Optioning the rights to this. youtu.be/KCzwyFHSMdY?...

Yeah, the world sucks, but some Saturdays you get home in time to catch a 73-year-old genius really showing those festival kids how to put on a goddam show. youtu.be/Kn1vsMJk260?...

I once interviewed him in one of my first features as a kid reporter - he was so kind in the face of me being barely able to get my questions out due to laryngitis and nerves.

A lifetime's supply of free kebabs for Amandeep. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Only a couple of months ago I got to see Rob Reiner don Marty DiBergi’s cap and make us laugh with these legends. A genius.

Special effects people are magicians.

"Weatherman single dad doing a hellava job raising his three buff sons" is a genre I can get behind. Haha, You Clowns is the weirdest, sweetest series since Joe Pera Talks With You.

I caught a preview of this last night and it is as bonkers and hilarious as you'd expect (with bonus Julia Davis - which the world always needs more of).

While everyone else at the cinema was doing the jumpscares and muttering "WTF" at the villain in Weapons, I couldn't help but think, "I'd totally wear that outfit." #stylegoals #auntgladys

I had the honour of having his review of my film in 'Variety' appear on the same page as the one for 'Gigli' - and mine was WORSE!

This curmudgeon was a big part of getting teen dork me interested in films. I was quietly honoured to read his one review of a thing we wrote in his Australia At the Movies book. Now I can forever put "incoherent" - David Stratton on my bio. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Go for it. I don't even care any more.

If you get the chance to catch Edi Patterson doing her solo improv show, snap up those tickets. Her brain is so fantastically unhinged. Laughed my whole face off.

Out of frustration of how the conversation is so single focused in Tasmania I wrote this piece published in today’s media. The stadium has dominated the past two elections don’t let it dominate the next four years. #politas

Wow. And in three months, lucky me gets to see them play this song live for the fourth time since 1998. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC42...

RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

Also, five stars to the new coffee shop Jalsah, in case DTLA folks want to support a cool new migrant-run business slinging strong coffees and amazing-looking homemade Yemeni cakes. They also make an Aussie-approved flat white. www.yelp.com/biz/jalsah-y...

The reason generative AI is so popular with wannabe creatives is best illustrated by something every pro writer has encountered: getting pitched an idea by someone saying "You write it and we'll split the profits!" because they think the idea is what has value, not the writing. The opposite is true.

Trying to find the best item in the Planet Hollywood online auction and it's probably this. propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...

I can definitely recommend acquiring yourself an adorable dog neighbour who happily snoozes on your lap for a few hours.

hello!! I know everyone is busy/the news remains bad, but if I may distract for a moment? There's a man named Ander Louis from the Yarra Valley whose sincere passion project is translating War & Peace into Bogan Australian. He's done Books 1 & 2. This is not a spoof. www.amazon.com/dp/108730656...

Enjoying the new direction Kyle Mooney is taking as a serious musician. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9lu...

Beth Gibbons at the Orpheum last night was gorgeous. Some Portishead classics, but her new album also sounded incredible live.

One nice distraction from the past week is that my favourite band from my youth is back, and the song is up there with the best anthems they released in the 90s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVV...

in 2024 there were 1651 working screenwriters. For reference, in 2024 there were 1696 players in the NFL.

Honorary posthumous Oscar for Grant Page please.

Caught a preview screening of The Ballad of Wallis Island with writers/stars Tim Key, Tom Basden and director James Griffiths and it was so hilarious and lovely. I suspect this one is gonna be in my favourites for the year. youtu.be/HTi-e20yVNs?...

My household spent last night watching Indiana Jones walloping a whole lot of nazis. For no particular reason.

If you're looking for something to cheer you up, Grand Theft Hamlet on Mubi is a delight. Out-of-work actors stage a production of Hamlet within GTA during the UK lockdowns. Hilarious and lovely. youtu.be/g1mufiI88kc?...

New day of the week just dropped. Thanks scammers.

Heads up LA folks, if you missed the excellent Beyond Fest Ed Wood screening and Q&A, USC SCA screenings are also fantastic and completely free. This will be fun.

Yeah but why can't more TV be like the 1979 Kate Bush BBC Christmas Special? www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BP...

Everyone, always, forever

Where do you even start with this guy? Legend.

A pretty chill NYE from a roof in North Melbourne with city lights and a few bats.

Yay! @mitchmctaggart.bsky.social's The Last Year of Television was amazing. Although the sorry state of Aussie TV and dwindling amount of original comedy and drama made me score a negative 10 on the Denyer-excite-o-meter: youtu.be/Rg8Xq6eiysM?...

Can't wait to watch my favourite yearly round-up of Australian TV high- and lowlights from bigtime Bingles-head @mitchmctaggart.bsky.social.

Remembering when my little brother and teenage me once built a ridiculous gif-heavy Boonie fan website called "Temple of Boon," where, for some reason, I crudely photoshopped his head onto all of the Spice Girls. It became weirdly popular and Boonie became aware of it. I don't think he was a fan.

Here's a thing about what I've been watching ahead of my show coming out next week ❤️ tvtonight.com.au/2024/12/what...

imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"

Finally a 'foreigner' that Daily Mail readers like.

For years we've pretended to our young nephews there's a bizarro St. Nick who comes up through the toilet and gifts you badly-wrapped bog roll. When the youngest's teacher asked the class what they were most excited for this holidays, he proudly announced "Toilet Santa!" Confusion ensued.

My favourite first-time watches from November: American Animals, Azrael, Conclave, Flash Gordon, Gladiator II, Heretic, The Killing, Psycho II, A Real Pain and The Train.

Now I urgently need to track down Brian Blessed's full audio commentary of Flash Gordon. What an absolute international treasure. Gordon's Alive!! youtu.be/QtMulYBE-m0?...

Just caught Flash Gordon on the big screen at Alamo Drafthouse and it turns out that Brian Blessed maniacally laughing while dressed as a massive bird in a batshit space panto with an epic Queen theme tune was exactly what I needed right now.

Today, be careful not to get accidentally sewn into the pants of the big Charlie Brown at the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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My dad put his favourite mug in the dishwasher too many times so now it looks like he has a souvenir from the weirdest theme park ever.

Gross. I found work @matthewcvaughan.bsky.social and I did on a tiny Australian animated series in this data set. So tech-douches feel they can make cash from their AI's garbage regurgitation of our silly jokes?

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