Rick Porter
@rickporter.bsky.social
"Chillest man in Hollywood," according to Mike Schur (actual location: Chicagoland). Work: TV business editor/innings eater at The Hollywood Reporter. Signal: rwp.07
Let off the hook by a horrendous trick play call. Onward JMU
Two timeouts in a tie game and they take a knee?
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Let off the hook by a horrendous trick play call. Onward JMU
Two timeouts in a tie game and they take a knee?
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Two timeouts in a tie game and they take a knee?
She had the most talked-about 3-month contract since CC Sabathia with the Brewers, so that’s something I guess.
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
She had the most talked-about 3-month contract since CC Sabathia with the Brewers, so that’s something I guess.
One thing I didn’t foresee when I began a career in media in the mid-90s, then started covering the entertainment business a few years later, is that I’d be taking part in writing a collective, years-long, slow motion eulogy for both industries as they had been for decades.
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One thing I didn’t foresee when I began a career in media in the mid-90s, then started covering the entertainment business a few years later, is that I’d be taking part in writing a collective, years-long, slow motion eulogy for both industries as they had been for decades.
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
Offer still on the table. I would love to read about something like this (and don’t feel like I have the right historical or political grounding to do it myself).
If someone has a good analysis of the propaganda intent of those televised cabinet meetings (which I don’t remember ever being a thing before), as well as the utter debasement on display from secretaries praising dear leader, I will subscribe to your publication.
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Offer still on the table. I would love to read about something like this (and don’t feel like I have the right historical or political grounding to do it myself).
If someone has a good analysis of the propaganda intent of those televised cabinet meetings (which I don’t remember ever being a thing before), as well as the utter debasement on display from secretaries praising dear leader, I will subscribe to your publication.
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If someone has a good analysis of the propaganda intent of those televised cabinet meetings (which I don’t remember ever being a thing before), as well as the utter debasement on display from secretaries praising dear leader, I will subscribe to your publication.
It is 5:56 p.m. Central time. The “Mad Men” episode title mixup on HBO Max has been fixed, but the puke hose at the end of “Red in the Face” (s1, ep 7) is still visible.
Mad Men Typewriter Don Draper GIF
Alt: Mad Men Typewriter Don Draper GIF
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It is 5:56 p.m. Central time. The “Mad Men” episode title mixup on HBO Max has been fixed, but the puke hose at the end of “Red in the Face” (s1, ep 7) is still visible.
I have never been the smoothest interviewer, and I sometimes jumble thoughts or set up my questions too much. I’m transcribing something now that, no joke, took me 132 words (ums and sort ofs included) to ask somethng that could’ve been said in 40 or 50. The interviewee got the gist, thankfully.
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I have never been the smoothest interviewer, and I sometimes jumble thoughts or set up my questions too much. I’m transcribing something now that, no joke, took me 132 words (ums and sort ofs included) to ask somethng that could’ve been said in 40 or 50. The interviewee got the gist, thankfully.
Fog of War
4 oz extra smoky Scotch
dash of bitters
splash of water
Drink it straight, like a man, while you search for high-priced lawyers.
4 oz extra smoky Scotch
dash of bitters
splash of water
Drink it straight, like a man, while you search for high-priced lawyers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fog of War
4 oz extra smoky Scotch
dash of bitters
splash of water
Drink it straight, like a man, while you search for high-priced lawyers.
4 oz extra smoky Scotch
dash of bitters
splash of water
Drink it straight, like a man, while you search for high-priced lawyers.
Netflix’s first-party data has “Stranger Things 5” with the best opening week ever for an English-language show on the service, and second best for all languages behind s2 of “Squid Game.” No shock that it was huge, but still: huge.
‘Stranger Things 5’ Scores Netflix’s Second Biggest Premiere Week Ever for a Series
Only season two of ‘Squid Game’ has had a better opening in the streamer’s internal measurement.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Netflix’s first-party data has “Stranger Things 5” with the best opening week ever for an English-language show on the service, and second best for all languages behind s2 of “Squid Game.” No shock that it was huge, but still: huge.
“Game of Thrones” water bottle <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< “Mad Men” puke hose
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Game of Thrones” water bottle <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< “Mad Men” puke hose
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Not exactly the Muppets version of a Blanc film that Rian Johnson has pushed back on, but I'll take it.
"Ahhhh I have arrived on the Street of Sesame, on a sunny day turned cloudy . . . "
Yes, folks, it's Beignet Blanc!
Yes, folks, it's Beignet Blanc!
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Not exactly the Muppets version of a Blanc film that Rian Johnson has pushed back on, but I'll take it.
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Alert, alert, we have Muppet Benoit Blanc!
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Alert, alert, we have Muppet Benoit Blanc!
Luv too have a second bedroom with no room for a bed that’s also maybe the entryway to my house and a laundry room with two bathtubs and no washer or dryer and a set of patio doors(?, at the bottom of the pic) facing the sky.
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Luv too have a second bedroom with no room for a bed that’s also maybe the entryway to my house and a laundry room with two bathtubs and no washer or dryer and a set of patio doors(?, at the bottom of the pic) facing the sky.
His family’s issues aside, Vance didn’t grow up in some holler with no indoor plumbing. Middletown, Ohio is a small city between Cincinnati and Dayton. The steel plant there was struggling when he was a kid and that was rough, but the town didn’t fall apart. But that’s not as good a story.
unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
His family’s issues aside, Vance didn’t grow up in some holler with no indoor plumbing. Middletown, Ohio is a small city between Cincinnati and Dayton. The steel plant there was struggling when he was a kid and that was rough, but the town didn’t fall apart. But that’s not as good a story.
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If these people just wanted to hang out with celebs at parties, pick up scandalous gossip, and hold on to stories for an insane lead time, they should have just gone into entertainment journalism ffs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If these people just wanted to hang out with celebs at parties, pick up scandalous gossip, and hold on to stories for an insane lead time, they should have just gone into entertainment journalism ffs.
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I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
Nine-year finale high for “Dancing With the Stars” among all viewers, but the stat that sends me is that it’s the first show in *five (5) seasons* to score a 1.0 rating or better among adults 18-49 before streaming or DVR playback.
TV Ratings: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Finale Scores Nine-Year High
The ABC show capped its most watched season since 2019 .
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Nine-year finale high for “Dancing With the Stars” among all viewers, but the stat that sends me is that it’s the first show in *five (5) seasons* to score a 1.0 rating or better among adults 18-49 before streaming or DVR playback.
As I understand things, Guy’s duties and responsibilities will temporarily be taken on by the deputy mayor of Flavortown.
(Also this injury sounds painful as hell. Oof.)
(Also this injury sounds painful as hell. Oof.)
Guy Fieri Reveals On-Set Injury That Landed Him in a Wheelchair
The Food Network star tore his quad muscle when he slipped down the stairs filming his new show 'Flavor Town Food Fight.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As I understand things, Guy’s duties and responsibilities will temporarily be taken on by the deputy mayor of Flavortown.
(Also this injury sounds painful as hell. Oof.)
(Also this injury sounds painful as hell. Oof.)
Sorry, got excited and didn’t do the gift link. Here: wapo.st/4846reS
Wine heist! Featuring a “bushy toupee” and high speed chase!
Theft of $24,000 wine bottle spurs high-speed chase through Va. countryside
A couple talked their way into the Virginia wine cellar, where the woman reportedly distracted their guide while the man slipped bottles into his overcoat.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sorry, got excited and didn’t do the gift link. Here: wapo.st/4846reS
Wine heist! Featuring a “bushy toupee” and high speed chase!
Theft of $24,000 wine bottle spurs high-speed chase through Va. countryside
A couple talked their way into the Virginia wine cellar, where the woman reportedly distracted their guide while the man slipped bottles into his overcoat.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wine heist! Featuring a “bushy toupee” and high speed chase!
Did someone tell him they got a Trump shirt on TeePublic.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Did someone tell him they got a Trump shirt on TeePublic.
If there’s a thing we want in this year of our lord 2025, it’s more “Everybody Loves Raymond” content. Here, then, Q&A w/Ray Romano and Phil Rosenthal about last night’s reunion special.
(The recap deal I did about the show has done crazy traffic today, so I’m leaning in)
(The recap deal I did about the show has done crazy traffic today, so I’m leaning in)
Ray Romano, Phil Rosenthal Discuss Emotional ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Reunion and Their Favorite Thanksgiving Episodes
The creator and star of the beloved sitcom celebrated 30 years of the show on CBS.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If there’s a thing we want in this year of our lord 2025, it’s more “Everybody Loves Raymond” content. Here, then, Q&A w/Ray Romano and Phil Rosenthal about last night’s reunion special.
(The recap deal I did about the show has done crazy traffic today, so I’m leaning in)
(The recap deal I did about the show has done crazy traffic today, so I’m leaning in)