Charles PM
@charlespulliam.bsky.social
Now: Film & TV writer @ The Verge. As previously seen in: io9 + Gizmodo + NPR. GLAAD Award-winning comics wonk. Adjunct Pokémon Professor. Quite gay. Friend to all cats. charles@theverge.com
A depressing little look back at all the garbage AI entertainment projects and collabs that got announced this year. Happy Boxing Day
Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it
Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it
Hollywood bet big on generative AI slop in 2025.
buff.ly
December 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A depressing little look back at all the garbage AI entertainment projects and collabs that got announced this year. Happy Boxing Day
If Folie a Deux had half of the Harlequin live show's energy, WBD might not be up for sale
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If Folie a Deux had half of the Harlequin live show's energy, WBD might not be up for sale
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It's finally Her time
December 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM
It's finally Her time
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see, if your subordinates respect you, and understand your intent and agree with your mission, they point these things out to you.
if not, well, hours would seem like days.
if not, well, hours would seem like days.
December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
see, if your subordinates respect you, and understand your intent and agree with your mission, they point these things out to you.
if not, well, hours would seem like days.
if not, well, hours would seem like days.
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she has to learn why things work on a starship.
December 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
she has to learn why things work on a starship.
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lol at Bari not knowing about the distribution process for foreign markets and not asking and no one volunteering the information.
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
lol at Bari not knowing about the distribution process for foreign markets and not asking and no one volunteering the information.
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the samizdat 60 minutes report www.theverge.com/policy/84943...
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding
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December 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
the samizdat 60 minutes report www.theverge.com/policy/84943...
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
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December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WATCH: Here's the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" last night
"Unfortunately, all this also means that a lot of the openness of podcasting is slowly going away and becoming more centralized on platforms like YouTube and Netflix."
Hill I'm willing to die on: podcasts becoming a video-forward medium is / was a huge mistake, and the space is worse off for it
Hill I'm willing to die on: podcasts becoming a video-forward medium is / was a huge mistake, and the space is worse off for it
Podcasts on Netflix? My thoughts here...
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www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
It’s finally time to retire the word ‘podcast’
“Podcast” is becoming an outdated relic
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December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Unfortunately, all this also means that a lot of the openness of podcasting is slowly going away and becoming more centralized on platforms like YouTube and Netflix."
Hill I'm willing to die on: podcasts becoming a video-forward medium is / was a huge mistake, and the space is worse off for it
Hill I'm willing to die on: podcasts becoming a video-forward medium is / was a huge mistake, and the space is worse off for it
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An editor who thinks novelty is having a town hall with Alan Dershowitz, or publishing the thousandth anti-woke story, doesn’t think having first hand testimony of migrants suffering abuse because of US decisions is newsworthy.
Bari Weiss, cont'd: "I held that story because it wasn't ready. The story presented very powerful testimony of abuse in CECOT, but that testimony has already been reported... The public knows that Venezuelans have been subjected to horrific treatment in this prison... we simply need to do more."
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
An editor who thinks novelty is having a town hall with Alan Dershowitz, or publishing the thousandth anti-woke story, doesn’t think having first hand testimony of migrants suffering abuse because of US decisions is newsworthy.
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crisis averted -- we asked chatgpt and grok and now have both sides of the story, direct from the chips. have learned mechahitler is involved
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
crisis averted -- we asked chatgpt and grok and now have both sides of the story, direct from the chips. have learned mechahitler is involved
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Get why people are concerned about what selling to Netflix might do to theaters, but need everyone to understand why Paramount gobbling up the entirety of WBD would also be very, very terrible.
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
There are no good outcomes for the Warner Bros. sale
The bidding war for Warner Bros. isn’t over just yet.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Get why people are concerned about what selling to Netflix might do to theaters, but need everyone to understand why Paramount gobbling up the entirety of WBD would also be very, very terrible.
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
No matter which company wins this fight, everyone except the execs loses
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From October 2025: “I might invoke Edward R. Murrow, but they remember him. They don’t have any goodwill toward you. They don’t know who you are at all. And they are not going to defend you when you screw up.”
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed
Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?
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December 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
From October 2025: “I might invoke Edward R. Murrow, but they remember him. They don’t have any goodwill toward you. They don’t know who you are at all. And they are not going to defend you when you screw up.”
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social:
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"'If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,' Alfonsi wrote."
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"'If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,' Alfonsi wrote."
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“I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight … Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct.” - “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
“I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight … Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct.” - “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi
Watching the hockey show, and it's very cute but reminds me that we haven't heard much About Patrick-Ian Pok's Invisible Life adaptation that got announced for HBO years ago. Where's that's at?
HBO Developing TV Adaptation Of ‘Invisible Life’ Novels
The Invisible Life trilogy of novels is being adapted for television at HBO.
deadline.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Watching the hockey show, and it's very cute but reminds me that we haven't heard much About Patrick-Ian Pok's Invisible Life adaptation that got announced for HBO years ago. Where's that's at?
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Unsurprisingly, the new Avatar has fantastic visuals and a ho-hum story that'll glide right off you once you leave the theater. But what did surprise me were the handful of moments where it (very gently) tried to reckon with the white savior fantasy baked into the franchise. My review:
Avatar: Fire and Ash is a gorgeous spectacle of titanic proportions
The third Avatar movie is another visual stunner.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Unsurprisingly, the new Avatar has fantastic visuals and a ho-hum story that'll glide right off you once you leave the theater. But what did surprise me were the handful of moments where it (very gently) tried to reckon with the white savior fantasy baked into the franchise. My review:
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I look forward to everyone dunking on this and Bari thinking that she's going to get a ton of ratings from hate watchers, and then no one watching it because they rightfully predicted it would be excruciatingly boring.
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I look forward to everyone dunking on this and Bari thinking that she's going to get a ton of ratings from hate watchers, and then no one watching it because they rightfully predicted it would be excruciatingly boring.
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Speaking of not using AI in comics — she’s here!! STRANGE TAILS #1, “PERCHEESE TO DREAM"
Written by me, art by BAILIE ROSENLUND, colors by IAN HERRING, letters by
VC's TRAVIS LANHAM, edited by FARAH JAVED & @alannawrites.bsky.social !
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Written by me, art by BAILIE ROSENLUND, colors by IAN HERRING, letters by
VC's TRAVIS LANHAM, edited by FARAH JAVED & @alannawrites.bsky.social !
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December 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Speaking of not using AI in comics — she’s here!! STRANGE TAILS #1, “PERCHEESE TO DREAM"
Written by me, art by BAILIE ROSENLUND, colors by IAN HERRING, letters by
VC's TRAVIS LANHAM, edited by FARAH JAVED & @alannawrites.bsky.social !
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Written by me, art by BAILIE ROSENLUND, colors by IAN HERRING, letters by
VC's TRAVIS LANHAM, edited by FARAH JAVED & @alannawrites.bsky.social !
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I’m enjoying us all sharing how we DON’T NEED AI FOR CONCEPT ART
also I am obsessed with the script >>> final panel here, EJ you are so good s;kdfna;sdfk
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’m enjoying us all sharing how we DON’T NEED AI FOR CONCEPT ART
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This mfer would have driven a truck-bomb into the OpenAi offices and tossed Sam Altman into the flames.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This mfer would have driven a truck-bomb into the OpenAi offices and tossed Sam Altman into the flames.
You do have to catch The One (whoever that is to you) tho
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
You do have to catch The One (whoever that is to you) tho
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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to leave job next month, ending brief tenure as bureau's No. 2 official.
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to leave job next month, ending brief tenure as bureau's No. 2 official.