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George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Ryan Reynolds...they know they can just invest in anything and get an exit based off their notoriety alone

guess I can't begrudge them, the movie biz is dying, they might as well pimp out their personal brands while they can

Reynolds also pimps booze like Clooney and Brian Cranston...and people actually fall for it

Quentin Tarantino Toothpaste? sure, why not

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I think Ryan Reynolds was more careful than most about protecting his personal brand, AFAIK he didn’t promote crypto and that got even Larry David (though his framing of it does give him a rather funny out).

I’m more inclined to trust personal brands than corporate brands as there is an actual person who will personally receive shit if there is fallout. Famous people like Matt Daymon and Tom Brady are going to have a hard time forgetting what happened as there will always be someone around to remind them whenever they get a chance.

Clearly you're unfamiliar with Mint Mobile. It's by far the best mobile company I've used. Ridiculously good prices, same speed/network as T-mobile, dead simple website, and you'll even get a pre-recorded message from Ryan Reynolds if you're not using your plan to its full potential telling you that you can save yourself money by downgrading to a cheaper plan.

Reynolds seems to be doing some pretty cool things with his branding power. Him co-partnering to own Wrexham AFC is epic!

Coming to a largely startup/business news website and complaining about the investments that celebrities make doesn’t make a ton of sense. These investments are better when made by a “no-name” individual?

> Coming to a largely startup/business news website and complaining about the investments that celebrities make doesn’t make a ton of sense

nor does responding to a complaint about the investments that celebrities make, but here you are

the site is called "Hacker News" btw, not "Business News"

I've been using Mint for years but tired of seeing Ryan Reynolds smug face on the junk mail/spam I get in the mail. I'm already a customer, stop sending me corny postcards that go right in the fire or garbage, its an ecological waste and I could care less who you are (I can't name one show/movie he's in).

Van Wilder. You should check it out.

thanks, i like that era of movies

Aviation gin is quite good, at least he's smart enough to hawk something decent.

I had some on a plane flight once and it wasn't good. From one of those tiny bottles. I might try some from a real bottle one day, but only if RR buys it for me.

It really comes down to where you use it, it's amazing in a clover club and some other cocktails. I wouldn't use Aviation in a gin and tonic where you want some juniper flavor, I'd get a proper london dry for that.

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