castlevania: Nocturne for Season 2
- We got an official trailer for Netflix’s All the Light We Cannot See
- We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Pluto
- We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Devil May Cry
- We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix
- We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai
- We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- We got an official trailer for Peacock’s LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling
- We got an official trailer for A24’s Priscilla
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