finding out Halloween III is actually a disconnected story from the rest of the franchise about witchcraft because John Carpenter wanted the series to be a horror anthology of movies taking place on Halloween night and instead we got sent to the Myers dimension forever due to box office numbers.

Never forget that Norman Rockwell, debatably the most famous American artist to ever put brush to canvas, was not afraid to show the ugliness along with the good. Having his work/reputation sanitized and trimmed into marketable nostalgia is about American as it gets.

Share your favorite black-and-white film.

#ClaudiaCardinale (1938 – 23 September 2025, age 87) French Tunis born Italian actress. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) * The Girl with a Suitcase * The Leopard * 8½ * The Pink Panther * The Lost Command * The Professionals * Once Upon a Time in the West * Fitzcarraldo * Signora Erica (2010)

Tributes by Christophe Blain

Sorry to hear esteemed English double bassist Danny Thompson has died at 86. He was a member of Pentangle but also accompanied musicians such as Nick Drake, John Martyn (his frequent drinking buddy), and Richard Thompson. Pentangle live in 1971. #RIPDannyThompson m.youtube.com/watch?v=jgIW...

I know there are larger concerns right now. But is anyone else bugged by the DoorDash symbol for Thai Food featuring chopsticks?

Photo of Danny Thompson by the late photographer Bruce Griffin. #RIPDannyThompson

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Claudia Cardinale ha reso il nostro mondo migliore. Claudia Cardinale made our world better. #ClaudiaCardinale

california coastal creatures 🐟🦀

It took me so long to make this and I still need to do more face practice, but I did it. Here is a face~

Worst invention of the modern era? Digital billboards. First time I saw one, I looked away then back to see a different ad and legit had a full on geek panic attack because I thought someone had altered the timeline.

God bless Jordan Poole. God bless media day.

Last night, someone asked me if Abyss Radio was available on Spotify and they seemed really puzzled and disturbed when I told them “No, it’s not. I’ve never used it”

Italian actress Claudia Cardinale has died at 87. A stunning beauty who illuminated films by directors such as Bolognini, Leone & Fellini. In 8 1/2, her Claudia’s angelic presence is Mastroianni’s Guido Anselmi’s ideal woman and she sees through him #RIPClaudiaCardinale m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUls...

A friendly hello to everyone here who told me I was naive, deluded, and a fool to believe that there was any difference between suspension and cancellation. As it happens, I do have a little experience covering the entertainment business! (Kimmel is back tomorrow night.)

‘Drift’ Oil and acrylic on canvas 1.1Mx1.1M

Great season here at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: fine Julius Caesar, beautiful Quixote Nuevo, Shane (!), which is phenomenal and Lisa Peterson’s brilliant As You Like It. Get ye to Ashland before 10/26!

"If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love." (Mahalia Jackson)

Rejected New Yorker cartoon by Jose Arroyo and me. Shana Tovah!

Sonny Curtis did much more than write The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme. He wrote I Fought The Law and he was in The Crickets. But oh my God HE WROTE THE MARY TYLER MORE SHOW THEME!!! Rest In Peace. deadline.com/2025/09/sonn...

#art #ballpoint #inkportrait Added info: background in pencil

Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets, has died at 88. He wrote famous songs such as “I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller/The Clash) and Mary Tyler Moore theme “Love is All Around”. Curtis live in 2025. #RIPSonnyCurtis m.youtube.com/watch?v=l3UG...

September 19, 1927: Actor William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), is born in Brooklyn, New York.

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I need to tell you about something that happened on my flight to St Louis today. At the end of the flight, our United flight attendant got on the PA to pitch us on the United credit card, as they are all required to do. After telling us about its benefits, she said the following:

Eventually every Freaks and Geeks castmember will do their own Muppets revival.

I was delighted to learn, long ago (but was just reminded of it), that the transition of "nimrod" from the biblical mighty warrior to our modern-day maroon meaning derives from Looney Tunes.

I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior

If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to Blue Sky.

Redford was one of the exceedingly rare filmmakers working in Hollywood that understood the power of quiet filmmaking.

I could not agree more with this! We need more Taking of Pelham 123 (Matthau version) and Preston Sturges stock company kinda unique lumpy faces. But every now and then having the Most Beautiful Person in the World walk across the screen is a treat too. RIP Robert Redford. bsky.app/profile/ambe...

RIP, Robert Redford. What a devastating year this has been for actors of this stature and this generation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

He effortlessly displayed an easy decency and groundedness a sense of honor that in a dark time was what we needed in a hero Besides his amazing body of work his creation of Sundance was transformative to our industry What a brilliant legacy I’d recommend watching ALL IS LOST elegant work RIP hero

Tonight on Fox News: a modest proposal, but unironical

Oh man, bummer. Boyce & Hart's songs, considered "bubble gum" in their day, have stood the test of time. Bobby Hart was a terrific pop songwriter. Rest In Peace. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Stephen Luscombe, musician, songwriter and founding member of English synth-pop group Blancmange, has died at 70. Blancmange performing live on The Tube in 1982 - includes their biggest hit “Living on the Ceiling”. #RIPStephenLuscombe m.youtube.com/watch?v=yFWx...

Post a team you would send instead of Bongino and Patel.

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

1/ It's wise to remember this space is a bubble. As is Twitter and all other platforms. The chaos and fear and rage here or there is not representative at all of the country. I would guess most had never heard of Kirk before yesterday. That's why "THIS IS WAR!" rhetoric from the right is so loony.

Car wash? Or disco?

Working on a big network upgrade at Mt Wilson Observatory which will allow for better public outreach (and will also bring the fifth historical scope up here back into action)

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

In other news, someone who made positive contribution to the world died. Rest In Peace, Polly Holliday. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/a...

"Is that Choogle Rock?" "Yeah!" "Well, TURN IT UP!"

British photographer Chris Steele-Perkins has died at 77. His photography encompassed both Teddy Boy Culture in the UK and The Troubles in Northern Ireland, always seeking the power of the human face in its environment. #RIPChrisSteelePerkins

#art #ballpoint #inkportrait Additional angle: I drew this in pencil roughs from an upside down newspaper photo, then inked it, all upside down, as an exercise I do to work on perception and proportion. (Imaginary points for those who guess the source‘s identity.

Richard and Linda Thompson performing "Borrowed Time" live circa 1980. Song from the duo's 1979 album Sunnyvista. m.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMj...

Rick Davies, keyboardist, co-vocalist/songwriter and founding member of Supertramp has died at 81. Davies doing lead vocals on his hit song “Goodbye Stranger” live on The Midnight Special in October 1979. #RIPRickDavies m.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2f...