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Episode 485Jul 30, 2021

A different kind of Hollywood superhero fight

Plus: some vaccination history, the Steak-umm Twitter and a few technical difficulties, because why not?

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Scarlett Johansson attends the Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
Scarlett Johansson attends the Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
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It was bound to happen at some point. Scarlett Johansson, who’s played Black Widow in Marvel movies for a decade now, is suing Disney for breach of contract. After delaying it a year for the COVID-19 pandemic, the company released the “Black Widow” movie on Disney+ the same day it hit theaters. We’ll talk about the suit and what it says about the state of the movie industry. Plus: some vaccination history, the Steak-Umms Twitter and a few technical difficulties, because why not?

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A different kind of Hollywood superhero fight