A Christmas film with Meryl Streep and DeNiro and he’s wearing the same military coat that he wore when they were paired in The Deer Hunter. And there’s added Harvey Keitel. Brief Encounter reimagined en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling...

Well, happy anniversary to one of the finest of festive exchanges

Thinking of the actor Ernest Thesiger, who, when asked what it had been like in the trenches of World War One, replied "my dear, the noise! And the PEOPLE!"

Adore their version of this classic youtu.be/KieWf1XKJKE?...

If anyone needs to know what dying from cancer is like (for the last month of life) this scene featuring Paula Pell as a hospice nurse from Dying for Sex explains it beautifully. youtu.be/i8a0pUaCGQU?...

If you have a friend who lives alone and clearly enjoys her own company, can you not keep asking her who she’s spending Christmas with? There’s this weird thing where some people can’t conceive of Christmas alone and I have to do a lot of emotional lifting to explain that IT’S WHAT I WANT.

As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE

Jennifer Lawrence is a menace

From William Donaldson's GREAT DISASTERS OF THE STAGE:

Take The Money And Run

Into The Woods @bridgetheatre.bsky.social is spectacular and Kate Fleetwood is the best of the best

Q: What was one of the main contributing factors re. the death of British folk music in the 1970s? A: Hair conditioner.

Ellen Burstyn is 92 Love how & why she did another Exorcist sequel. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Sidney Lumet’s Serpico is 52. Pacino asked Frank Serpico why he fought police corruption & didn’t just take the bribe money & give it to charity & just get on with his work: ‘He looked at me and said ‘Al, if I’d done that, who would I have been when I listened to Beethoven?’

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

It’s the two-year anniversary of Henry Kissinger's death. Take it away, Mr Bourdain:

rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"

So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”

My friend @miriamrobinson.bsky.social has written a book and it’s very very special…

When @ericidle.bsky.social came over to host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in 1977, he brought Neil Innes over as his musical guest, and Neil reprised his RUTLAND WEEKEND TELEVISION role of The Rutles' Ron Nasty, performing his Lennon pastiche "Cheese & Onions"...

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Honestly TELL THE STORY. Won’t someone just tell the fucking story of how Brexit created this economic hardship, how a Muslim immigrant just saved the lives of those commuters on that train, won’t someone in politics or even media just connect the fucking dots and TELL THE STORY. IT’S RIGHT THERE

@gmcgiv.bsky.social hello!! Had a lunchtime catch-up with young Mr Godley, dentist to the stars, on Wednesday. Your name came up in dispatches and we raised a glass!

Snake jackets worn by Alan and Jonathan #celebritytraitors

Only Connect Olive Branch….

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For just $30 an hour I will watch streaming shows with your parents and tell them whether something is a flashback

@mariephillips.bsky.social Simon Pegg was once in a rom-com, Man Up, with the wonderful Lake Bell, which I thought was nearly very successful if it hadn’t been for the total lack of sexy/lovely/desirability of Simon Pegg. But Spaced? slam dunk

Someone on my Nextdoor app has a cat called Colin Feral.

David Cross folks.

My favourite Robert Redford story is the one about why he got rejected for the lead role in The Graduate. RIP to a real one.

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

we need this on uk tv asap

A fun Cameron Crowe/Peter Gabriel story I read earlier today.

This really is the cultural moment we didn’t know we needed

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There should be a little badge you can wear to let people know that your hair is 'doing a thing' today. I'm not trying to look like this. This isn't who I am. I invite you to accept it as I have and join me in hoping for better tomorrows.

trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app

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Wanna see something cool? At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is. The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.

"Two houses, alike in dignity," I narrate, as I drop off one Vinted parcel to the off licence that does Evri and the other to the newsagent that does Yodel.

It seems a good day to be reminded of this. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fZjG...

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The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

Hummingbirds Hiding From the Rain 🕊️🌧️

she'd be an embarrassment if they had any shame.