Amy McGrath
@smallmegapixel.bsky.social
Music Scribe | Editorial Board, The Journal of Beatles Studies | Cultural Historian: Actor Michael Sheen | Production Designer + Digital Artist
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Substack: writehearpopculture.substack.com
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Substack: writehearpopculture.substack.com
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GROUNDHOG DAY was released 33 years ago today. One of the great fantasy rom-coms, and among the most beloved of Bill Murray’s movies, the story behind the scenes is as magical as the film…
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February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
GROUNDHOG DAY was released 33 years ago today. One of the great fantasy rom-coms, and among the most beloved of Bill Murray’s movies, the story behind the scenes is as magical as the film…
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Fandom alert: BBC Radio 4 spoke to Michael Sheen about his 2006 portrayal of Kenneth Williams, in celebration of the iconic actor's 100th birthday, which will broadcast Sunday, February 22.
Notable fact: Michael won the 2006 Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor for this role.
Notable fact: Michael won the 2006 Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor for this role.
BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Versatile Voice of Kenneth Williams: A Centenary Celebration, Michael Sheen reflects on playing Kenneth Williams
Michael Sheen reflects on his performance in Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Fandom alert: BBC Radio 4 spoke to Michael Sheen about his 2006 portrayal of Kenneth Williams, in celebration of the iconic actor's 100th birthday, which will broadcast Sunday, February 22.
Notable fact: Michael won the 2006 Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor for this role.
Notable fact: Michael won the 2006 Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor for this role.
Remember a time, not too long ago, when it felt like the youngsters versus the naysayers, when a TV audience of millions watched a group of four twenty-something musicians with funny accents from Liverpool coming over to America and show what was possible with music?
I wonder how that turned out?
I wonder how that turned out?
The Beatles - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show)
YouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Remember a time, not too long ago, when it felt like the youngsters versus the naysayers, when a TV audience of millions watched a group of four twenty-something musicians with funny accents from Liverpool coming over to America and show what was possible with music?
I wonder how that turned out?
I wonder how that turned out?
If you want to see how absolutely hysterically comedic Bad Bunny is, check out this 2023 SNL sketch with Pedro Pascal. In drag. Speaking Spanish.
MAGAts need not watch.
MAGAts need not watch.
Protective Mom 2 - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 AM
If you want to see how absolutely hysterically comedic Bad Bunny is, check out this 2023 SNL sketch with Pedro Pascal. In drag. Speaking Spanish.
MAGAts need not watch.
MAGAts need not watch.
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I did this when Lady Gaga showed up
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I did this when Lady Gaga showed up
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday to those who celebrate! 🏈
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Happy Super Bowl Sunday to those who celebrate! 🏈
Leaving this 34-year-old R.E.M. song here cause it still means everything like it did back in my time and now more so. Appreciate you @michaelstipe.bsky.social
R.E.M. - Ignoreland (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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February 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Leaving this 34-year-old R.E.M. song here cause it still means everything like it did back in my time and now more so. Appreciate you @michaelstipe.bsky.social
With the advent of the alternative music scene, DIY-backed gigs and fans that unequivocally supported them, a band or musician could seamlessly segue from word-of-mouth support to indie-run record label and not skip a step in between.
My latest music review is now on Substack.
My latest music review is now on Substack.
Music – 'This Can’t Be Today: American Psychedelia & The Paisley Underground 1977–1988'
Guitars, jangle and fuzz are all here in a collection that looks at the US music scene during the glorious days of regional labels and college radio
writehearpopculture.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 AM
With the advent of the alternative music scene, DIY-backed gigs and fans that unequivocally supported them, a band or musician could seamlessly segue from word-of-mouth support to indie-run record label and not skip a step in between.
My latest music review is now on Substack.
My latest music review is now on Substack.
Buckle up, kids. Your favorite villain Lord Tony Baddingham has returned! David Tennant gets right to the point in this official trailer for Rivals 2, dropping May 15 on Hulu and Disney+. 😮💨
Rivals S2 | Teaser | Hulu
YouTube video by Hulu
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February 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Buckle up, kids. Your favorite villain Lord Tony Baddingham has returned! David Tennant gets right to the point in this official trailer for Rivals 2, dropping May 15 on Hulu and Disney+. 😮💨
Happy Birthday @mchshe.bsky.social ... but first, let's sing a selfie 🎊🏴🇸🇪❤️ (from his IG account)
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Happy Birthday @mchshe.bsky.social ... but first, let's sing a selfie 🎊🏴🇸🇪❤️ (from his IG account)
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February 4, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Here's another chapter in the understanding of PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals.' As many in our Michael Sheen community understand, its a decades long, generational harming environment that one would believe is eradicated. Sadly, not the case. Thank you @wbrangham.bsky.social for your report.
PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," helped spur innovation. But they're also insidious to human health. https://to.pbs.org/4qRXD2m
How PFAS harm our health — and why they're everywhere - Horizons
What do non-stick pans, firefighting foam and many of our couches, carpets and cosmetics have in common? They’re all made with PFAS. The so-called forever chemicals helped spur innovation, but they’re...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Here's another chapter in the understanding of PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals.' As many in our Michael Sheen community understand, its a decades long, generational harming environment that one would believe is eradicated. Sadly, not the case. Thank you @wbrangham.bsky.social for your report.
Making this short PSA Good Omens fandom alert. NG is back trying make amends here. Block. Immediately.
two men are playing basketball in a gym and one of them is holding a basketball .
ALT: two men are playing basketball in a gym and one of them is holding a basketball .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Making this short PSA Good Omens fandom alert. NG is back trying make amends here. Block. Immediately.
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Spoiler, Phil doesn't have a great track record. 😏
#GroundhogDay HAS ARRIVED:
#PunxsutawneyPhil stepped into the frigid morning air and saw his shadow, which legend has it that we'll see 6 more weeks of #winter.
Will he be right this year or can you put away all your winter gear?
www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/what-wi...
[Photo: This is NOT Phil.]
#PunxsutawneyPhil stepped into the frigid morning air and saw his shadow, which legend has it that we'll see 6 more weeks of #winter.
Will he be right this year or can you put away all your winter gear?
www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/what-wi...
[Photo: This is NOT Phil.]
What Will Punxsutawney Phil’s Six-Week Weather Prediction Be?
Every February 2, we anxiously await groundhog Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of spring’s arrival, but how accurate is he?
www.ncei.noaa.gov
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Spoiler, Phil doesn't have a great track record. 😏
Michael Sheen reads The Execution of Richard Lewis by author Sally Roberts Jones. Her book Dic Penderyn: The Man and the Martyr from @ylolfa.bsky.social is the first full bio on Penderyn. Calon Films is currently in production for Iniquity, centering on his life, hanged for a crime he didn't commit.
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Michael Sheen reads The Execution of Richard Lewis by author Sally Roberts Jones. Her book Dic Penderyn: The Man and the Martyr from @ylolfa.bsky.social is the first full bio on Penderyn. Calon Films is currently in production for Iniquity, centering on his life, hanged for a crime he didn't commit.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
The decades-long debate on aspects of fan fiction that encompasses every facet of pop culture can be as divisive or inclusive as you believe this genre to be. Especially when it concerns The Beatles.
My latest book review from author @betheaston.bsky.social is on Substack.
My latest book review from author @betheaston.bsky.social is on Substack.
Book Review – 'Beatles Real Person Fiction: The Role of Fiction in 21st Century Beatles Fandom'
Exploring Fab Four history and how fan fiction reshapes The Beatles’ legacy through the lens of multi-generational narratives
writehearpopculture.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The decades-long debate on aspects of fan fiction that encompasses every facet of pop culture can be as divisive or inclusive as you believe this genre to be. Especially when it concerns The Beatles.
My latest book review from author @betheaston.bsky.social is on Substack.
My latest book review from author @betheaston.bsky.social is on Substack.
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Here's a sublime, beautifully-written review from @thenerve.news on the @welshnattheatre.bsky.social production of Our Town. Thank you @juderogers.bsky.social
Review of the Week: Our Town
The Welsh National Theatre’s first large-scale production, starring its artistic director Michael Sheen, brings a shimmering Celtic quality to Thornton Wilder’s tale of smalltown America, writes Jude ...
www.thenerve.news
January 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Here's a sublime, beautifully-written review from @thenerve.news on the @welshnattheatre.bsky.social production of Our Town. Thank you @juderogers.bsky.social
Unbe-fucking-levable. Don Lemon. Beyond reprehensible and an affront to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
If you're not pissed now... get pissed.
If you're not pissed now... get pissed.
January 30, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Unbe-fucking-levable. Don Lemon. Beyond reprehensible and an affront to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
If you're not pissed now... get pissed.
If you're not pissed now... get pissed.
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Meanwhile, in Canada: One of the Heated Rivalry boys gave one of the show’s fabricated Team Canada Olympics fleeces to the prime minister and this happened
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Meanwhile, in Canada: One of the Heated Rivalry boys gave one of the show’s fabricated Team Canada Olympics fleeces to the prime minister and this happened
Tony and Olivier Award-winner Jonathan Pryce promoting his upcoming Sky crime series Under Salt Marsh gave this nice shout out: "More investment and encouragement" was needed in Welsh theatre. "There are great hopes for Michael Sheen and @welshnattheatre.bsky.social to bring new young actors on."
January 29, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Tony and Olivier Award-winner Jonathan Pryce promoting his upcoming Sky crime series Under Salt Marsh gave this nice shout out: "More investment and encouragement" was needed in Welsh theatre. "There are great hopes for Michael Sheen and @welshnattheatre.bsky.social to bring new young actors on."
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Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
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Having reviewed my stocks, I’ve determined that I have fifteen copies of the Good Omens graphical novel, wonderfully illustrated by @colleendoran.bsky.social, to spare.
In the interests of trying to be as fair as possible, if you would like to enter the ‘I-gave-it-away’ please read on…
In the interests of trying to be as fair as possible, if you would like to enter the ‘I-gave-it-away’ please read on…
January 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Having reviewed my stocks, I’ve determined that I have fifteen copies of the Good Omens graphical novel, wonderfully illustrated by @colleendoran.bsky.social, to spare.
In the interests of trying to be as fair as possible, if you would like to enter the ‘I-gave-it-away’ please read on…
In the interests of trying to be as fair as possible, if you would like to enter the ‘I-gave-it-away’ please read on…
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free