A wonderful new edition of The Dispatch is here!

ENTERTAINMENT:
(00:02:16) : Rich Homie Quan passed away at the age of 34 :..(
(00:04:10) : Celebrity Birthdays of the first week of September
(00:07:08) : Star Wars News: Ahsoka Season 2 begins filming in Summer 2025... , Manny Jacinto's personal mission to make Acolyte Season 2, Ewan McGregor getting a Hollywood Star
RUMORS:
(00:14:28) : Josh Brolin casted for Hal Jordan with Matthew McConaughey as second string, and Ewan McGregor as third string.
(00:20:02): Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Call me by Your Name) rumored to direct an upcoming DC movie!?!?
(00:22:50) : Mike Faist said to be leading the next Hunger Games movie as a young Haymitch Abernathy
(00:24:11) : Venice Film Festival 17 Minute Standing Ovation to a 4 Minute Shitty Standing Ovation.

ARCHEOLOGY & SCIENCE:
(00:37:19) : Karahan Tepe: The earliest human structures with penises everywhere.
(00:45:11) : Boeing Starliner has two astronauts stranded in the Space Station since June 5th, and won't be going home until the earliest in February.

SPORTS:
(00:54:01) : Chiefs v Ravens & Week 1 Pick Success
(01:02:31) : Colton's Week 1 NFL Picks
(01:16:54) : Our Family Fantasy Football Teams

PENNY BLOOM DISPATCH [Week of 8/30/2024] : Join us this week as we start out with a story time of a beautiful destination wedding in the mountains, and then enter the Entertainment section:
- (00:30:18) James Spader returning as Ultron & (00:35:32) Fantastic Four Set Leaks.
- (00:36:03) Chick-Fil-A joining the streaming service game?
- (00:39:46) Francis Ford Coppola's MEGALOPOLIS Trailer mishap.
- (00:47:17) TED LASSO returning for a Season 4.
- (00:51:25) RAPID FIRE ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christopher Reeve Superman Documentary, MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS documentary, JURASSIC WORLD: Rebirth release date announced, NAPOLEON Director's Cut released, and MY PENGUIN FRIEND theater viewing review.

VIDEO GAMES:
- (00:56:01) THE BATMAN in universe video game rumored to be closely collaborating with THE PENGUIN TV Show.
- (00:57:06) STAR WARS: OUTLAWS released.

ARCHEOLOGY:
- (00:58:58) Stonehenge Corrections and Update
- (01:02:26) Georgia Guidestones ("American Stonhenge")
- (01:07:19) Zeitpyramide ("Time Pyramid") A monument that will take 1200 years to complete.

SPORTS:
- (1:11:00) Kansas City Royals take lead in AL Central, promptly lose it.
- (1:12:40) Mizzou football puts the work on Murray State, winning 51-0.
- (1:15:00) First pick of the NFL season! Who is Colton taking in the Chiefs vs Ravens?

On the Spot:
- (1:22:40) Albums of the Week!

On this episode we conclude season one of Cinema Surprise with Spielberg’s latest masterpiece: THE FABELMANS

On this edition of dispatch we’ve got:

SPORTS
2:20 - Kansas City Royals trounce the Cincinnati Reds in 3 game series.
4:30 - Aaron Judge reaches the 300 Home Run Milestone at record pace.
8:30 - JJ McCarthy out for the season, Sam Darnold set to start for Minnesota Vikings.

ARCHAEOLOGY
14:00 - New discovery at Stonehenge
21:30 - Private Company halts exploration of Gobeckli Tepe, preventing us from discovering potential history defining check points in human civilization.

ENTERTAINMENT
29:40 - Kit Harington opens up about his sobriety and relationship with his famed GAME OF THRONES character.
36:15 - Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal reunite on Hulu’s first spanish-language series.
39:10 - Dominic Sessa set to star as Anthony Bourdain in biopic.
47:00 - Rick and Morty: The Anime premieres
49:40 - John Wick 5 reportedly in early development, and what it needs to be for us to be down.
54:40 - ALIEN: ROMULUS review, and full ranking of the ALIEN franchise.

We cap it off with on the spot:
1:27:40 - If you could combine any 2 franchises for a cool undertaking (I.E. Alien vs Predator) what would they be?
1:33:45 - What are your favorite director x actor pairings in all of movies?

On this episode, season 1 of CINEMA SURPRISE gets its penultimate installment from Joseph: BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

The episode begins with sports discussion of the Olympics, we were plugged in and happy to watch Steph Curry bring home the gold for USMBT. (3:00)

We move on to entertainment where we have a brief discussion of the unfortunate news that Joaquin Phoenix has backed out of an exciting and racy film 5 days before shooting, leaving Todd Haynes holding the bag. (21:00)

After that, we give a quick spoiler free review of the newly released BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER. What worked? What didn’t? (25:00)

We proceed into D23 Announcements thereafter, including Avatar 3, Pixar’s upcoming slate, and TRON 3 news. This also includes brief MCU discussions of Daredevil Born Again, the new Fantastic Four suits and the show AGATHA ALL ALONG, coming next month. (33:30)

After that, it’s Star Wars time. We discuss the Skeleton Crew trailer, and the teaser for The Mandalorian and Grogu. (44:30)

On to our Science Segment; where Joseph give us the ins and outs of the workings of the massively important and incredibly innovative JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE, and he gives us hope for its future. (1:01:00)

We begin to wrap up the episode with each of our announcing our ALBUM OF THE WEEK (1:24:00)

And we conclude with our segment ON THE SPOT, where each of us put each other on the spot with a question about sports:

How can the MLB make their game more marketable on television?

And what Olympic event do you think you’d have the best shot at competing in if you dedicated your life to it for the next few years? (1:28:00)

What a glorious feeling it is to cover an absolute classic, Colton’s second to last choice in the season is SINGIN IN THE RAIN.

On this episode we discuss the anticlimactic conclusion of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’s second season. We still loved it tho fr.