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Heard Tell for Tuesday, March 29th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on the people and the price of Russians who are protesting, demonstrating, and pushing back against Vladimir Putin and his war of aggression against Ukraine. Meanwhile domestically, we try to give some advice to our congress critters who want to hold hearings about why Gettr, Parler, and Truth Social are having trouble in the marketplace. Spoiler alert: it's not us, the marketplace, that is the problem...it is them. Guest Luis Mendez, our cinephile and movie expert, joins us to turn down the noise on the continued fallout from the Academy Awards and the Will Smith/Chris Rock slapped heard round the world. Luis helps us with the background and sequence of events that lead to the most talked about Oscars moment in a long time, what it means for Will Smith, and how the Academy reacts to yet another hot mess of an awards show going forward. Also, Luis talks about the actual movies of the awards season, other controversies, how streaming services have gone from outsiders to dominators, and how Hollywood's disconnect with average moviegoers has never been more apparent. Plus, we revisit the story of Donald Trump breaking up with Mo Brooks, and our friend and frequent Heard Tell guest Michael Siegel has a delightfully cutting take we review, Ukraine takes a classical musical festival underground - literally - and much more on this Tuesday edition of Heard Tell.

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