Joe Leydon
@joeleydon.bsky.social
Entertainment Editor at Cowboys & Indians, Film Critic for Variety, Immigrant's Son
Had fun interviewing Billy Bob Thornton for Cowboys & Indians Magazine. Here's a link to my cover story, and video of our conversation. (Don't worry -- I appear off camera.)
www.cowboysindians.com/2025/11/bill...
www.cowboysindians.com/2025/11/bill...
Billy Bob Thornton Rocks The House
From being frontman in his band, The Boxmasters, to being landman Tommy Norris in Taylor Sheridan’s oil-intrigue hit, Billy Bob Thornton gets frank about surviving poverty, staying true to yourself, a...
www.cowboysindians.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Had fun interviewing Billy Bob Thornton for Cowboys & Indians Magazine. Here's a link to my cover story, and video of our conversation. (Don't worry -- I appear off camera.)
www.cowboysindians.com/2025/11/bill...
www.cowboysindians.com/2025/11/bill...
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The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost 50 years ago today — around the time Gordon Lightfoot was at work on a new album.
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost 50 years ago today — around the time Gordon Lightfoot was at work on a new album.
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
An experienced Great Lakes sailor who knew those waters well, he later told NPR he was surprised that media coverage gave “short shrift for such a monumental event.”
#RIP
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Easy to believe this guy ignored someone who passed out in the Oval Office. He did ignore a guest at a Mar-a-Lago event who fell off the stage and split his head open and complained about the blood staining his marble floor. The lack of empathy is on-brand.
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Easy to believe this guy ignored someone who passed out in the Oval Office. He did ignore a guest at a Mar-a-Lago event who fell off the stage and split his head open and complained about the blood staining his marble floor. The lack of empathy is on-brand.
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
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idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
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Zohran Mamdan cites Scotland's baby boxes as he plans New York version
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560320...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560320...
Zohran Mamdan cites Scotland's baby boxes as he plans New York version
New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has said he backs a ‘baby box’ programme in the city – citing Scotland’s successful version as an…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Zohran Mamdan cites Scotland's baby boxes as he plans New York version
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560320...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560320...
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Great review by @joeleydon.bsky.social of my friend Cyrus Nowrasteh's latest film. Family-friendly crowd pleaser in all the right was. "Irresistibly uplifting" thanks to its wonderful young star. variety.com/2025/film/re...
‘Sarah’s Oil’ Review: Family-Friendly Drama Persuasively Depicts a Battle for Oil-Rich Land Not Far From the Period of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Naya Desir-Johnson offers a star-making performance as a precocious Black youngster determined to strike it rich in 1913 Oklahoma.
variety.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great review by @joeleydon.bsky.social of my friend Cyrus Nowrasteh's latest film. Family-friendly crowd pleaser in all the right was. "Irresistibly uplifting" thanks to its wonderful young star. variety.com/2025/film/re...
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I like Presidents who know how to spell "tacos".
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I like Presidents who know how to spell "tacos".
Apparently, there is a God.
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Apparently, there is a God.
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The DNC didn't win last night; the fired-up Democratic voters did.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The DNC didn't win last night; the fired-up Democratic voters did.
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If you don’t know Lina Khan, now is a great time to know about her. She’s now on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. She’s also the former FTC Chair, only 36, & committed to leveling the playing field for everyday Americans. She is an absolute star. This is what hope feels like.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If you don’t know Lina Khan, now is a great time to know about her. She’s now on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team. She’s also the former FTC Chair, only 36, & committed to leveling the playing field for everyday Americans. She is an absolute star. This is what hope feels like.
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Last Saturday my little community raised $10,000 for Feeding America, which they turn into 100,000 meals. I run a meme account and have done more for the hungry in this country than the president, who is intentionally starving women and children for no reason.
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Last Saturday my little community raised $10,000 for Feeding America, which they turn into 100,000 meals. I run a meme account and have done more for the hungry in this country than the president, who is intentionally starving women and children for no reason.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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wow, I forgot how nice it feels to joyscroll; we should do this again
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
wow, I forgot how nice it feels to joyscroll; we should do this again
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Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before
I would be willing to bet her ex did too many things at warp speed.
Captain’s log, supplemental:
After ten years in orbit with someone else, I’ve finally charted my own course. New home, new worlds, same mission to keep evolving with optimism at warp speed.
After ten years in orbit with someone else, I’ve finally charted my own course. New home, new worlds, same mission to keep evolving with optimism at warp speed.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I would be willing to bet her ex did too many things at warp speed.
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This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is the kind of investigation James Comer was made for…
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I guess if you have nothing to do, and you're being paid nothing, and you're almighty pissed off, what the hell, might as well vote!
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I guess if you have nothing to do, and you're being paid nothing, and you're almighty pissed off, what the hell, might as well vote!
Filmmaker Mira Nair certainly looks proud of her newly elected son tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Filmmaker Mira Nair certainly looks proud of her newly elected son tonight.
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.