The F1 movie largely removed a minority actor's role after filming just like the director's last movie?

People on the new F1 movie:

her role was removed from the film . . . . (She briefly appears onscreen but has no lines of dialogue.)

When asked about the change to [the Bridgerton star]'s part, [the director] tells PEOPLE, "It happens on every film, where you have to shoot more than you can use. There were two or three storylines that ultimately didn't make into the final cut."

GQ on Top Gun Maverick:

And then the movie came out, and Jacinto discovered his part had been reduced to mere seconds of screen time, with all of his dialogue left on the cutting room floor.

The "exclusive" Once a Man Cobra Commander figure is available for preorder again

at Entertainment Earth.

Ada Wong Nendoroid up for preorder; also these unobtrusive stands are excellent for Nendoroids

Nendoroid includes various accessories and faceplates, and like all Nendoroids a hideously-obtrusive stand:

I recently got these official low profile stands from Amazon--they're terrific:

New Humble Bundle features 3D printable files for science fiction characters

Starts at $1 for an armored fighter and eight "delegates and dignitaries."

"Who took the furniture from the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s mansion?"

WRAL:

when [the current] Lt. Gov. took office in January, she found little trace of [a prior publicized effort to renovate and refurnish the home]. Her staff entered the Hawkins-Hartness House to find many of the rooms empty or sparsely outfitted, including what would be the lieutenant governor’s executive office.

Her term had started more like an episode of “Scooby-Doo”: Who took the furniture from the creaky mansion on Blount Street? But the culprit wasn’t hiding behind the drapes in this mystery. Because the drapes were gone, too. 

Custom figurine of the cow from Mario Kart (on a motorcycle)

ウシかわいい pic.twitter.com/Mg1sbsEouM

— ネンドザイカーSNAIL (@nendo_snail) June 22, 2025

"Don't Rank Cuomo", the game

spent my afternoon making a short little web game for New Yorkers called "Don't Rank Cuomo"... it has 10 levels. it's very realistic and challenging. can YOU don't rank Cuomo? play in browser (free): radiatoryang.itch.io/cuomo

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— Robert Yang (@radiatoryang.bsky.social) June 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM

Link.

Related:

This one is an extra-good investment of Whitney Tilson's money because it's an Instagram Stories ad, literally all you get as you swipe past it is a big smile and ZOHRAN MAMDANI, nobody's lingering to eventually learn it's an attack ad *against* him

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— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) June 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM