Lauren Boebert must have seen the rootin’ tootin’ writing on the wall. Towards the end of 2023, the far-right congresswoman announced that she would be switching Colorado districts during her reelection bid, in which Democrat Adam Frisch most recently only lost by 546 votes in a red-leaning district. Given that Boebert’s already incendiary aura has been heightened even more by her Beetlejuice escapades (which even caused Howard Stern to have mixed feelings), Boebert likely knows that some Republicans are disappointed enough to stay home when the polls open, which could ultimately cost the GOP a precious House seat.
Additionally, Boebert is worried about self-preservation, and she believes that the more solidly Republican fourth district would somehow be more receptive to her reelection. She has already railed about the so-called “dark money” that forced her to make the switch following after “[a] lot of prayer, a lot of tough conversations and a lot of perspective.” Now, the former Shooters Grill owner has complained to Steve Bannon on his War Roompodcast. Via The Guardian, she is blaming high-profile Democratic donors (rather than her public groping debacle) for this outcome:
“We need a strong voice there, and we have to shut down the Hollywood elites who are trying to buy my current seat,” Boebert said to Bannon, the former Donald Trump White House adviser who is appealing a prison sentence given to him for his refusal to cooperate with the US House committee that investigated the January 6 US Capitol attack.
“It’s coming from Hollywood when you have Barbra Streisand coming in and donating to the Democrat, when you have Ryan Reynolds coming in and donating to the Democrat.”
An attempt to blame Barbra Streisand is nothing new from the GOP, but seeing the star of Deadpool pulled into the discussion is more unexpected. How has Ryan Reynolds responded to this tantrum? Thus far, he has not answered at all. However, Adam Frisch has certainly been enjoying said donations, and The Daily Beast has been keeping an eye out for how his tally has long since surpassed Boebert’s collections for the 2024 election. Clearly, she is very worried about her chances ahead of the 2024 elections.
After four years, True Detective has returned for a fourth season that jettisons original creator Nic Pizzolatto and replaces him with showrunner Issa López, who’s already racking up rave reviews for her first crack at the anthology series.
Titled True Detective: Night Country, the new season follows Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as they navigate a murder mystery in Alaska. According to early reviews, the two leads are easily the best component of the new season that is almost unanimously being viewed as a worthy successor to the inaugural True Detective season starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Night Country injects a whole lot of female energy both onscreen — in the form of Foster and co-star Kali Reis, as Danvers’ reluctant partner Evangeline Navarro — and off, into a series that in the past wasn’t exactly celebrated for its use of women. The end result is a lean, mean, six-episode season that retains most of what was great under Pizzolatto, while leaving behind the more self-indulgent or outright clumsy parts of those years.
Night Country is, in some ways, a throwback to the first season, bringing back the uncomfortable intersection of true crime narrative and supernatural undertones. The season also includes direct nods to imagery and dialogue from the first season — generally unnecessary citations that feel like a sop to the Pizzolatto-worshipping corner of the fandom, since otherwise Night Country is at odds with the previous seasons in terms of theme and overall perspective. Night Country pushes aside Pizzolatto’s trademark masculine brooding for a female-forward story that personalizes and internalizes the anthology’s typically convoluted plotting in a way that’s refreshing and frequently potent.
What’s cool about this icy season is pretty hot, though. Leads Jodie Foster and Kali Reis top that list, ably carrying an investigation past spooky red herrings and gratuitous melodrama. The Hollywood veteran plays Ennis police chief Liz Danvers, a no-nonsense pro (“This is a crime scene, I want you to pretend you know what you’re doing!” she barks at underlings clowning around a grisly mound of frozen corpses) assigned to this remote outpost for reasons other than the professed one, her skill at dealing with the criminal psychology effect of monthslong winter nights. Pro boxer and “Catch the Fair One” star Reis is Detective Evangeline Navarro, an Afghan War vet who came to Alaska to reconnect with the Iñupiaq half of her heritage.
Previous seasons of True Detective have been anchored on the success of their actors, and Night Country continues that trend. It’s impossible to look at Ennis police chief Elizabeth Danvers and not see Foster, who feels simultaneously meant to play this character and perfectly suited for such a role at this stage in her career. In lesser hands, Liz could run the risk of becoming a stereotype — a hardened woman who eschews emotional connection for convenient physical flings (many of them with already-married men, earning the ire of their wives) and successfully damages most of her other relationships. But Liz is also a shrewd investigator, even if she’s been relegated to a small, somewhat sleepy Alaskan town by her superior.
All six episodes of True Detective: Night Country are written (or co-written) and directed by Issa López. Even though she’s a super accomplished writer and director in her native Mexico, López’s work might come as a revelation to English-speaking American viewers. López has not only crafted scripts that effortlessly entangle the magical and the mundane, but she’s able to deftly wrap up the show’s big mysteries, leaving only the most intentional of loose ends. As a director, she never seems hampered by setting the story during non-stop night. In fact, she finds endlessly creative ways to use the stark brightness of a lantern or the glow of twinkle lights to frame her actors clearly.
With eerie suspense, vibrant characters and a layer of the supernatural, the series’ creator and director, Issa López, gives Night Country a singular feeling, and those opening credits suggest how: this show gets really creepy, in a good way. The original season of True Detective (2014), with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, set high expectations. After two much weaker follow-ups, this fourth season finally lives up to the exhilarating promise of the first.
True Detective: Night Country premieres January 4 on HBO.
Megan Thee Stallion appeared on the stacked lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve over the weekend, where the Houston rapper treated the crowd (and viewers at home) to a blend of her hit songs.
She and the backup dancers were all in purple, as the performance started shortly after midnight in New York. “Y’all ready to turn up?” Megan asked the crowd.
During the medley, Megan played her song “Savage,” a track from 2020’s Good News (“Body”), “Her” from 2022’s Traumazine, and even her newest single, “Cobra.” The choreography didn’t miss a beat, as the dancers all matched Meg’s moves. Some of the clips, also show some of the crowd, who are also bopping along while wearing a bunch of festive hats and other accessories.
Although some of the acts were broadcasting performances from other parts of the world, Megan welcomed 2024 live from Times Square. Others who joined her in NYC included Tyla, Sabrina Carpenter, Jelly Roll, and many more.
As for what to expect from Meg in the new year, she previously confirmed that she’s been working on a new album (as of March 2023), so hopefully, fans get to hear it soon.
Check out some clips of Megan Thee Stallion’s New Year’s Eve performance below.
Ready for some scary math? Due to the never-changing ages of the characters on The Simpsons, late 30s Homer and Marge are elder millennials, Bart and Lisa are Generation Alpha, and Abraham Simpson, not Principal Skinner (or Armin Tamzarian for the purists), would have fought in the Vietnam War.
Here’s some more scary Simpsons math, courtesy of X user @matttomic: “In this 1996 Simpsons episode, Homer asks for the latest from Bread (“Lost Without Your Love”, 1977) and is sent to Oldies. If this were set in 2023, Homer would be asking for Arcade Fire’s Funeral or Kanye’s College Dropout (2004).” If you move it to 2024, the albums become Illinois by Sufjan Stevens and Kanye’s Late Registration.
@matttomic added, “Happy new year! Death comes for us all.”
The episode being referred to is season 7’s “Homerpalooza,” where Homer is shocked to learn that rock music didn’t, in fact, attain perfection in 1974. “I used to be with it, until they changed what it was,” Abraham warns his son in one of the most relatable quotes in the show’s history. “Now what I am with isn’t it and what is it seems weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to you!”
It already has. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to listen to Demon Days by Gorillaz and watch Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, which was the style at the time.
In this 1996 Simpsons episode, Homer asks for the latest from Bread (“Lost Without Your Love”, 1977) and is sent to Oldies.
If this were set in 2023, Homer would be asking for Arcade Fire’s “Funeral” or Kanye’s “College Dropout” (2004)
Despite the name, Apple TV+’s drama Slow Horses does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Season three of the drama finished airing last month, and now we have two more seasons and several dozen more ice cream cones to look forward to.
Slow Horsesfollows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents led by Gary Oldman. The fourth season, which is currently in production, is set to follow the events of Spook Street, the fourth novel in the series. While there has not been any official release date, the show’s producer Will Smith told Decider that fans “won’t have to wait longer than a year” between three and four. Season three wrapped up in December, so season four should head to screens later this year. And there’s more! A fifth season of the show has also been ordered.
Since season four is set to follow Spook Street, we can hope/assume that season five will follow the fifth book in the series, London Rules. Here is the synopsis for that installment, which came out in 2017:
Over at Slough House, the crew are struggling with personal repressed grief, various addictions, retail paralysis, and the nagging suspicion that their newest colleague is a psychopath. But collectively, they’re about to rediscover their greatest strength – that of making a bad situation much, much worse. It’s a good job Jackson Lamb knows the rules. Because those things aren’t going to break themselves
You can stream the first three seasons of Slow Horses on Apple TV+.
Metro Boomin has big plans for the year, despite having one of his best year’s professionally in 2023. After releasing his second studio album Heroes & Villains in December 2022, he stampeded into 2023 with a parade of releases including the Spider-Verse soundtrack, Young Thug’s album Business Is Business, and even a symphony orchestra. But even with all these accomplishments in his rearview, he looks to remain as busy as ever in 2024, with not just one but three new albums on the way — and maybe even more.
After boasting “2023 was great but just watch what I do 2024” on Twitter, a fan asked how many albums he’ll be dropping in 2024. “3 at the very least,” he replied. And although he didn’t go into detail, hints he shared throughout last year gave us some clue what those albums could be.
Shortly after the release of Heroes & Villains, ASAP Rocky joked that his next album, Don’t Be Dumb, would have so much input from Metro that it should be called Flacko Boomin. Then, a month later, Future suggested that his joint album with Metro would be the “album of the year” — although there’s still no sign of it, almost a full year later. JID also confirmed he and Metro have a joint project in the works, and just before the holidays, Metro said he and Zaytoven are working on a few ideas for a potential project, either with an artist or a compilation of artists.
The Sugar Bowl between Washington and Texas was an absolutely wild nightcap to the craziest and best College Football Playoff semifinal day since its inception in 2014. Washington held on for a 37-31 win despite some clock management blunders and Texas marching inside the 20 on its final drive of the game, getting a throw into the end zone for the win that got broken up.
That, coupled with an overtime thriller in the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Alabama that saw the Wolverines come out on top thanks to a fourth down stop, made for quite a good night for ESPN, as they will almost assuredly pull in some of the best ratings of the CFP era thanks to finally getting a pair of entertaining and competitive semifinals. However, the downside to great ratings is it means more eyeballs are on you when you make a mistake, and ESPN did not think through its live shot planning during the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.
During a return from commercial, ESPN had a cameraman wandering down Bourbon Street to capture the live scene in the city. Apparently ESPN’s production team forgot what goes on down on Bourbon Street and accidentally broadcast to millions of people a woman pulling her top down to show her boob for some beads.
That clip immediately went viral (and can be found here, but obviously is NSFW) and forced ESPN to issue an apology on Tuesday.
“We regret that this happened and apologize that the video aired in the telecast,” ESPN’s Bill Hofheimer said in a statement to The Associated Press.
What makes the whole thing really wild is that ESPN decided it needed that to be a fully live clip and not something prerecorded so they could, I don’t know, check to make sure they weren’t going to show someone’s tittie on national TV. You can do a live shot during the Rose Bowl of the sunset and San Gabriel mountains without any issue, but down in New Orleans it might be best to go shoot some B-roll ahead of time and do a little quality control to make sure you’re not gonna get yourself an FCC fine.
As the calendar turns to 2024 we find ourselves just six weeks away from the All-Star Game in Indianapolis, and there is a crowded race for the East and West squads this year, meaning we are likely going to see plenty of fan bases upset by snubs.
With just 24 total roster spots (plus possible injury replacements) and a set number of spots for guards (4) and frontcourt players (6) plus a pair of wild card spots, there figure to be a lot of players that have legitimate All-Star arguments that get squeezed in each conference — this is where I once again beg the league to expand All-Star rosters to 15, putting them in line with the actual rosters NBA teams have. With a month left for players to make their All-Star case to fans, players, media, and coaches, I figured it was a good time to take a look at the players battling for All-Star roster spots and where the likely “snubs” will come from.
With the way the starter vote works (with 50 percent coming from fans, 25 percent from players, and 25 percent from media), there are rarely any major surprises with the 10 starting spots — that’s not to say there’s never controversy, but they’re almost always deserving of an All-Star nod. It’s the coach votes for the reserves that are always the most fascinating to me, as they tend to place a high value on playing for a winning team (especially when picking between players with similar profiles), which we can use to try to predict who will and won’t make it onto the roster this year. With the talent level of the league as high as it’s ever been, there are going to be some really tough calls for the coaches that will leave some deserving players out of the festivities in Indy.
I think this is the toughest group to figure out who will be the two starters. If I were to guess, Maxey and Lillard will get the nod given their profile and the success of their two teams. Brunson will certainly have a shot at starting if Knicks fans vote in droves, but he’ll likely need to out-point Lillard in media/player voting to have a shot. Haliburton feels like a lock for a reserve spot given he’s the Pacers only real candidate for a hometown All-Star, is leading the NBA in assists, and is scoring at a crazy efficient rate. Young will have to be a coaches Wild Card pick because he has historically done poorly in the starters voting (especially with his fellow players), but his stats (28.3 points and 11.3 assists per game) are so gaudy I think he’ll get the nod this year even with Atlanta’s struggles — and if he doesn’t, you can guarantee some chatter this summer about him wanting to be in a bigger market.
Snubs: Donovan Mitchell, Derrick White
Mitchell would need both Wild Card spots to go to guards to get in, and I don’t think that happens. I think Cleveland underwhelming this year to expectations will hurt him, and it likely comes down to him vs. Young for the last guard spot and even with Atlanta being pretty bad this year, Young’s stats are just absurd. Barring a big January for the Cavs that sees them climb the standings, they might go All-Starless this year and that will likely only accelerate the rumblings around Mitchell’s future there if he misses out on an All-Star pick.
There’s a vocal movement for Derrick White to be an All-Star, but it’s going to be really hard for him to make it given the performance of the players listed above and I don’t even think we get six guards on the roster. Beyond that, the Celtics are going to have at least two All-Stars with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and the strongest case for a third probably belongs to Kristaps Porzingis. We haven’t seen a team get four All-Stars since the 2014-15 Atlanta Hawks who won every game in January and were a mile in front of the rest of the East, leading to Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver getting spots based off team success. This Boston team has been great, but unless they put real daylight between themselves and the Sixers and Bucks, it’s really hard to see them getting four All-Stars even with White having a terrific season.
EAST FRONTCOURT
In: Joel Embiid*, Giannis Antetokounmpo*, Jayson Tatum*, Jaylen Brown, Paolo Banchero, Bam Adebayo, Scottie Barnes
The starters for East froncourt are pretty easy to come up with. Embiid, Giannis, and Tatum all have MVP cases for the three best teams in the conference and should cruise to starting spots. From there, though, it gets pretty tricky. Brown feels like a lock given the Celtics’ success. I also think the Magic are going to get an All-Star this year and right now Paolo feels like he’ll get the nod over Franz Wagner, but I think those two are effectively battling it out for the Orlando spot over the next month (provided they’re still solidly in the top-6 in the East). From there it gets tricky. Miami’s been on a hot streak of late so, at this moment, I think they’ll get someone in the game. That puts it between Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, and as long as Adebayo doesn’t miss any more time I think he would get the nod over Butler. For one, Butler has historically not cared in the slightest about playing in the All-Star Game, so I think he’d be fine with it. Beyond that, Adebayo has a better statistical profile to go along with his reputation as one of the best defenders in the league. From there, I feel like Scottie Barnes’ breakout year is likely going to earn him a nod, and he may benefit from being listed as a frontcourt player rather than a guard (where he’s been playing). That said, if the Raptors continue to bottom out, he might not get the votes.
Snubs: Jimmy Butler, Julius Randle, Franz Wagner, Kristaps Porzingis
Butler hasn’t played that much more than Adebayo (or Porzingis), and he doesn’t have the same statistical impact of Bam this season, meaning I think his teammate is more likely to get the nod. That Randle is back in the mix for an All-Star spot after the first couple weeks he had is impressive, but I think he’ll need the Knicks to go on a serious run in January to have a shot. If they’re still just hanging around .500, I doubt the coaches will feel like they need to give them multiple All-Stars and Brunson will be the pick for New York. Wagner, as mentioned, is neck-and-neck with Banchero for the Magic’s spot that I believe exists as of now. He certainly has a case to even be ahead of the Randle-Porzingis-Butler-Adebayo group, but Orlando probably needed to stay in the top-3 range to have a chance at two All-Stars this year. Porzingis, meanwhile, might split votes with Derrick White for a third Celtics spot with coaches, needs to log more games played, and would need Boston to create some space for the 1-seed over other two All-Star teams in the Bucks and Sixers.
WEST GUARDS
In: Stephen Curry*, Luka Doncic*, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Anthony Edwards, De’Aaron Fox
Hoo boy, the West guard race is brutal. I think SGA and Doncic deserve the starting spots, but Curry probably gets in over SGA off the fan vote. In any case, those three should be locks, as is Anthony Edwards given the Timberwolves position atop the conference. From there, De’Aaron Fox is averaging 30 per game on crazy efficiency and has the Kings right back in the mix for a top-4 spot in the West. I think he should also be a pretty easy choice for a Wild Card, but that leaves a number of big names off the board.
Snubs: Devin Booker, Desmond Bane, Jamal Murray
After Fox it gets really tricky and comes down to how the Wild Card picks get sorted out. Devin Booker’s had an unbelievably productive year but the Suns have been mediocre and he’d need a Wild Card pick over a frontcourt guy. Right now I don’t know if he’ll get that, and it would help him out a lot if the Suns could go on a sustained run of success and pull back with the Clippers. The Grizzlies slow start will likely keep Bane off the roster, barring a crazy month of January in Memphis (which, again, he’d have to vault Booker to get in the mix for a Wild Card). The Nuggets being simply “very good” instead of dominant means it’s going to be hard for Murray to get the All-Star spot I thought he was likely going to get off of his Finals run a year ago. He’s only played 20 games this year and is averaging under 20 points per game, making it very difficult to put him in above any of the other top guards in the West (not to mention frontcourt guys).
WEST FRONTCOURT
In: LeBron James*, Nikola Jokic*, Kevin Durant*, Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George
Like in the East, the frontcourt starters aren’t hard to figure out in the West. LeBron and KD are always at the top of fan voting and are assuredly going to be in the top 5 for players and media too, meaning they’re in. Nikola Jokic is once again putting up preposterous numbers on a top-3 team and is maybe the MVP favorite again. He’s in. From there, the Wolves are going to get two guys and Towns will get the nod over Gobert. Davis, Leonard, and George have all not only played to their usual All-Star standard, but have all played more games than usual (Kawhi’s missed a little time recently with a hip issue but is back now). The Lakers getting two All-Stars will, assuredly, lead to some thinkpieces, but it’s really hard to see how Davis misses out if he’s still healthy given his statistical profile and having played 32 games already. The Clippers have been on a tear of late and George and Leonard have both been spectacular this year. If they keep winning at this rate, it’s hard to see those guys missing out given their pedigree and the team having this level of success — but if they slip up and the Suns get going, Booker likely takes that last spot.
Snubs: Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Alperen Sengun, Rudy Gobert, Chet Holmgren, Victor Wembanyama, Domantas Sabonis
The Pelicans have been good enough to get someone in the game, but Ingram and Zion might split some votes (I do think Ingram would get more from coaches than Zion for a variety of reasons) and it’s just really, really crowded right now. Sengun has been spectacular for the Rockets but at .500 I’m not sure the team is good enough for him to get in with a similar stat line to Karl-Anthony Towns (with worse efficiency). Gobert has been great defensively for Minnesota, but I think the field is too deep this year for them to get three guys in and Towns is the more likely pick of the Minnesota bigs. I think Holmgren will get real consideration given the Thunder’s team success and how vital he’s been to it, but I’m not sure who he goes in over and rookies tend to not be high on coaches lists. Wembanyama would get in if fans just picked all 12 spots, but he’ll likely have to wait another year before making his All-Star debut. I realize now that I snubbed Domantas Sabonis from the snubs list initially (apologies, Kings fans), but he also has a strong case with averages of just over 19/12/7 right now. Like so many others, I think he gets left off as they spread roster spots elsewhere with Fox getting in as the Kings representative.
It will not be a particularly fun year for the coaches to fill out All-Star ballots, as there are far too many players with legitimate All-Star cases for the number of roster spots that need to be filled. Last year there were a number of injury replacements that made their way onto the roster, so it’s possible we get a few of those as well (but would obviously prefer to have too many healthy stars to seeing big names go down).
With the league tweaking the All-Star format again this year, maybe they will look at expanding rosters in the near future, as it certainly feels like we don’t have enough spots for the talent level across the league at the moment. There are so many established stars still producing at an All-Star level that it’s hard to make room for the rising superstars in the league, and I think it would benefit the NBA to make a little more space to have them playing alongside each other in the annual February showcase.
In the meantime, we’re going to have plenty of snub talk over the next month-plus, and there will be some free motivation for some big names coming out of the voting process.
In December, Cardi B declared that she and Offset had broken up. Still, they found themselves in the same place on New Year’s Eve, one thing led to another, and the two ended up getting intimate.
In a post-NYE broadcast, Cardi explained:
“Was I clubbing with my baby father yesterday? Yes. Did I got dicked down yesterday? Absolutely, baby. Y’all can use your roles on New Year’s Eve; I need some dick on New Year’s Eve. I feel like we was vibing yesterday, we had a good time. We was Henny’d down. We was both in the same club and it was just really awkward. Like, I’m in my section, he’s in his section. It’s like, ‘Man, just f*ckin’ come over here, let’s just chill, we having a good time.’”
As for where their relationship stands now, she continued, “But I feel at the point of where we at in our relationship, we’ve been together for seven years, we’ve been married for seven years. I don’t consider that we’re back together because the answer of getting back together is not a good night at the club and f*cking the night long. We need to work on our sh*t, we need to work on our communication. There’s things that he gotta work on, there’s things that I gotta work on. And I feel like until we work that out, I don’t feel like we’re back together.”
Check out the clip below.
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If you thought Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (and its upcoming sequel) was an aberration, think again. When infamous pieces of IP hit the public domain, the mice shall play (and freak out fourth graders), and that now includes the “Steamboat Willie” version of Mickey Mouse. That copyright expired as of 2024’s arrival, and very quickly, teaser trailers for both a horror movie and a horror-survival video game have surfaced.
You can see plenty of the first option above from a film called Mickey’s Mouse Trap, and well, at least it’s not a Thirst Trap? Into Frame Productions surely did not intend for this film to be lofty viewing fare, although it does appear to take some cues from the success of the Five Nights At Freddy’s movie because this version of Mickey is terrorizing patrons of a pizza-party parlor. Is this going to cause Sinister-esque dreams for those of us who are predisposed to watching horror movies while fueling with late-night pizza? Perhaps.
The film doesn’t necessarily look scary but more like it’s enjoying a few jabs at horror tropes and the “rules” of such films, which hasn’t been a novelty since Scream first debuted, but that’s alright because there’s a reference to that initial 1996 movie in the trailer, too. And as if that isn’t enough, there’s also a new teaser (which you can see at IGN) for a Steamboat-Willie-Mickey-based survival-horror game, Infestation 88, on the way as well. IGN also passes on the Nightmare Forge description of the game:
“In the year 1988, what was thought to be an outbreak of rodents in various locations morphed into something far more sinister.” Sometimes you’ll need to fight, sometimes you’ll need to run, and sometimes you’ll need to hide in a locker. You can set traps and utilize CCTV cameras to try and stay one step ahead of the infestation, and item layouts are randomized in order to help keep matches fresh.”
How does Disney feel about this madness? They are vowing to defend the modern iterations of Mickey. Via Deadline:
“More modern versions of Mickey will remain unaffected by the expiration of the Steamboat Willie copyright, and Mickey will continue to play a leading role as a global ambassador for the Walt Disney Company in our storytelling, theme park attractions, and merchandise,” a Disney spokesperson said of the dos and don’ts of the sound-synched film entering the public domain today. “We will, of course, continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other works that remain subject to copyright, and we will work to safeguard against consumer confusion caused by unauthorized uses of Mickey and our other iconic characters.”
In other words, it’s now all fun and games when it comes to Steamboat Willie, but no one had better get any ideas about contemporary Mickey, who’s still doing his wholesome thing on merch and at Disney theme parks around the globe.
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