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The Nose Goes 'Into The Spider-Verse' And Takes On Public Shaming

This week, on Last Week Tonight, https://youtu.be/Yq7Eh6JTKIg" target="_blank">John Oliver tackled public shaming with perhaps the one person who has had the worst case of public shaming in recent memory, Monica Lewinsky. The interview focused on how Lewinsky survived the shaming, and she said if social media was around in the mid-90s, it could have been worse.

That’s how James Gunn got his dose of public shaming. Eight months ago the director was fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 by Disney after decade old social media comments by Gunn surfaced. The tweets made light of pedophilia and rape. But now Gunn was rehired by Disney. So maybe there is a way back from public shame?

Plus, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse came out on Blu-ray and DVD and for rental on iTunes and Amazon, etc., on Tuesday. This week we get into the Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature because it’s one of the best animated and superhero films ever made, despite being the (and depending on how you want to count it) ninth film to feature a Spider-Man. 

Some other stuff that happened this week:

It was a great week for new trailers, including:

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Colin McEnroe and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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