Anthony Breznican
@brezwrites.bsky.social
Freelance reporter covering film, TV, books. Contributor @ Esquire. Co-host of The Kingcast, a Stephen King show. Formerly Vanity Fair, EW, USAToday, AP.
Author of “MCU: Timeline” and the new “Star Wars Icons: Darth Vader.”
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Author of “MCU: Timeline” and the new “Star Wars Icons: Darth Vader.”
🔗 https://linktr.ee/brezwrites
Proud of this one, which was in the works for a long time.
Paul Newman at 100
As told by his daughter…
Paul Newman at 100
As told by his daughter…
Paul Newman at 100: A Stunning Collection of Private Family Photos
To commemorate the Hollywood icon's centennial, his daughter Clea shared her favorite snapshots and stories with Esquire. “He was a really, really good man,” she says.
www.esquire.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Proud of this one, which was in the works for a long time.
Paul Newman at 100
As told by his daughter…
Paul Newman at 100
As told by his daughter…
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Okay, here's a last-minute Christmas gift idea. 🎄🎁
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
December 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Okay, here's a last-minute Christmas gift idea. 🎄🎁
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
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Oscar talk in today’s newsletter! www.premiereparty.com/p/the-oscar-...
The Best Picture Frontrunners Right Now
With a little help from you, dear readers, here are some thoughts on the current Oscar race.
www.premiereparty.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Oscar talk in today’s newsletter! www.premiereparty.com/p/the-oscar-...
Okay, here's a last-minute Christmas gift idea. 🎄🎁
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
December 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Okay, here's a last-minute Christmas gift idea. 🎄🎁
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
It's as easy as printing out a sheet of paper.
#StarWars fans will LOVE this book *when it comes out in April. Here's a chance to give it a little early AND call back to an odd bit of galactic holiday history:
The Star Wars Early Bird Certificate
Reposted by Anthony Breznican
Love the selection of recent #StarWars books at the Lake Grove @barnesandnoble.com. For you last-minute shoppers, they all make wonderful gifts. Happy Holidays! (And, yes, I’m wearing a DC Comics hat even though I edit SW & Marvel books. But in all fairness, I did work there for 11 years.) Ho-Ho-Ho!
December 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Love the selection of recent #StarWars books at the Lake Grove @barnesandnoble.com. For you last-minute shoppers, they all make wonderful gifts. Happy Holidays! (And, yes, I’m wearing a DC Comics hat even though I edit SW & Marvel books. But in all fairness, I did work there for 11 years.) Ho-Ho-Ho!
Inside the making of the #StrangerThings finale.
A story in five acts: No spoilers (the episode airs on New Year's Eve), but lots of twists and turns.
Ross and Matt Duffer talked to me about why they had to vanish in the middle of making Season 5 to bring it all to a close. 🎲
A story in five acts: No spoilers (the episode airs on New Year's Eve), but lots of twists and turns.
Ross and Matt Duffer talked to me about why they had to vanish in the middle of making Season 5 to bring it all to a close. 🎲
‘Stranger Things’ Changed the World. Here’s How the Duffer Brothers Will End It.
Inside the making of the epic finale.
www.esquire.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Inside the making of the #StrangerThings finale.
A story in five acts: No spoilers (the episode airs on New Year's Eve), but lots of twists and turns.
Ross and Matt Duffer talked to me about why they had to vanish in the middle of making Season 5 to bring it all to a close. 🎲
A story in five acts: No spoilers (the episode airs on New Year's Eve), but lots of twists and turns.
Ross and Matt Duffer talked to me about why they had to vanish in the middle of making Season 5 to bring it all to a close. 🎲
“I’m not gonna lie to you ... When you have Bautista mounted up on top of you and he’s throwing punches, you’re like, ‘Fuuuuuck, I know you did wrestling and shit, but man, if you slip I’m fucked.’”
My favorite line from this Esquire story👇
You live for a quote like that. :)
My favorite line from this Esquire story👇
You live for a quote like that. :)
Esquire First Look: Jason Momoa Battles Dave Bautista in ‘The Wrecking Crew’
The ball-busting comedy brings the behemoths to Hawaii as estranged siblings trying to solve the murder of their father.
www.esquire.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“I’m not gonna lie to you ... When you have Bautista mounted up on top of you and he’s throwing punches, you’re like, ‘Fuuuuuck, I know you did wrestling and shit, but man, if you slip I’m fucked.’”
My favorite line from this Esquire story👇
You live for a quote like that. :)
My favorite line from this Esquire story👇
You live for a quote like that. :)
These two display true couple goals. I've been around them many times over the years, and they really are just like this every time. Nice to see.
Happy anniversary to Mark and Marilou!
Happy anniversary to Mark and Marilou!
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
These two display true couple goals. I've been around them many times over the years, and they really are just like this every time. Nice to see.
Happy anniversary to Mark and Marilou!
Happy anniversary to Mark and Marilou!
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Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg finally unveils his secretive new film.
I'm in. 👁️
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Steven Spielberg finally unveils his secretive new film.
I'm in. 👁️
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Steven Spielberg Unveils the First Trailer For His Ultra-Secret New Film: 'Disclosure Day'
Mysterious billboards for the June 2026 film declare "All Will Be Disclosed," but the master director is tantalizing fans first.
www.esquire.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg finally unveils his secretive new film.
I'm in. 👁️
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Steven Spielberg finally unveils his secretive new film.
I'm in. 👁️
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
When people die, we should tell good stories to remember them by.
Here's one I know about Rob Reiner.
It begins with "As you wish ..."
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Here's one I know about Rob Reiner.
It begins with "As you wish ..."
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
We Could Use a Comforting Story About Rob Reiner Right Now
A line from 'The Princess Bride' captured everything that the director hoped to say in his celebrated films. Now, after his death, the words hold even more meaning.
www.esquire.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
When people die, we should tell good stories to remember them by.
Here's one I know about Rob Reiner.
It begins with "As you wish ..."
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Here's one I know about Rob Reiner.
It begins with "As you wish ..."
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
I feel more grief about this than I know what to do with.
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I feel more grief about this than I know what to do with.
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What a fucking gut punch it is to hear about Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. The man made the gold standard of damn near every genre he approached. Coming of age movies all try to measure up to Stand By Me, mockumentaries to Spinal Tap, rom-coms to When Harry Met Sally.
two boys hugging each other with the words stand by me below them
ALT: two boys hugging each other with the words stand by me below them
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December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
What a fucking gut punch it is to hear about Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. The man made the gold standard of damn near every genre he approached. Coming of age movies all try to measure up to Stand By Me, mockumentaries to Spinal Tap, rom-coms to When Harry Met Sally.
Reading about Rob Reiner & his wife Michele, I am heartsick.
I think of this line from Stand By Me: “Two men got into an argument. One of them pulled a knife. Chris, who had always made the best peace, tried to break it up…”
Rest in peace. Life is not fair, but we do the best that we can with it.
I think of this line from Stand By Me: “Two men got into an argument. One of them pulled a knife. Chris, who had always made the best peace, tried to break it up…”
Rest in peace. Life is not fair, but we do the best that we can with it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Reading about Rob Reiner & his wife Michele, I am heartsick.
I think of this line from Stand By Me: “Two men got into an argument. One of them pulled a knife. Chris, who had always made the best peace, tried to break it up…”
Rest in peace. Life is not fair, but we do the best that we can with it.
I think of this line from Stand By Me: “Two men got into an argument. One of them pulled a knife. Chris, who had always made the best peace, tried to break it up…”
Rest in peace. Life is not fair, but we do the best that we can with it.
Star Wars Explained 4 Ever❤️
2025 marked our 10 year anniversary of starting the channel so to celebrate we're doing a special livestream with our friends over at @forcecenterpod.bsky.social (also celebrating 10 years!) TODAY December 8th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Star Wars Explained 4 Ever❤️
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2025 marked our 10 year anniversary of starting the channel so to celebrate we're doing a special livestream with our friends over at @forcecenterpod.bsky.social (also celebrating 10 years!) TODAY December 8th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
2025 marked our 10 year anniversary of starting the channel so to celebrate we're doing a special livestream with our friends over at @forcecenterpod.bsky.social (also celebrating 10 years!) TODAY December 8th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!
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Getting to talk to @realgdt.bsky.social is never anything less than an honor and a pleasure, and I was delighted to dive into what making #Frankenstein meant to him for Consequence. Fun fact: He now feels like he's done with stories about father figures. consequence.net/cover/guille...
To Make Frankenstein, Filmmaker of the Year Guillermo del Toro Resurrected — and Then Buried — His Past
Filmmaker of the Year Guillermo del Toro explains why he's moving on from stories about father figures after making the Netflix movie Frankenstein.
consequence.net
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Getting to talk to @realgdt.bsky.social is never anything less than an honor and a pleasure, and I was delighted to dive into what making #Frankenstein meant to him for Consequence. Fun fact: He now feels like he's done with stories about father figures. consequence.net/cover/guille...
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Interviewed this year’s busiest actor, Josh O’Connor, for W Mag’s Culture Diet. We talked briefly about all 4 of his films, and got into the column’s fun Qs, like what he reads, listens to, does when he wakes up… (That last one might shock you.) 🤭 Love him.
Josh O’Connor Reflects On His Busiest Year Yet: “It’s Been a Knock on the Head"
As he wraps a year with four major film roles, the British actor talks first love, working with Glenn Close and Paul Mescal—and learning to slow down.
www.wmagazine.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Interviewed this year’s busiest actor, Josh O’Connor, for W Mag’s Culture Diet. We talked briefly about all 4 of his films, and got into the column’s fun Qs, like what he reads, listens to, does when he wakes up… (That last one might shock you.) 🤭 Love him.
Who is Bob Gray? 🤡
Spoke with Andy Muschietti about tonight’s revelation on It: Welcome To Derry🎈about the origins of the creature’s Pennywise identity.
It offers an answer to a 40-year-old curiosity from Stephen King’s book.
Enjoy…
Spoke with Andy Muschietti about tonight’s revelation on It: Welcome To Derry🎈about the origins of the creature’s Pennywise identity.
It offers an answer to a 40-year-old curiosity from Stephen King’s book.
Enjoy…
'It: Welcome to Derry' Finally Resolved One of Stephen King's Biggest Unanswered Mysteries
Series creator Andy Muschietti tells us why he explored Pennywise's human alter ego: Bob Gray.
www.esquire.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Who is Bob Gray? 🤡
Spoke with Andy Muschietti about tonight’s revelation on It: Welcome To Derry🎈about the origins of the creature’s Pennywise identity.
It offers an answer to a 40-year-old curiosity from Stephen King’s book.
Enjoy…
Spoke with Andy Muschietti about tonight’s revelation on It: Welcome To Derry🎈about the origins of the creature’s Pennywise identity.
It offers an answer to a 40-year-old curiosity from Stephen King’s book.
Enjoy…
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
I’ve known Adam for 15 years. He’s an excellent writer and reporter, and this is dispiriting in more ways than I can express.
I’m sorry, Adam. Here for you in any way I can be.
I’m sorry, Adam. Here for you in any way I can be.
The great axe of modern journalism has come for me: Today was my last day at Variety. Not my choice at all and I will miss my tremendous colleagues — and friends! — there enormously.
Just figuring out my next steps now. My DMs are open for any and all opportunities.
Just figuring out my next steps now. My DMs are open for any and all opportunities.
a drag queen is wearing a pink dress with dolls on it and gloves .
ALT: a drag queen is wearing a pink dress with dolls on it and gloves .
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December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’ve known Adam for 15 years. He’s an excellent writer and reporter, and this is dispiriting in more ways than I can express.
I’m sorry, Adam. Here for you in any way I can be.
I’m sorry, Adam. Here for you in any way I can be.
There’s much to say, but I’ll just say this instead:
Radhika Jones was a sublime editor at Vanity Fair. I’m grateful to have worked for her for six years.
She deserves more credit for giving the magazine a sense of integrity, honor and intelligence alongside the glamour.
Respect to her. Always.
Radhika Jones was a sublime editor at Vanity Fair. I’m grateful to have worked for her for six years.
She deserves more credit for giving the magazine a sense of integrity, honor and intelligence alongside the glamour.
Respect to her. Always.
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There’s much to say, but I’ll just say this instead:
Radhika Jones was a sublime editor at Vanity Fair. I’m grateful to have worked for her for six years.
She deserves more credit for giving the magazine a sense of integrity, honor and intelligence alongside the glamour.
Respect to her. Always.
Radhika Jones was a sublime editor at Vanity Fair. I’m grateful to have worked for her for six years.
She deserves more credit for giving the magazine a sense of integrity, honor and intelligence alongside the glamour.
Respect to her. Always.
Sheryl Crow has some thoughts on AI.
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sheryl Crow has some thoughts on AI.
This is a true and good take.👇
can't believe it already happened: i watched a memory-holed movie that's.... good, actually??
Memory Holed: 'Tomorrowland' Would Never Get Made Today
Don't believe the hate. 'Tomorrowland' is good, actually.
movieweb.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is a true and good take.👇
Katherine did extraordinary and inspiring work at Vanity Fair. Rolling Stone is fortunate.
On Jan 1, I’ll be joining Rolling Stone as National Investigative Correspondent. Grateful to Vanity Fair for the years of opportunity and support. Looking forward to joining Sean Woods and his talented Rolling Stone team to report on national security, politics, and public health.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Katherine did extraordinary and inspiring work at Vanity Fair. Rolling Stone is fortunate.