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‘Blazing Saddles’: HBO Max Includes TCM Notice To Provide Context For Mel Brooks’ Western Spoof

The intro, in which the Silent Sunday Nights host provides social context to the 1974 Cleavon Little-Gene Wilder comedy, is similar to the disclaimer in front of Gone with the Wind.

“This movie is an overt and audacious spoof on classic Westerns,” Stewart says in the newly added intro.

The TCM notice not only provides context to some of Brooks’ characters but also informs audiences about the director’s spoofing ways.

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The newly implemented notice follows another one HBO Max put in place for Gone with the Wind.

Nearly three weeks later, the Oscar-winning classic returned to HBO Max, now accompanied by video of Stewart critiquing the Olivia de Havilland starrer.

A video from a 2019 TCM Classic Film Festival panel titled “The Complicated Legacy of Gone With the Wind,” moderated by Donald Bogle, was also added. »

U.S. Postal Service Confirms It Has Removed Mailboxes in Portland and Eugene

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Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal

Authored by thehill.com

The Senate left Washington, D.C., on Thursday until September — the latest sign that a deal on a fifth coronavirus relief package is, at least, weeks away.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellOn The Money: Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief agreement | Weekly jobless claims fall below 1 million for first time since March | Trump says no Post Office funding means Democrats 'can't have universal mail-in voting' Overnight Health Care: Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal | US records deadliest day of summer | Georgia governor drops lawsuit over Atlanta's mask mandate Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal MORE (R-Ky.) had kept the chamber in session this week, which was technically the first in its August recess, as a last-ditch attempt to create space for the administration and congressional Democrats to get an agreement.

Senators will get at least 24 hours notice to return if congressional Democrats, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinOvernight Health Care: Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal | US records deadliest day of summer | Georgia governor drops lawsuit over Atlanta's mask mandate Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal Federal agencies seize, dismantle cryptocurrency campaigns of major terrorist organizations MORE and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsOvernight Health Care: Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal | US records deadliest day of summer | Georgia governor drops lawsuit over Atlanta's mask mandate Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal Pelosi: COVID talks will resume when GOP offers T MORE are able to break the impasse and votes are scheduled. »

'Mind-boggling': The logistics of getting 897 million India voters to the polls

Authored by cbc.ca

An alcohol ban is also in phases, brought in to voting regions to prevent political parties from using booze to bribe voters.

Porters carry voting machines through Buxa tiger reserve forest to a remote polling station in Alipurduar district in the eastern state of West Bengal.

In all, 12 million civil servants are enlisted to leave their regular jobs and ensure the election runs smoothly. »

Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store

Authored by theverge.com

Following its removal from the Apple App Store, Fortnite has also been kicked off of the Google Play Store for Android.

It’s quite clear-cut: “Developers offering products within a game downloaded on Google Play or providing access to game content must use Google Play In-app Billing as the method of payment.”

Eighteen months later, Epic capitulated and put Fortnite back into the Google Play Store, though not without some very angry rhetoric about it. »