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illustration of Catherine O'Hara as Delia Deetz for the Beetlejuice Tarot card, "Queen of Swords"
January 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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In which Catherine O'Hara explains how Martin Short taught her how to impersonate women.
Also: kids, Johnny Carson was one the best at interviewing his guests. Perfect example right here.

Enjoy.

PS - We miss you already, Catherine.
Catherine O'Hara Does Her Favorite Impressions And Talks Home Alone | Carson Tonight Show
YouTube video by Johnny Carson
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January 30, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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Someone remarked earlier that Catherine O'Hara's performance in A MIGHTY WIND (2003) is the perfect realization of comedy and tragedy being two sides of the same coin.
I couldn't agree more.
And it gave us this beautiful moment, with co-star Eugene Levy.
#filmsky #rip
A Mighty Wind: "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
Mitch and Mickey reunite to sing "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"
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January 31, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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They arrested the wrong Don. Yes.
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Cheery slices of life--just kidding! see suicide, death in Appointment in Samarra, Butterfield 8, others--the works of John O'Hara, #botd in 1905, were nevertheless loved by readers, critics and Hollywood. A wunderkind at 30, he was pissed he never got a Nobel.

#booksky #writers #moviesky #filmsky
image of a 1930s yellow roadster like the one that might have been sold by the protagonist of Appointment in Samarra, Julian English, a wealthy car dealer who eventually commits suicide in a car by carbon monoxide. The headline is "Check your appointment book. It's John O'Hara's birthday!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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If I had to do it all over again, I'd do the same things only faster, said Tallulah Bankhead, #botd in 1902. A belle gone bad--rather, gone her own way--she delighted in scandalizing with her smoky voice (childhood bronchitis + 100 cigarettes/day). IMO Lifeboat was her best part.
#moviesky #filmsky
Black and white glamour shot of Tallulah Bankhead as a young woman lying back with her elbow bent and her head resting under her hand. Headline is "Voice for Vice."
January 31, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Now best known as the horribly hilarious Lucille Bluth (less known: treated badly on the set), but Jessica Walter, #botd in 1941, broke thru in 1971's Play Misty for Me, as the psycho killer Evelyn who just couldn't take no from Clint Eastwood's Dave and his big ole pompadour.
#moviesky #filmsky
film still from Play Misty for Me with only Jessica Walter's face and wrist, with bloody lines on it, appearing against total darkness. The headline is "Play Jessica Walter for me."
January 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Good morning.

#BOTD #filmsky #moviesky
(tap for more) A man with bushy brown hair, wearing a bright yellow shirt, a white print ascot, and a dark sport coat with yellow cross-hatch stripes is sitting and smiling broadly at someone. Gene Hackman, born on this day in 1930 (d. 2025) as Lex Luthor in a scene from the film SUPERMAN (1978) Tags films movies Hollywood legend actor drama comedy
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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This is a president. An educated, cultured man who informed, comforted and guided, speaking to America during dark times through "fireside chats." He welcomed the hatred of the moneyed class, but he made life-saving alliances at home and across the globe. Franklin Roosevelt, #botd in 1882.

#trump
Black and white magazine page with a photo of Franklin Roosevelt with sitting at desk with radio network microphones in front of him.
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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So many roles on screen, on stage and in the world. She's won a bounty of awards, but she lost roles for years for her outspoken activism. But she kept going. Here's to Vanessa Redgrave, #botd in 1937.

#moviesky #filmsky #stage
A montage of photos of Vanessa Redgrave over the years.
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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#OTD in 1960 Zora Neale Hurston died. She "was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Ne...

Books by Hurston at PG:

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73549

#books #literature
Photograph of Zora Neale Hurston by Carl Van Vechten. She is sitting and wearing a top (dress?), belt, necklace of beads, and stylish hat. She is looking to the right away from the camera.
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Good morning.

#BOTD #filmsky #moviesky
A black and white image of a portly man wearing a pinstripe suit, very tall top hat, and white gloves. He is seated and holding playing cards very closely to his chin, looking very suspiciously at someone. W.C. Fields, born on this day in 1880 (d. 1946) as Cuthbert J. Twillie in a scene from the film MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940) Tags films movies Hollywood star legend happy birthday comedy classic with Mae West
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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#filmsky #moviesky #filmnoir #BOTD
Dorothy Malone, in the Big Sleep 1946
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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#filmsky #moviesky #BOTD

It’s that almost-the-weekend look.
Actor Katherine Ross Photo by Bob Willoughby, 1978
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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And that pesky bird continues its rapping rapping rapping at our chamber doors.
#booksky #writer
Illustration of a man leaning back in a chair staring up at a raven perched over the doorway. Adjacent text is "The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. First published on this day in 1845 in The New York Mirror. Illustration by Edouard Manet."
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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#botd in 1860, Chekhov, a physician by training who once said "medicine is my lawful wife; literature is my mistress," showed the way for modern drama and fiction. His plays will be probably mounted generations from now...assuming humans haven't blown themselves up.

#booksky #writer #drama
Oil painting of Anton Chekhov by Ozip Braz. Chekhov is sitting ina high-backed velvet chair, wearing a monacle and looking pensive with his chin resting on his hand. Adjacent quote from Chekhove is "Don't tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass."
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Paddy Chayefsky, #botd in 1923, made intimate dramas like Marty, but also incisive social satire like The Hospital and then, more famously, Network. These days, it's easy to feel we're trapped in the sequel to Network just with unbridled billionaires + social media.

#moviesky #filmsky #writer
Film still from Network with Faye Dunaway leaning over a desk, looking expectantly. Adjacent text is "It's Paddy Chayefsky's birthday. What are you gonna do about it?"
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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#botd in 1880 as William Claud Dukenfield, W. C. Fields started his career in his teens as vaudeville's "tramp juggler" before his sarcastic comedy act became a headliner. He once shared a bill with Sarah Bernhardt. At first, alcohol was just part of his screen persona. Later...

#filmsky #moviesky
Black and white picture of W. C. Fields. Adjacent text is "all in all he'd rather be living in Philadelphia. Instead his ashes are interred in Forest Lawn."
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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She claimed the controlling Willy made her a writer; he also took the copyright to her works, leaving her broke. He was the first of multiple husbands and lovers -- below with stage and romantic partner Mathilde "Max" de Morny. Gabrielle-Sidonie Colette, #botd in 1873.
#booksky #writer #filmsky
Image of Colette standing close to de Morny, who wears short-cropped hair and is dressed in a coat, and jodhpurs, Colette is wearing a floor length dress; he hair is pulled into a bun. The adjacent quote is "You will do foolsh things. Do them with enthusiasm."
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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We know nothing, we know nothing, we know nothing except today is John Banner's birthday! #botd as Johan Banner in Austria, he emigrated in 1938, served in the U.S. armed forces during the war and lost relatives in the Holocaust--as did other Hogan's Heroes cast members.
#filmsky #moviesky #tv
Image of John Banner as Sergeant Schultz in Hogan's Heros. Adjacent text is Mike Johnson's spiritual ancestor. (Except Schultzie was a nice Naz).
January 28, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Even Middle Earthers get middle aged.
#filmsky #movieky
Image from Lord of hte Rings poster with Frodo holding the ring. Copy has been replaced with I'm middle aged. Adjacent test s Goodness gracious, sakes alive, Frodo Baggins is 45! Happy Birthday, Elijah Wood!"
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Good morning.

#BOTD #filmsky #moviesky
(tap for more) A closeup of a young man with bushy brown hair is turning his head toward the camera with a slight smile on his face. Elijah Wood, born on this day in 1981, as Frodo Baggins in a scene from the film THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (2001) Tags Filmsky moviesky MOVIES films botd happy birthday Hollywood legend actor drama fantasy Tolkien
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Actually, current usage of "snark" is supposedly not related to The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, #botd in 1832. Still our world does seem to get curioser and curioser. Maybe Carroll (writer, mathematician, photographer and deacon) might be able to explain it.
#booksky #writer
Black and white illustration of the Mad Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Adjacent text is "In honor of Lewis Carroll's birthday, the Mad Hatter wishes you a peaceful, cheery day. (Snark.)"
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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#filmsky #moviesky #BOTD
The image features actor Paul Newman sitting in a water taxi in Venice, Italy, likely during the 1963 Venice Film Festival. 
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM