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Entertainment websites are disappearing, or having to double down on clickbait etc to keep going. A few thoughts, and a presumably futile request to Google for some guidance.

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Okay then, Google: tell us what to do | The future of entertainment websites

Google's search results are, sadly, damaging lots of websites. What does Google actually want? And is it what a human being would want?

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 1d

Evening.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 2d

Absolute solidarity.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 2d

The slightly-post-manflu (although lingering, obvs) coffee, that finally feels like it's getting through the system. That tasted nice. Morning.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 3d

Ha! In fairness, we all have an interview moment or two in our careers...

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 3d

Just one shot from last night's incredible Film Stories preview screening of #ISwear in #Birmingham.

This is the packed house giving director Kirk Jones a spontaneous round of applause at the end of his Q&A.

Region screenings and film events forever, please. Plotting the next few already...

Kirk Jones at the Film Stories I Swear preview screening in Birmingham, Friday 3rd October 2025.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 3d

At heart, doesn't all AI write fiction?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d

One path to a successful career as a columnist is to be repeatedly wrong. Not to have unique takes on matters of opinion, but confident declarations proven wrong by events. If you can condescend to people proven right no matter how often you are wrong, the most prominent media would like to pay you.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 4d

When you interview Malcolm McDowell, you're supposed to ask him about A Clockwork Orange. Instead, I asked him about ITV's Crossroads.

(Suspect @simonmayo.bsky.social might slightly approve!)

Video and audio versions here: filmstories.co.uk/podcast/podc...

Podcast | In conversation with Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell takes centre stage on the Film Stories podcast, to talk The Partisan, Peter Sellers, Michael Caine and more...

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 5d

Manflu.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 6d

This week I've had press releases involving Aston Villa, cups of tea and assorted AI tools. My recycle bin overfloweth.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 8d

Olive branch

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 6d

The manspreading on this train is SPECTACULAR.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 6d

In fairness, it's like me saying I'll take over Disneyland and replace all the rides with massive lumps of jelly. I'll never run Disneyland, Kemi Badenoch will never be Prime Minister.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 6d

Death warmed up. Morning.

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 11d

The director of the abandoned Scoob: Holiday Haunt tells us his story, in a special episode of the Film Stories podcast.
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In conversation with Michael Kurinsky | Scoob: Holiday Haunt, The Beatles, Disney, Sony, Warner Bros and more

The director of the abandoned Scoob: Holiday Haunt tells his story, in a special episode of the Film Stories podcast.

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