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Judith Weston
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I wrote Directing Actors 25th Anniversary Edition. I’m here to learn and to help if I can. Especially directors, actors, writer-directors, anyone with a story to tell. #filmmaker #filmmaking
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Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Flawed people trying to do their best.” Kinda describes most of us. I guess that’s why all her work was so fully grounded in humanity. Thank you and farewell, too soon🌹
October 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Back from vacation. Endless vistas. Skies full of stars. Like Stephen Colbert, I have never loved my country more desperately.
September 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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*extreme George Sanders voice*

Blackmail is such an . . . ugly word.
Trump on Intel boss: "He walked in wanting to keep his job and he ended up giving us $10 billion for the United States. We do a lot of deals like that. I'll do more of them."
August 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Below are the 30 U.S. cities with at least 100,000 residents that had the highest number of crimes against people, per 100,000, according to the latest FBI data report.

Goodness, Washington, D.C., forgot to be included!

JD Vance & Jim Jordon's Ohio makes a stellar showing. Heck of a job on crime!
August 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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An accomplished director said to me, “What I love about your new book is that it reminds me to ask more questions. I’ve gotten into the bad habit of not taking the time to look into the world beyond what is on the page.” *Directing Actors 25th Anniversary Edition*
November 24, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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Why is Trump asking for grand jury testimony?

1. Because he knows it’s unlikely to be released and then he can blame the judge

2. Because that testimony is restricted to charges against Epstein and Maxwell and is unlikely to name clients

3. Because it generates delay and confusion.
July 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Los Angeles is a diverse community, roughly 50% white. We live together in harmony. We survived the January fires stronger than ever in spirit. Many more lives would have been lost if it weren’t for our excellent early-warning system and a population that pays attention to evacuation orders.
July 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Pure evil.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is the most disgraceful scandal of my lifetime.
We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Beautiful turnout in Simi Valley CA. Simi Valley, man! I was too emotional to get good footage but there were great signs, great spirit—and LOTS of people!!! #nokings #lastrong #californiastrong #theyalsoservewhodrivebyandhonk
June 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Here’s a video of Stephen Miller in high school screaming that he’s “sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash, when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us.”

This is the sociopath shaping our immigration policy and so much more
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Excerpt from Film Director’s Intuition audiobook, which came out a year ago this month! It’s a complete overhaul of the original print version and it’s read by me and I really hope you’ll listen and find it useful.🩵
#filmmaker #actor
May 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I know this looks like click bait, but it’s got real information—five books on filmmaking by filmmakers that have inspired me and what I love about them.
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The best books that tell you how actors and directors make an audience feel things
Judith Weston shares the 5 best books on how actors and directors make audience feel things. Have you read Making Movies?
shepherd.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Txxxx claims the reason for stripping $400 million in federal funds to Columbia University is “antisemitism.” More likely it’s a petty grudge he’s held against Columbia for 25 years. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million (Gift Article)
A quarter-century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Horrifying: After the contract tracking Ukrainian children abducted by Russia was terminated, the underlying evidence of these potential war crimes seems to be missing, a bipartisan group of Reps just charged in letter to Rubio. Two GOPers signed.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1929...
Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker
Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and why?
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Please make it stop 😪
March 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦💙💛💙💛🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
When I heard Jane Fonda was getting the SAG Life Achievement Award, my first thought was, “Why did they wait so long?” But while she spoke, I understood the universe was giving her this platform at the exactly right moment. All love, gratitude, and admiration to Jane Fonda.
👑 Jane Fonda with a mic drop

"Empathy is not weak or "woke." And, by the way, "woke" just means you give a damn about other people."
February 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
DOGE is comprised of “high IQ individuals”?
February 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I’m a ⚪️ lady who loved Kendrick at halftime yesterday. Since I didn’t know all the words to the songs, guess what I did? Googled the set list and then lyrics to each song. Easy peasy.
February 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Reupping IMO the greatest Super Bowl ad of all time
youtu.be/G9BdttCfBTI?...
The First Ever All Electric Chevy Silverado, The Sopranos Superbowl Commercial With Meadow and AJ
YouTube video by Firelands Chevrolet Vermilion
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February 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM