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Lateral with Tom Scott
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Ian McKellen's Advice to the Pet Shop Boys
Ian McKellen's advice to the pet shop boys was to always stand on the right, that way you'll appear camera left and your name will be first in the caption. Notably, it does not apply to movie posters. Do you know why not? Billing, first billing, whoever gets paid most. Their name gets displayed first, regardless of the order of faces in the poster. Man, I'm going to carry that with me for the rest of my life now. Next group photo. Anytime I'm going in a newspaper, that's happening. I'll stand to the right. I'll be like, hey, sir, Ian, can I get on this side of you
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