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Carl Winberg

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TV Editor/Engineer. Ex BBC / Sony Pictures / DreamWorks Animation Law school drop-out. Pints enthusiast in Dublin. https://www.youtube.com/@UKTVCommercials I have one of those bot things: @classicfilms.bsky.social

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · Jan 10

It's difficult to explain just how bad food was in the UK in the eighties. This was a commercial. To make people come and buy food. That was this.
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Wendy Baked Potato Commercial - UK 1986

YouTube video by UK TV Commercials

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 4h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 2h

Shit.

Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 3h

Rocks, tbf.

Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 3h

These earbuds are so shit, it's like a postcard from the music I'm trying to listen to.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

The whole internet loves Cola Bottle Nate, a lovely guy who almost kills himself eating Haribro cola bottles! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you Mr. Rimmington is racist

Nathan Rimmington, 33, is a haulier and owner of an HGV driving school in Barnsley. Huge, tattooed, always sweating and always pining for a pint, he is portrayed in the series as an incorrigible joker: "If the government don't crack down on immigration, my kids will have to go to school on fucking camels."

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 6h

Didn't want that pumpkin anyway.

Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 6h

Fucking hell, mate.

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Sanjeev Kohli @govindajeggy.bsky.social · 7h

It’s taken me 8 years, but I have now collected enough of my own phlegm to make a full-size model of Daniel Craig. Which will finally allow me to say these words:
“I’ve been expectorating you Mr Bond”

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Mark Hutchings @markhutchings.bsky.social · 7h

A grim end to a grim life. His was the most sickening court case I covered in 40 years of news reporting.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

48-year-old was serving 29-year prison sentence after admitting multiple child sex offences The convicted child sexual abuser and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison. The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year prison sentence at HMP Wakefield, with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. Continue reading...

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🎃 Deadna Watkins 🎃 @theednawatkins.bsky.social · 7h

Dead nonce
Dead nonce
He's a dead nonce
He used to be well famous but now someone's stabbed him in the bonce

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 8h

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 7h

A nonce sensical killing.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 7h

Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in HMP Wakefield in Britain.

Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison

Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in HMP Wakefield in Britain.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 7h

Jared Leto? More like Jared Lets-not-go-to-the-cinema, eh readers?

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 9h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 7h

This is the kind of light-hearted filmmaking I grew up with.

Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.bsky.social · 12h

77 years ago:
Port of Call (SE)
Original title: Hamnstad
A suicidal factory girl, just out of reformatory school and anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive he...
1948-10-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/51141

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Sorcha Ní Nia @luiseach.bsky.social · 8h

Cannot be unseen

A screenshot presumably originally from Twitter but seen by me on Facebook, original Twitter comedian lost to the mists of time, of a TIME magazine front cover, showing Harry and Meghan staring into the camera, Harry standing behind her with his hands on her shoulders, and the comedic caption reads:

This looks like Harry is her hairdresser looking into the mirror explaining what he did to her layers

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 8h

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 8h

George: They Morbed Tron!
Jerry: They Morbed Tron?
George: They Morbed Tron.

(Kramer rides into the room on a lightcycle and explodes)

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 9h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Carl Winberg @carlwinberg.bsky.social · 8h

I have to go get home by six, or my pumpkin turns into a pint.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 10h

Ironic

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 10h

Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson‘s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Jim Caviezel Won’t Return as Jesus for Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’

Jim Caviezel will not return to play Jesus Christ for director Mel Gibson‘s forthcoming follow-ups to the smash hit The Passion of the Christ, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 14h

Out of control supertanker on collision course with our lives.

Rob Bowley @robbowley.net · 16h

BBC News - 'It's going to be really bad': Fears over AI bubble bursting grow in Silicon Valley

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

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Clair Woodward @clairywoowoo.bsky.social · 16h

Have just had a VERY long bus journey through Bromley, Beckenham and surrounds, and now I understand why Bowie drank, took drugs and lived in Berlin and New York.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

YOU COULD PERHAPS HAVE LED WITH THE MOVIE PART

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Professor SweetPants @ygrene.bsky.social · Apr 20

billboard: hey look at me
me: can’t I’m driving
billboard: come on look
me: eyes on the road
billboard: pls it’s important
me: fine what is it
billboard: drive safely lol

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 1d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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