Let's Weekend Unknown

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Bob Newhart's legacy, Trump's VP pick, and why days will get longer as climate change continues on.




Intro



What Are We Up To?

C: X-Men, X2, Cobra Kai, Supacell, PowerWash Simulator, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters



B: Trails Through Daybreak, dark country music, drowning in humidity.





Brandon’s Random Factoid



Assholes of the Week: Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump’s classified document case over special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment

Federal appeals court has blocked the remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan



Senator Bob Menendez was found guilty on all counts in his bribery trial





Heroes of the Week: The Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly fired over their refusal to work after a 1944 WWII port explosion

South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples





RIP Bob Newhart



RIP Sheila Jackson Lee, House Rep. in Texas



Good riddance to Lou Dobbs



What we know about the Trump shooter at this point

The man that did die from the shooting sucks, but was shielding his family





Trump’s VP pick is J.D. Vance



Biden’s preparing to call for some big changes to the SCOTUS



Biden has tested positive for COVID, as calls for him to end his presidential campaign continue



There’s a leaked video of Trump talking to RFK Jr about their vaccine skepticism



A neo-Nazi leader was indicted for a plot to have a Santa Claus poison children in New York City



There was a massive disruption of computers around the world due to a faulty CrowdStrike update



Days are getting slightly longer due to climate change



Paramount+ has canceled Halo series after two seasons



Netflix signed a deal with AMC to get The Walking Dead spinoffs & Interview with a Vampire



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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the three major deaths of the week, the dumb thing David Zaslav wants, and the surprise victory of the French Left.




Intro



What Are We Up To?

C: X-Men, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Xbox 360 & PSTV setups



T: Unicorn Overlord, Dragon Ball watch thru continues, lots of work & life otherwise



P: Getting into freelance video work, closing in on 160 physical Switch games



B: Trails Into Daybreak, Tade Thompson’s Rosewater, dear god I’m burning help me





Brandon’s Random Factoid



Assholes of the Week: Israel killed 90 Palestinians and wounded 300 in southern Gaza in a strike to get one Hamas commander

Trump got shot in the ear at his rally today



Actor Jay Johnston pleaded guilty to a felony charge over his role in January 6 insurrection





Heroes of the Week: Bloomberg donates $1 billion to Johns Hopkins University to make tuition free for most medical students



RIP Richard Simmons



RIP Shelley Duvall



RIP Dr. Ruth



French left gets the election upset over the far right



Boeing has accepted a plea deal with the DOJ



Marathon Oil reached a $241 million settlement with the EPA



AT&T says hackers stole 2022 call & text data from nearly all customers



WB Discovery CEO wants the next president to deregulate M&A



The Paramount/Skydance Media deal has been finalized



Kevin Costner’s Horizon 2 has been delayed from its August release



Inside Out 2 surpassed Incredibles 2 as the highest-grossing Pixar film



We got a teaser trailer for Agatha All Along



We got a teaser trailer for Captain America: Brave New World



We got an official trailer for Apple TV+’s Time Bandits



We got an official trailer for Gladiator II



We got an official trailer for Watchmen Chapter 1



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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the latest bad news out of the Supreme Court, the great news out of the UK, and what's happened to Charlotte the Stingray.




Intro



What Are We Up To?

C: A Family Affair, Leave the World Behind, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Fallout 76, American Truck Sim



B: Trails Through Daybreak, Apollo Justice trilogy, Ghost In The Shell, Jazz fusion





Brandon’s Random Factoid



Supreme Assholes of the Week: SCOTUS ruled that Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some actions he took at the end of his presidency

Trump claims to not know anything about Project 2025 that many of his allies and his own PAC are currently pushing as his agenda 





Heroes of the Week: The Labour Party won in huge fashion during the UK election



Trump’s sentencing in his NYC hush money case was delayed



Federal judge has partially blocked the US ban on noncompete agreements



The FDA has approved a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease



Hurricane Beryl was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded this early in the season



Charlotte the stingray has died at her NC aquarium



Six Flags and Cedar Fair completed an $8 billion merger



Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection



Skydance Media & National Amusements have reached a tentative agreement on Paramount deal



The new IATSE deal with the studios outlines how AI can be used



Max’s Harley Quinn spinoff series “Kite Man: Hell Yeah!” debuts on July 18



The entire Lost series finally returned to Netflix



We got an official trailer for Amazon Prime’s Jackpot!



We got an official trailer for Afraid



We got an official trailer for Bando Stone & The New World



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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the various bad decisions by SCOTUS, the end of the WikiLeaks ordeal, and how scientists made upsetting faces for robots.




Intro



What Are We Up To?

C: That 90s Show, Rising Impact, GLOW, Fallout 76



B: Apollo Justice trilogy, Trails Through Daybreak demo, books, old Men’s magazines.





Brandon’s Random Factoid



Supreme Assholes of the Week: SCOTUS overturned the Chevron deference ruling from 1984 that gave the federal government’s agencies power to enforce regulations

SCOTUS allows cities to punish homeless people for sleeping in public places



SCOTUS has declared the way the SEC imposes fines for fraud unconstitutional



SCOTUS limited which January 6 defendants can be charged by federal prosecutors over obstructing Congress and could impact two of Trump’s four felony charges in his DC case





Heroes of the Week: President Biden issued a blanket pardon for all LGBTQ+ service members that were removed from the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity



RIP Martin Mull



More SCOTUS opinions

SCOTUS allows the White House to request removal of social media misinformation



SCOTUS has rejected the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal



SCOTUS denied Steve Bannon’s plea to stay free during his appeals





The WikiLeaks ordeal is finally over as Julian Assange struck a plea deal with the US



Tractor Supply Co. slashes its DEI and climate change goals in response to right wing campaign



Amazon is the 5th US company to reach $2 trillion in stock market value



Another of those weird monoliths that have been showing up since 2020 was found near Vegas



Scientists used engineered living skin tissue & human-like ligaments to give robots a creepy smile



WB Discovery is rebranding their upcoming tentpole shows as HBO Originals



Hallmark and NFL are teaming up for a football-themed Christmas movie



We got an official trailer for Here



We got an official trailer for Heretic



We got an official trailer for Red One



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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Louisiana's new dumb law that will get overturned soon, a weird Columbo's style tree murder mystery, and whether Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 are still good movies.




Intro



What Are We Up To?

C: Atlas, Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2, Fallout 76, Elden Ring, The Case of the Golden Idol



B: Apollo Justice trilogy, Trails Into Daybreak demo, books, X-Men 97





Brandon’s Random Factoid



Assholes of the Week: Louisiana is requiring public schools to display the 10 Commandments in every classroom

Utah’s trying to invoke sovereignty to ignore the Biden admin’s Title IX transgender protections changes





Heroes of the Week: Biden announced new executive actions to offer protections against deportation for undocumented spouses

Maryland is pardoning 175k marijuana convictions





RIP Donald Sutherland



RIP Willie Mays



The Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on guns for domestic abusers



Russia and North Korea signed a new treaty to strengthen their partnership



Two climate activists were arrested for spraying orange paint on Stonehenge



There’s a weird whodunit story in Maine about trees poisoned by a rich couple



Judy Garland’s hometown is hoping to buy a pair of her ruby slippers from auction with some help



A Swiss museum has pulled 5 paintings from display to investigate their potential Nazi loot origins



This year’s summer solstice is happening earlier than it has in over 200 years



Amazon MGM is developing a Spaceballs sequel with Josh Gad starring & Mel Brooks producing



Lionsgate landed Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis for US release



Five men that ran Jetflicks were convicted of operating a massive, illegal streaming service



We got a teaser trailer for The Penguin



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On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about more trips that Clarence Thomas failed to disclose, the steadily increasing far right influence in the EU, and what happened to Gainax.




Intro



What Are We Up To?

C: Sweet Tooth S3, Fallout 76, Cat Quest, American Truck Simulator



B: Apollo Justice Ace Attorney trilogy, Amnesia The Bunker, Skinamarink, Hellraiser 87





Brandon’s Random Factoid



Assholes of the Week: Far right parties gained more seats in EU elections to further challenge those in power in France and Germany

Judge has rejected Alex Jones’ bankruptcy plans for Infowars, but allows his other assets to be liquidated to pay back the Sandy Hook families





Heroes of the Week: The UN Security Council endorses US cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza



The Supreme Court rejected the challenge to abortion pill’s accessibility

They also struck down the Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks





More trips for Justice Thomas that were paid for by Harlan Crow have been found by the Senate



The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Biden admin over its executive action on the border



The House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress

The Justice Dept won’t pursue contempt charges against Merrick Garland





Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all counts for lying on federal gun purchase forms



Tesla shareholders voted to restore Elon’s record $44.9 billion pay package



Marvel’s Blade movie lost its second director



Sony Pictures purchased Alamo Drafthouse



Gainax has filed for bankruptcy



The second season of Arcane will be its last



Netflix is holding a hot dog-eating contest between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi



We got an official trailer for Peacock’s Those About to Die



We got an official trailer for Paddington in Peru



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