I’m pretty sure I know the answer to this one, but I gotta wonder if a “Timmy Norwood” would have been able to trick this many journalists into covering it. At least when the CGI “actress” from that Final Fantasy movie got a swimsuit spread in Maxim, we all understood what was being pitched.

This is why the article’s refrain of “Tilly is just a computer” really bugged me. She’s not! A computer is hardware. This is like claiming a PDF exported from InDesign is a computer. bsky.app/profile/bill...

Repeating “Tilly is just a computer” somehow still humanizes this at the incorrect level. This is code spit out via a predictive algorithm from a program. This isn’t the Twilight Zone’s The Brain Center at Whipple’s.

“Confidence Class” has gone under the radar. www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

The new film "Star Wars: Guys from TV" is struggling at the theatrical box office

I’m pretty sure I know the answer to this one, but I gotta wonder if a “Timmy Norwood” would have been able to trick this many journalists into covering it. At least when the CGI “actress” from that Final Fantasy movie got a swimsuit spread in Maxim, we all understood what was being pitched.

i feel like the "story" of "Tilly Norwood", in terms of the newsworthy thing that's happening, would be a behind-the-scenes report on the company's PR team that keeps getting these articles placed in major news outlets and keeps getting them written with the company's preferred framing.

Repeating “Tilly is just a computer” somehow still humanizes this at the incorrect level. This is code spit out via a predictive algorithm from a program. This isn’t the Twilight Zone’s The Brain Center at Whipple’s.

There’s a ton to choose from, but which Ashley Padilla sketch was your favorite from Season 51? www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

Food Finds: Chips! Chips! Chips! (But not Graza’s Zesty Caesar flavor ...) www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-f...

[Some Hollywood exec on Monday when his boss yells at him “where’s our Backrooms” thinking the takeaway is that it comes from YouTube] …Mr. Beast: The Movie?

There’s a ton to choose from, but which Ashley Padilla sketch was your favorite from Season 51? www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

“The Truth Social statement is confusing on first blush, since Trump repeatedly refers to ‘Wednesday’ as the date something could or would happen. ... he would seem to be referencing ... the ‘Freedom 250’ series, but those shows are all scheduled for late June or early July ...”

The top 18 sketches of Ashley Padilla’s breakout ‘SNL’ season www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

The next time a director says bullshit like this, I want the interviewer to ask: "If AI was around when you made your other films, which artists would you have fired?" I mean it. Name real fucking names. Of all the brilliant people you worked with, who do you think doesn't deserve a job anymore?

I mean, Vanilla Ice said he was still on board. Duet?

A Star Wars movie has never not been No. 1 its second weekend in theaters. The Mandalorian and Grogu is set to come in third behind Backrooms and Obsession. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The top 18 sketches of Ashley Padilla’s breakout ‘SNL’ season www.theomnicosm.com/the-cold-ope...

‘SNL’ hosts ranked, ‘Disclosure Day’ approaches, and we get purple Oreos thanks to BTS www.theomnicosm.com/the-omnicosm...

Making a bad decision and putting on Tron: Ares. Didn’t see this one in theaters. I know it all goes downhill, but the Tron-ified Disney castle is a fantastic start.

This week’s promotional rollout for Disclosure Day is incredibly confident. Universal seems to know it has an absolute hit with this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb_9...

“Nothing said in good faith by managers and executives was followed through with.”

I also need more people talking about the New Republic likely committing a war crime in this movie.

Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A pretty cool Star Wars expert gets mentioned in this episode.

Happy Friday! Lots going on at The Omnicosm this week. Minions, Moana, BTS! Give the newsletter a subscribe if you haven’t yet. Even better: Why not become a paid subscriber? www.theomnicosm.com

Court Orders Trump’s Name Stripped From Kennedy Center www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

So many comedians, after breaking through, follow the path of working with Judd Apatow to craft their viewpoint into a comedy. Nate Bargatze did this instead.

The most American way to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday? A bag of Doritos Ultimate Garlic Parm. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

PURPLE. OREOS. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

JUST IN: Judge temporarily blocks Trump's $1.8B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund.' Judge Leonie Brinkema (Clinton/EDVA) wants to avoid irreversible action while 1 of several lawsuits against the fund plays out. Hearing June 12 @kyledcheney.bsky.social @hassankanu.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Honestly surprised this week’s Disclosure Day trailer showed as much as it showed.

How would this even play out? If you were scheduled to fly into NYC from another country, they’d change those flights to Arkansas? And then ... force flyers to still take the rerouted flights?

Hmmm, the MLB proposal from 29 teams just says: “Dodgers can’t.”

‘Why are we talking about this?’: Democrats are furious that the Bidens won’t go away www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

PURPLE. OREOS. www.theomnicosm.com/snackology-r...

This feels like a big deal.

Hey, SNL, why did you cut this Martin Herlihy sketch? youtu.be/b9doSYDzR3A?...

“But why not just ... fly off the planet from another direction? Maybe fly to the other side of Hoth? Then fly into space?” Dammit, Mike just broke Star Wars.

Love that there’s a live-action Moana remake coming out in a couple months, but Disney stuck with the actual animated version of Moana for this cereal crossover.

Where does it stop then? Is every Boxcar Children book now a page long? “The kids got a text from Grandfather that cleared up the misunderstanding. Benny ate some berries and cream.”

BREAKING: A first look with renders at Apple’s upcoming iOS 27, completely revamped Siri, major new AI features, enhanced photo editing, a customizable Camera app aimed at pros and more. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

“These guys think you can just print something overnight and it’s going to work in an ATM. It’s just crazy. … It takes years and years and years to produce these notes so they are reliable for the public.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

I love Andrew Stanton, but how is there no mention of an army of Buzz Lightyears being part of Disney’s abandoned attempt to create its own Toy Story sequel when it looked like the studio would split from Pixar? www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

I love grocery shopping. It’s one of my favorite things to do. I’ll walk around the grocery store every day if you give me the chance.

Disclosure Day really feels like the culmination of Steven Spielberg’s entire alien-centric library of work. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Increasingly hilarious that Dana Carvey straight up picked a sketch of his own when he was on The Rundown.

The waits between seasons doubled in last 10 yrs — & this piece doesn’t get into it, but when execs also demand shorter seasons, in some cases way too short, the end result = audiences that just don’t engage with shows/characters the same way. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/w...

Pope Leo: now second of all Pope Leo: i gots some words about all this here AI Pope Leo: in fact it reminds me of a quote by da smartest guy i've ever known Blatty: ah yes yes Blatty: you speak of Jesus Christ of course Pope Leo: nope Pope Leo: i'm talkin' gandalf Blatty:

Pope Leo: ok listen up yous guys Pope Leo: da chicago pope is talkin' Pope Leo: first of all, be it known through alla da whole world of catholicism Pope Leo: dat the only way to eat a dog is wit' tomato wedges an pickled peppers Pope Leo: ketchup is heresy Blatty: very wise, very wise!