BOTD: Robert Downey Jr.

Michael Sowa (1945-), “Happy Easter”

Meryl Streep: The SAVE America Act will make it harder for women who have changed their names to vote She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.

BOTD: Marlon Brando

Had fun at the Darien Library doing the author Q&A with my pal Karen E. Olson Her new novel ‘A Defiant Woman’ is terrific.

BOTD: Michael Fassbender

Silvia Lermo, We will not return to the same place, 2022

BOTD: Ali MacGraw

Catching ‘Ready or Not 2’ on cheapskate night (don’t judge)

Love having daylight at 5:30.

@bloomberg.com just carried the Pentagon ‘press’ conference. Glad that Tom Keene pointed out that no ‘traditional’ reporters were present. His guest compared it to a reality TV episode. Really shocking.

BOTD: Ewan McGregor

Back at NCC for my American independent filmmakers class. Today we move into the modern era with a deep dive into the career of Steven Soderbergh.

BOTD: Jean-Claude Brialy

Sad news. Mary Beth Hurt was such an interesting, spiky actress--it was always a pleasurable jolt when she showed up on screen. I would recommend Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter, or The World According to Garp as starting points. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

BOTD: Christopher Lambert

Edward Weston, Pepper no. 30, 1930, gelatin silver print

BOTD: Dirk Bogarde

Brother Bill scored TDF tix to the Encores ‘Wild Party’ so here I am. I saw the original production at the turn of the century but have very little memory of it.

#FridayReads Happily doing homework for my public interview with crime writer Karen E. Olson April 2 at 7 p.m. at the Darien Library. ‘A Defiant Woman’ is the sequel to ‘An Inconvenient Wife’ - the novels move the murderous antics of King Henry VIII and the Tudor Era to contemporary America.

BOTD: Quentin Tarantino

At today’s press conference when the President said the U.S. has all the oil it needs and that the closing of the Strait will have no impact on us, I wish a reporter had asked ‘Well then, why is gas $5 a gallon in California?’

BOTD: Jonathan Groff

Watching the sunrise over the rocks and pier Taken in New Bedford MA with Sony A7IV and Tamron 17-28mm Lens #photography #eastcoastkin #newEngland #NewBedfordMA #sonya7iv #sunrise #VisitNewEngland #singingwithlght #photographylovers #withmytamron

BOTD: Lee Pace

BOTD: Steve McQueen

R.I.P. Valerie Perrine

Today is class two of my ‘Four Independent Filmmakers’ course. John Cassavetes’ brilliant actress wife Gena Rowlands - who gave many of his indie films their special power - will be the focus today.

BOTD: Catherine Keener

In Praise of Praise By Lisa Scottoline Read my Chick Wit column here: www.scottoline.com/chick-wit/

BOTD: Matthew Modine (in ‘Birdy’)

Alexey Shlyk (Belarusian, b. 1986), Weight Lifter, 2016

BOTD: Gary Oldman