Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: Netflix has published November, and about thirty Christmas movies got there first.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news, just landed on my desk: Netflix has published its November list, and Christmas has arrived a full month early. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Good afternoon. IGN says about 30 Christmas movies, most of them Hallmark titles from the past five years. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Thirty Christmas movies in November. That's the hotel minibar restocking in October. Roxy, you're in the lobby? ▶
ROXY: I am, and I'm counting reels! Christmas in castles, on ranches, on ships. Anywhere you could possibly rom-com a month early. ▶
ROXY: But there's range. A new Ron Howard documentary about photographer Richard Avedon. Four reels out of five, and I haven't even seen it. ▶
ROXY: On the file footage: the spooky shelf. The first three Insidious films, the first two Resident Evils, and Smile. Lights off, popcorn on. ▶
ROXY: Classics too: Air Force One, Stand By Me, Bridesmaids, and Looper, with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as two ages of one killer. ▶
ROXY: And The Mummy, which IGN says could be four or five different films. Plus 2026 hit Obsession lands mid-November. I'm crying already. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So: castles, ranches, ships, and one Mummy of uncertain origin. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Which Mummy, Greta? I'll watch whichever one has the least Christmas in it. ▶
The Pixel Line: viewers call in (PXL)
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The phones are open: Binance, a startup, and one very confused fighting game fan.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon, and welcome to The Pixel Line, where you ring and we answer. The lines are open. Caller one, you're on air. ▶
PASSERBY: Hi! The Binance hack. Was it really done in twenty minutes? That's quicker than my commute. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Wired reports most of about $6.3 billion moved in around 20 minutes on October 29. Binance and others say they froze about half. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Twenty minutes. I've waited longer for the lift. And the culprits are called Trader Traitor, I'm told. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: TraderTraitor. Three tracing firms say North Korean hackers of that name may be behind it. May. ▶
PASSERBY: Gerald again. That Vera Platforms startup, is it Dr. Vector's? Nobody here ever tells me anything. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No, Gerald. The Register says Vera Platforms was founded by University of Michigan researchers. CEO is Ang Chen. A different Vera. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Gerald, it's a different Vera, and I knew that. I was testing you. ▶
PASSERBY: Hello? Is Lionel Rafale the one who stole all the money? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No, Hilda. Lionel Rafale is a martial artist in Sega's Virtua Fighter Crossroads, newly arrived in Vilasapara. The game launches in 2027. ▶
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