2024.08.12: Tom Cruise Captures The Flag

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Olympics are Over

• Tom Cruise divides Olympics fans with dramatic stunt at closing ceremony (msn.com)
• American gymnast Jordan Chiles lost her bronze medal on floor exercise. What happened? (msn.com)
• USA and China tie for most gold medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics | CNN
• Watch Olympic diver’s dad console her after she missed out on a medal – Upworthy

Olympian Pranks

• Meet Elizabeth Swaney, the American skier who scammed her way to the Olympics – CBSSports.com
• Breaking has arrived to the Olympics and is delivering the ultimate ✨icon✨ #paris2024 (youtube.com)

Universal Dragon

• Adventuring with Annie on X: “Just a little dragon going for a test flight over Epic Universe…” / X

Borderlands Bad Opening

• Borderlands – Box Office Mojo
• Critical Bust ‘Borderlands’ Bombs Big In Theatrical Debut (forbes.com)
• Domestic 2024 Weekend 32 – Box Office Mojo
• Halo: Combat Evolved (gearboxsoftware.com)
• Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) / X

Something of Water

• The Shape of Water – Wikipedia
• The Weight of Water (film) – Wikipedia

It’s in the Unbreakable Universe

• Unbreakable (film) – Wikipedia
• Split (2016 American film) – Wikipedia
• M. Night Shyamalan didn’t tell Universal ‘Split’ was ‘Unbreakable’ sequel (nme.com)

X-Men by…

• What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men? (youtube.com)
• X-MEN – 1950’s Super Panavision 70 (youtube.com)

D23 Announcements

• D23 (Disney) – Wikipedia
• D23 2024: Everything announced and shown at this year’s fan event, so far | Mashable