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Sadly, I have to blame Jon Stewart for attitudes like this. For years, people have watched him and decided that news, journalists and journalism itself are a joke. Not something to be taken seriously or learned from or absorbed. Try holding politicians to this standard. And not on social media. 📰

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I have said this before, but pillorying people who work at problematic media institutions overemphasizes personal responsibility for systemic issues and questionable, repeated leadership choices

Right now, I am really glad I subscribed to @thehindu.com rather than the Hindustan Times when I got into Indian Cinema. Holy moly.

I quit

I’m not in the habit of slagging below-the-line people, because they’re the ones who actually make the 📽️, but: How did live ammo make it onto the set? And how did it get intermingled with the blanks? Glad this travesty is over. And: Her name was Halyna Hutchins. Set safety matters. No more deaths!

Judge dismisses Alec Baldwin involuntary manslaughter case for 'Rust' shootingwww.latimes.com The decision ends a years-long ordeal for the "30 Rock" and "Hunt for Red October," which began in October 2021 when he accidentally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop revolver during a ...

New England Gang, you know what to do:

Any Vermonters out there want to let me know how a lifelong Vermonter might speak? Any pronunciations specific to the area?

As a Millennial who didn’t grow up watching her shows, I think the best profile I’ve read of Shelley Duvall’s recent life is from THR in 2021. You get a glimpse at her relationships with her mother, her neighbors & the stars who once knew her. What made her cry. A modern day Garbo. Rest in peace. 📽️

Searching for Shelley Duvall: The Reclusive Icon on Fleeing Hollywood and the Scars of Making ‘The Shining’www.hollywoodreporter.com After leaving L.A. and making only one public appearance since — on a widely condemned mental illness episode of 'Dr. Phil' — the complicated star of 'The Shining' discusses her legacy and the trauma ...

F**k. TIL that Frappuccinos are originally a Massachusetts thing, and a Frappe is basically a milkshake. You New England people are killing me here.

Massachusetts, you son of a bitch! Also, I didn't realize George Howell has been on the tip that long. I love George Howell coffee beans.

RIP to Shelley Duvall, dead at 75. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Shelley Duvall, Robert Altman Protege and Tormented Wife in ‘The Shining,’ Dies at 75www.hollywoodreporter.com The versatile actress, also memorable in 'McCabe & Mrs. Miller,' 'Nashville,' 'Popeye' and '3 Women,' produced TV series for kids as well.

A terrific exclusive that not only covers the future of Telugu sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD’s cinematic universe, it also provides helpful background to the 📽️ itself, still playing in theaters. Remember that Kalki has already surpassed RRR at the U.S. box office. #DesiWatch

‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Director Nag Ashwin Reveals Plans for Part 2, Including an Epic Face-Off Between Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan (EXCLUSIVE)variety.com 'Kalki 2898 AD' director Nag Ashwin on crafting a sci-fi epic, Amitabh Bachchan vs. Prabhas and plans for expansion.

I figure @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social already has this one, but just making sure. 🖖

OK, I don’t do Xitter and avoid those putting off its energy. But for those of us in the review/criticism game, you may be wondering why Miami Vice (2006) 📽️ has re-entered the chat. As discourses go, it’s a doozy. It improbably involves the guy who played Gödel in Oppenheimer, among other insanity.

Miami Vice-gate / Chaedria LaBouvier Miami Vice Controversyknowyourmeme.com Miami Vice-gate, also known as Chaedria LaBouvier Miami Vice Controversy, refers to a viral controversy that unfolded on Twitter / X in early July 2024 aft

If, like me, you’ve needed a laugh in these trying times, there is an online solution. Behold. For the non-subtle: Read it. READ IT. READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT!!!!!!!

Here it is, my review of the Tesla Cybertruck. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

I drove a Cybertruck around SF because I am a smart, cool alpha malewww.sfgate.com You can rent a Tesla Cybertruck for a day, if you dare, and SFGATE columnist Drew Magary dared.

My Bsky feed has a weird effect on me. Last week, I just wanted to move to D.C., start a whole DesiWatch blog full of jokes and go visit all the art museums. This week, I just wanna move to New England (but not Connecticut, tho), take up biking and become a media criticism pundit. IDK who I am

Bluesky, it's been a helluva day. I started off by kvetching about something and by the afternoon a new friend had written and published a whole column about it. Then I stumbled into a new corner of JRNL Bluesky I hadn't been before and made some cool new friends there. I might just stick around! 💖

Look at Bluesky turning a negative into a positive! With a buncha New Englanders, no less! What a day. Yay, journalism.

For some reason, my copies of Variety arrive spectacularly late. Which makes this week’s delivery ironic in a way that no one since O. Henry could have foreseen.

If you recently gave up a sub to a major national newspaper, there are places near you that could use that money instead. Give it a look. Your local NPR station is usually pretty good, but some people are lucky to have alt-weeklies or even whole newspapers. Check it out!

The Institute for Nonprofit News has a list of about 450 nonprofit news outlets if you want to find one in your area. findyournews.org/campaign/inn...

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The Tribune, far from Los Angeles, has tackled Paramount’s Jeff Shell problem head on. It’s…weird, right? That the main trade publications that cover Hollywood aren’t talking about this. I might just subscribe. Nina Metz is a badass. If you follow Hollywood, she needs to be on your radar. 📰📽️📺

Since I'm not seeing other news outlets writing about this, I did Column: Paramount’s new president was fired last year as CEO of NBCUniversal after allegations of sexual harassment

Column: Paramount’s new president was fired last year as CEO of NBCUniversal after allegations of sexual harassmentwww.chicagotribune.com Jeff Shell’s firing last year has been conspicuously absent in the reporting so far across numerous outlets about the Paramount-Skydance merger.

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As a follow-up, in a late-career 2nd hat trick, Chris Nolan will produce this generation’s premiere interpretation of The Phantom Tollbooth. It’ll be dark and gripping. Afterwards, Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood and even Cinecittà rush to get on the bandwagon of the New Golden Age of Allegory. 📽️

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It should have a third act where narrative conventions break down in a disorienting way and then reconstitute themselves. And the ending should be an ominous series of flash forwards where the entire universe seems to be immutably changed in a cyclic eternal return.

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Somewhere in Los Angeles, Chris Nolan is writing a screenplay based on dodecahedrons, the photos having caused him to gradually lose his grip on reality. It will be baffling and devastating and will forever change the public’s perception of geometry in ways that Euclid could only have dreamt. 🎁:

12-sided Roman relic baffles archaeologists, spawns countless theorieswapo.st Amateur archaeologists found a Roman-era dodecahedron in Norton Disney, England. Dozens have been found in Europe since the 1700s, but experts can’t agree on what they are.

There’s a lot of media industry news this morning. Something from the WaPo that I’m cautiously optimistic about (for the first time in a while, because the Post is facing a management imbroglio). 🎁: wapo.st/3VPgwF0

Krissah Thompson will run the newsroom process building the third newsroomwapo.st Thompson will form a task force with input from across the newsroom colleagues from the commercial side and will helm our effort to set up the structure and plans for this next era of growth for The P...

If anyone did this to Moby Dick, I’d laugh at first. And then on second thought, I’d hate them forever.

I don't even go there, and this is still the funniest shit

“Kalki will end at No. 8 [at the U.S. box office] on 925 screens in week two, the second weekend in the top 10 for the Telugu sci-fi epic from Prathyangira Cinemas…That’s unusual, as Indian films tend to do most of their business opening weekend.“ #DesiWatch

‘Kalki 2898 AD’ Flies At Specialty Box Officedeadline.com Telugu sci-fi epic Kalki '2898 AD' is stellar at the North American indie film box office for the second week running.

Skydance is definitely merging with Paramount this time. And they’ve already named Jeff Shell (not pictured) as President of the new company—a man who was fired as CEO of NBCU for sexual harassment. He was fired for cause and received no severance. Happy Monday! 📰📽️📺🖖

David Ellison Set as Chairman-CEO, Jeff Shell as President of Paramount; Shari Redstone to Sell Family Empire to Skydance Media in $8 Billion Dealvariety.com Skydance Media and Paramount Global have reached an agreement calling for David Ellison to take the reins as chairman-CEO and Jeff Shell as president.

IYKYK, indeed. Alleluia, alleluia?

I was explaining to an English coworker how there’s a different Tayto crisps in Ireland and Northern Ireland with a different Mr Tayto. He said, “I get it. When you eat the Irish crisps, you’re eating the body of Mr Tayto. When you eat the Northern Irish crisps, it represents the body of Mr Tayto.”

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I suspect part of the explosion in comedy and pop music online is the world is really depressing and chaotic rn and people desperately need dopamine/a mental escape but the movie business can't figure itself out despite the success of Barbie and Oppenheimer

In other entertainment news: Looks like the Paramount-Skydance merger is really, finally happening. #FilmSky #TrekSky 📽️📺🎬🤝🖖

Paramount Board’s Special Committee Approves Skydance Mergerwww.bloomberg.com David Ellison inched closer to an acquisition of Paramount Global, the owner of MTV and CBS, as a special committee of the company’s board blessed a merger with his Skydance Media, according to a pers...

Chandu Champion (Hindi, 2024) 📽️: ⭐️⭐️⭐️. Not every biopic can be Bohemian Rhapsody, but this one is worth a watch for Kartik Aaryan’s physical transformation. Murlikant Petkar’s true story is even more incredible than the movie portrays. The climax is a little too much Chariots of Fire. #DesiWatch

Chandu Champion (2024)boxd.it 9 bullet wounds (one still in the body), three different sports and an unshakable determination to fulfill the dream of an Olympic Gold later, Muralikant Petkar, India's first Paralympian to finish…

IYKYK. I just played this to myself, in my house, all by myself. The filming of this scene on set has a great BTS story if you’ve never heard it.

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Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu) at Intermission: I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s intriguing and involving and intertextual and other i-words. The reviews all say how indexical it is towards other texts, but it’s so unique I’m almost at a loss of words to describe the actual movie. #DesiWatch