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Posting things I find interesting. Mostly TV, movies, and music.
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Lol, I love these two. Paul Downs and Megan Stalter from Hacks at the Critics Choice Awards, wearing the same matching outfits that Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner previously wore at the Marty Supreme premiere. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
On the left, a photo of Paul Downs and Megan Stalter wearing matching bright orange outfits on the red carpet. On the right, a photo of Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner wearing very similar bright orange outfits on the red carpet.
January 5, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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The description of Diane Keaton's outfit to the 1978 Oscars (the year she won for Annie Hall) is amazing: "a linen jacket, two full linen skirts, a scarf over a white shirt and black string tie, and high heels with socks." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...
Diane Keaton at the podium after winning an Oscar
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Nothing could have prepared me for the emotional tour de force that was Jenny Slate's performance in the show Dying For Sex. I absolutely loved her character Nikki.
Nikki (Jenny Slate) hugging Molly (Michelle Williams), from the show Dying For Sex
December 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Great essay by Zadie Smith on the importance of Tracy Chapman and her music.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
Zadie Smith: "But what was such a person doing on television? That really felt unprecedented. And she didn’t just look like the people on our side of the screen, she was singing our songs. Songs of everyday struggle, working-class experience, poverty, drink, political protest, domestic troubles, thwarted dreams. She was talkin’ about a revolution. On the BBC!"
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Totally agree with her thoughts on the Pluribus world:
Rhea Seehorn: “When I think about happiness and joy, it always comes down to surprise,” she says. “Being surprised by others’ accomplishments. But in that world, there are no new books. There is no new art. There’s never going to be a belly laugh, because no one can surprise you. I’ll never get to do a crossword puzzle again, because I already know all the answers, because I made the crossword.”
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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They're back! "Go to bed, bitch!" I wish Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang paired up for more stuff.
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Today's mini book in my McSweeney's Advent Calendar takes on a new meaning with recent news events...

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...
An excerpt from the McSweeney's Internet Tendency piece "Donald Barthelme Narrates the Progress of The Reindeer" by Chad Gillespie: ...did you -- were your plans changed at all? A: No, clearly we couldn't just up and change our plans. There are protocols, and the protocols were followed. Q: Then why did Blitzen-? A: It was loud. I gave the order. But whatever Blitzen did, if he even did it, had nothing to do with the order I gave. He was... what happened was a tragedy. I am sorry for the victims, but we need to be able to keep doing what we're doing if we want to live in the kind of country we want to live in."
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Tina Fey as Kristi Noem! Here's her ad for ICE recruitment.
October 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Amy, Tina, and Seth back at the Weekend Update desk!
Seth Meyers, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler making an appearance on Weekend Update on this week's episode of Saturday Night Live. Amy is the host.
October 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Love this photo of Jane Goodall. She died today at age 91.
A photo of Jane Goodall in her early 30s. She's holding a pair of binoculars.
October 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The Great North always has such great original songs. This montage of Beef missing his best friend is adorable. Anyone know who sings this song from season 5 episode 15 ("MIB: Men in Belts Adventure")?
August 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Steve Parkin's reaction to Wrexham being promoted (back-to-back-to-back) is perfection.
June 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Cedar waxwings are quite possibly the most punk rock looking bird. Someone had to say it.
A cedar waxwing with an orange/red head and tuft of hair, a black band across the eyes like a mask, a yellow body, and a black and white tail with a yellow tip
March 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Just saw the chonkiest quail
A very round quail. Like a softball with colorful feathers.
February 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Oh dang, I almost didn't recognize Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman). www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/a...
A black and white photo of the actor Tramell Tillman, who plays Mr. Milchick on Severance. He's wearing a dark suit jacket and overcoat. Unlike his character Mr. Milchick, Tramell has closer-cropped hair and a beard.
February 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Just learned about the "Three Marias." In 1972 they wrote “Novas Cartas Portuguesas” (New Portuguese Letters), a collection of letters they wrote to each other about their problems as women in Portugal. It angered the country’s dictatorship & the women were arrested.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/w...
Book cover for Novas Cartas Portuguesas by Maria Idabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Velho Da Costa. Has a black and white photo of the Three Marias in 70s clothes. Two are wearing sunglass. The type is bold and red.
February 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Wow, I completely missed this story. I loved “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and thought Adele Haenel was great in it. I like her even more now. variety.com/2025/film/gl...
Haenel, who is now 35, was France's first prominent star to accuse a filmmaker of sexual assault in the country's #MeToo movement. She retired from acting in 2023 out of frustration with the French film industry, which she has accused of being complacent toward sexual abusers. In 2020, she won best actress at the Cesar Awards for her performance in Celine Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire," and famously walked out the ceremony when Roman Polanski won best director for "An Officer and a Spy." Outraged, Haenel shouted "Bravo to pedophilia!" on her way out.
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I love these photos. This Zambian woman in her 80s is dressed up by her stylist granddaughter and became a fashion icon on social media. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
February 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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At the end of this article about the Googie architecture style (think The Jetsons), there's a thoughtful reflection on where we are right now as a society: "The sense of excitement for tomorrow that fueled Googie is hard to find in general these days..." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/r...
Quote from the article: "Now, there's a pervasive sense of despair, rather than hope, about technology's ability to solve our problems. Social media was supposed to make us feel connected, but in fact we feel lonelier. Artificial intelligence was supposed to make our jobs easier, but it's put them at risk. We've lost faith in the future, and Googie represents a time when we still had it."
January 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Never would have guessed this: In 1977 Andy Warhol took Jimmy Carter's 79 year old mother Lillian to a party at Studio 54. He also painted a portrait of her.

Lillian Carter sounded like a fascinating woman. She also joined the Peace Corps in her late 60s. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
Portrait of Lillian Carter by Andy Warhol
January 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Jimmy Carter: "While I was in Westminster Abbey, I told the archbishop I wanted to see the Poets’ Corner, and when I got there I said, ‘Where is the plaque to Dylan Thomas?’ And he told me that they didn’t have one because Thomas was not the kind of person they wanted to honor. I said … ‘What does it matter, it’s the art, not anything else that counts.’”
December 30, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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Didn't realize the same designer is behind so many great typefaces and title cards in recent movies and shows. You've probably seen Teddy Blanks's work in Barbie, Wicked, Severance... www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/s...
December 29, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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When this song first came out, I could tell it was about Something Serious, but my tween self didn't quite know what. But I still loved it.

Now I've gone down a Wikipedia wormhole...
Wikipedia entry: "The Freshmen" was one of several songs about abortion that were released by male musicians in the 1990s. Referring to RCA Records' 1999 decision to cancel the U.S. release of the Swedish singer Robyn's album My Truth, which included songs about her 1998 abortion, Vander Ark said, "RCA did not put up any roadblocks, never talked to us about changing a lyric, never seemed to even care. And I've always felt like 'The Freshmen' was pretty obviously about abortion. Look, I'd bet that it had to do with me being male and her running afoul of a certain code of femininity. It's sad, too, especially on an album called My Truth, when you have this gutsy openness, to then get silenced by male gatekeepers in the industry."
December 27, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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Sharon Horgan discusses what inspired her to make a second season of Bad Sisters. Specifically, her anger at "the sexist institution that is the police."
www.vulture.com/article/shar...
Sharon Horgan: "There was so much stuff I was still angry about that I have an opportunity to talk about and explore through these characters, like the sexist institution that is the police and how they deal with people like Grace. That old boys' club contains so many bad, bad people. The show is a good vehicle for subject matter that feels really, horribly, constantly timely."
December 25, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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Rose Matafeo, on her favorite Christmas movies: "I will defend The Holiday to my dying day and I know that means I’ll never make it to the Criterion Closet, but I don’t fucking care." www.avclub.com/rose-matafeo...
Rose Matafeo: "I will defend The Holiday to my dying day and I know that means I’ll never make it to the Criterion Closet, but I don't fucking care. I care about the people's princess, and the people's princess is The Holiday. I think we'll come to understand The Holiday as a camp Christmas favorite. It's a film I've seen many times. It's not art but it doesn't have to be, it's The Holiday.
December 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM