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Jeff Bezos said his son told him 'please don't eff this up' after Amazon took on 'The Lord of the Rings' prequel - Business Insider

Rings of Power fans were made to stand in a pen for hours without seats and told to cheer on command for cameras. https://t.co/ePP7CcpJkZ
— Possum Reviews (@ReviewsPossum) August 31, 2022

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA RINGS OF POWER BOYS OH NO NO NO NO...... pic.twitter.com/ZM8u3JO8rr
— Hip Drive (@DriveHip) August 31, 2022

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power: No turkey, however bloated and stupid, could ever be big enough to convey the mesmerising awfulness of Amazon's billion dollar Tolkien epic - Mail Online

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power review: Amazon's prequel is kind of a catastrophe - Entertainment Weekly

Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Is Filled With Beautiful Images and Tired Archetypes - Time

'The Lord of the Rings' delivers spectacle but lacks the dramatic power to rule them all - CNN

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Review: A Solid Return, If Not Quite Fit for a King - Indie Wire

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power review – so astounding it makes House of the Dragon look amateur - The Guardian

‘The Rings Of Power’ Review: A Breathtaking Return To Middle-earth And ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ - Forbes

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER - Rotten Tomatoes

GHOSTBUSTERS - Rotten Tomatoes

CAPTAIN MARVEL - Rotten Tomatoes

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI - Rotten Tomatoes

CUTIES - Rotten Tomatoes

Woke blowback to Sydney Sweeney party another sign of left’s lunacy - NY Post

You guys this is wild. An innocent celebration for my moms milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention. Please stop making assumptions. Much love to everyone ♥️ and Happy Birthday Mom!
— Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney) August 27, 2022

Even more so with white celebrities, since their class status means they’re likely no longer in any type of proximity to the consequences of that hatred. Dolly Parton probably has a racist pappy. Adele’s cousin prolly a tory. That’s just the risk in celebrity worship, I fear.
— Loni (They•Them) (@jaowrites) August 28, 2022

i see ur anger over sydney sweeney and raise u that every single white person u know in america has racist family members LMAO
— 💐 (@stargrl1999) August 29, 2022

this sydney sweeney business literally shows that white people are not holding their family members accountable at home. your activism is performative. because if not at home then where else? if not the white people in your lives closest to you then who else?
— emsy 💟 (@mannystubetop) August 28, 2022

your “love” for your parents being at the expense of marginalized people is fucked up. hold that love while holding them accountable is one thing. ignoring that shit and pretending it’s not deep is another. fuck her, period.
— 5hahem aka Dr. Durag (@shaTIRED) August 28, 2022

if sydney sweeney disagreed with her parents politics she’d say that. notice that she said it was “innocent” instead. meanwhile the innocence is bigotry.
— 5hahem aka Dr. Durag (@shaTIRED) August 28, 2022

This is so pathologically online. At whose expense, exactly? Who out here is suffering cause Sydney Sweeney isn't picking fights with her extended family at birthday parties? Some of y'all truly do not live in the real world. https://t.co/LKKvRilViy
— A.B. Allen (@A_B_Allen) August 28, 2022

Most white people are Sydney Sweeney.
— Dana White (@ItsDanaWhite) August 28, 2022

Idc about the Sydney Sweeney thing cuz I just assume everyone’s cracker family is racist and I’m usually not wrong
— Evil Cosmonaut Marcus (@CosmonautMarcus) August 28, 2022

let’s use this sydney sweeney situation to realize that most of the white folk you lust over are exactly the same
— UNCLE LO 🌊 (@lawrencevisaya) August 29, 2022

DJ Bella Ferrada accuses Sydney Sweeney of being racist to her boyfriend:

“My Mexican boyfriend was trying to fix lighting by you at the HCA awards and you freaked out and had your bf come shooo him while he was just doing his job” pic.twitter.com/fSuA36T4xu
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 30, 2022

I for one am shocked that Sydney Sweeney— a blonde with huge titties that works on classic cars for fun— has republican parents
— Stavros Halkias (@stavvybaby) August 28, 2022

Sydney Sweeney's dad after seeing her have sex with black man in season 1 of Euphoria: pic.twitter.com/23deM8H2FG
— Rick E Langston (@radvstheworld) August 27, 2022

unless sydney sweeney forces her parents to vote for joe biden at gunpoint i can no longer in good conscience "stan" her tv show about high schoolers snorting heroin out of each others mouths
— sleater-kinnie (@bobo_circus) August 27, 2022

sydney sweeney’s brother looks like he watches ALL of her scenes pic.twitter.com/uW2YcmpStu
— aiz ↯ (@aizpokka) August 27, 2022

It’s giving pic.twitter.com/tHah5bKNIS
— ✨ (@heyjaeee) August 27, 2022

My dad is 10x more racist than Sydney Sweeney's dad, where are my huge tits
— adult contemporary yung gravy man (@rickdank_o) August 27, 2022

German FM: I will put Ukraine first “no matter what my German voters think” or how hard their life gets. pic.twitter.com/GwAqIZ2jL7
— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) August 31, 2022

German FM: I will put Ukraine first “no matter what my German voters think” or how hard their life gets. pic.twitter.com/GwAqIZ2jL7
— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) August 31, 2022

Annalena Baerbock - WEF

Cost of living payment: Millions to be paid in September - are you one of them? - Express

Cost of living: Uniform exchange eases back-to-school stress - BBC

Schools in England told not to cut days over energy price rises - BBC

Pubs closure warning: 'My energy bill went to £35,000 from £13,000' - BBC

Be less squeamish about drinking sewage water, says expert - BBC

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