Kaleena Rivera
@kaleenarivera.bsky.social
TV Editor @Pajiba and distracted hobbyist
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October 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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The premiere of ‘Welcome to Derry’ hasn’t instilled much hope in me when it comes to carrying the torch that IT and all its adaptations (yes even the first one) once lit
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‘Welcome to Derry’: We’re In a Bit of a Pickle
Send in the clowns!
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October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The premiere of ‘Welcome to Derry’ hasn’t instilled much hope in me when it comes to carrying the torch that IT and all its adaptations (yes even the first one) once lit
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September 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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A cybertruck for your face
of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most
September 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A cybertruck for your face
I haven’t been this gobsmacked by an ending since ‘The Usual Suspects’
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I haven’t been this gobsmacked by an ending since ‘The Usual Suspects’
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To hell with this. Richard is one of our finest critics, and Vanity Fair and its readers are so much poorer for this incredibly stupid decision.
Area Critic (Me) Needs New Job.
Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!
Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!
Vanity Fair Will Refocus on Hollywood and Cut Back Some Coverage Areas, Says New Editorial Director
Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.
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August 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
To hell with this. Richard is one of our finest critics, and Vanity Fair and its readers are so much poorer for this incredibly stupid decision.
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I can’t say it enough: U.S. culture is scam culture. It pervades everything we do. We don’t notice it because it’s the water we swim in. A party would do well to remind everybody how awful this is and propose to fix it.
I think Democrats should offer voters a broadly defined anti-fraud platform. Yes, obviously, start with Trump’s influence peddling, but don’t stop there. Online fraud is massive, almost every phone call you get is a scam, and the solution has to be federal or it just won’t work.
Still, more than 7-in-10 U.S. adults have been a victim of an online scam or attack like credit card fraud, ransomware or online shopping scams. www.pewresearch.org/...
August 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I can’t say it enough: U.S. culture is scam culture. It pervades everything we do. We don’t notice it because it’s the water we swim in. A party would do well to remind everybody how awful this is and propose to fix it.
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Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment.
Infrastructure for a police state.
Infrastructure for a police state.
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Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
In case you folks missed it, I wrote about ‘Murderbot,’ aka the most relatable android you’re likely to ever meet
May 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In case you folks missed it, I wrote about ‘Murderbot,’ aka the most relatable android you’re likely to ever meet
I, like so many others, love to dunk on David Zaslav but the laughter always turns to ash in my mouth when I remember the overwhelming likelihood that he, w all of his many screw-ups during his time as CEO, will ride off to the sunset with literal millions just bc that’s how the system works
May 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I, like so many others, love to dunk on David Zaslav but the laughter always turns to ash in my mouth when I remember the overwhelming likelihood that he, w all of his many screw-ups during his time as CEO, will ride off to the sunset with literal millions just bc that’s how the system works
Natasha Lyonne why
April 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Natasha Lyonne why
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Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
The hype is real: ‘Sinners’ is amazing. I could nitpick a few minute details but they literally don’t matter when a movie is this strong, this self-assured, this PASSIONATE. I can see this landing on pretty much everyone’s top ten lists at the end of the year.
April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The hype is real: ‘Sinners’ is amazing. I could nitpick a few minute details but they literally don’t matter when a movie is this strong, this self-assured, this PASSIONATE. I can see this landing on pretty much everyone’s top ten lists at the end of the year.
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michelle williams meeting michelle williams is so important to me as a fan of michelle williams and michelle williams
April 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
michelle williams meeting michelle williams is so important to me as a fan of michelle williams and michelle williams
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You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
April 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.
Girl they already decided they hated you and your org. This was the time to straighten up and say “and I’d do it again 💅🏼”
NPR CEO Katherine Maher says she regrets her years-old tweets calling Trump a fascist and a deranged racist: "I regret those tweets, I wouldn't tweet them against today. They represented a time when I was reflecting on something that the president had said rather than who he is."
March 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Girl they already decided they hated you and your org. This was the time to straighten up and say “and I’d do it again 💅🏼”
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After being handcuffed and beaten all night, Hamdan Ballal is free and about to go home to his family, says co-director Yuval Abraham:
March 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
After being handcuffed and beaten all night, Hamdan Ballal is free and about to go home to his family, says co-director Yuval Abraham:
I stayed away from ‘Severance’ forums to give space to my own imaginings. Now w the finale nearly upon us, I decided to share a few of my guesses on what possibly lies ahead, including one rather wild swing of a theory
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Last Call for ‘Severance’ Theories
The finale lies ahead. What weird theories can we play with until then.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I stayed away from ‘Severance’ forums to give space to my own imaginings. Now w the finale nearly upon us, I decided to share a few of my guesses on what possibly lies ahead, including one rather wild swing of a theory
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Spending the week catching up on the Academy Award nominees. Tonight I watched the animated film ‘Flow.’ I went in expecting a sweet family film. Instead I spent the entire hour and a half like
February 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Spending the week catching up on the Academy Award nominees. Tonight I watched the animated film ‘Flow.’ I went in expecting a sweet family film. Instead I spent the entire hour and a half like
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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REENACT THE END OF THE SUBSTANCE DURING THE OSCAR SHOW YOU COWARDS
January 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
REENACT THE END OF THE SUBSTANCE DURING THE OSCAR SHOW YOU COWARDS