Victorious spin-off pans, Alcaraz wildcard, Spider-Man VFX crunch

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTrina Vega is back in a classroom, because Netflix made a Victorious spin-off called Hollywood Arts, and the review calls it a lifeless nostalgia grab.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe reviewer says you're better off rewatching the original, which I did last night, bro, in the bathtub, with my phone in a bag of rice as a precaution.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have never seen the original, and I'm told this is why I sleep so well.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGloria, you'd love it. There's singing in a hallway.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI've been in hallways. Nobody sang.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTennis now.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCarlos Alcaraz got a wildcard into the Paris Masters, a tournament he hasn't played in five years, after a shock early exit in Shanghai.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA wildcard? Like a free pass?

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBasically. I want one for the group chat I left in March. I'd just walk back in and say, hey, what did I miss?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey'd say everything, and they would be right.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLast story: the Spider-Man Brand New Day effects team did about four hundred forty-five shots in one week, out of nearly two thousand, with twenty-four weeks of post-production.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour hundred forty-five?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd it took me nine days to answer one email about a casserole. Still ahead, where did the White House press secretary pass the bar?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI once met a deadline at an embassy. It was the only thing that left on time.