I find her voice calming, she could be a legit newsperson or entertainment news personality! I do however HATE that some board room of old white men that runs the theatres probably spent millions on research to decide that she and her nothingburger of pre-show fluff are what theater goers want.
I always laugh when she says "I'm Maria Menounos" because it was a running gag in The Pentaverate, every little announcement at Pentaverate HQ is a recording of her that ends that way
I used to work at the theater. If we took too long cleaning and the pre-show started then we’d immediately erupt into shouts of “GOD DAMMIT, MENOUNOS!”
Leaving before we got Menounos’d was our only real incentive to do our jobs quickly.
That's my experience with the Kidman thing, certainly at Dolby AMC for Marvel Shit. At least they've shortened it. I groan "uggh, shut up, I'm already here!" while a commercial for AMC plays on the screen. I know there's still a Dolby AMC commercial to come. "I'm already here!!"
I almost never see the pre-show because 1. I'm almost always running late and 2. I *try* to time it so I get popcorn as close to showtime as possible. I don't eat it until the actual movie is running, and if I luck into fresh hot popcorn I don't want to let it cool too long.
People, it’s annoying that the she never really changes clothes, BUT, her story is quite interesting, and she went through some serious shit. Might check her out…
I just enjoy seeing what absurd Seinfeld-puffy-shirt level top someone who hates her clearly picked out for her to wear. I swear the one time it was literally a white shirt with some craft store fuzz balls attached to it.
Yeah, she first appeared at my local gas station in the early months of the pandemic, right when all the movie theaters closed.
It was unsettling, as though she was insinuating herself into every possible remaining televisual medium -- even gas pumps! -- to survive the apocalypse.
She was in One Tree Hill too. I know she was supposed to be a villain character but she's just not a good actress to begin with. It was such a painful storyline to have to suffer through.
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Leaving before we got Menounos’d was our only real incentive to do our jobs quickly.
I’m annoyed that it’s still being used.
Regal is often dreggy.
She’s paparazzi, but she’s cute and on TV so it’s ok.
I know bad things have happened to her. That really sucks, but she’s annoying af on the gas pumps and film screen.
Her only perceivable "flaw" that I know of is...
SHE LAUGHS LIKE
A DOLPHIN.
No exaggeration, literally sounds like a dolphin.
Look it up! 🐬
*She's gorgeous, seems nice, and has been through some stuff (cancer).
It was unsettling, as though she was insinuating herself into every possible remaining televisual medium -- even gas pumps! -- to survive the apocalypse.
But it does wear off.