I’m always wary when a positive assessment of a work of art leads with and hinges upon “this is going to make the far-right go nuts.” My dude, that means nothing; I once jokingly suggested Santa Claus should be a penguin instead of a white man and Megyn Kelly went apeshit 🤷🏾‍♀️

Re-upping for the weekend crowd, and as promised, here’s our PCHH episode! www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...

There’s a throwaway joke where Leo’s Bob character laments that he never learned how to do his daughter’s hair, and it feels like it lays bare PTA’s whole approach to black women characters in this movie. (Worth noting: He’s in a long term partnership with Maya Rudolph, and they have kids...)

. @aishaharris.bsky.social points to some of my issues with One Battle After Another her review www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...

IT'S 7:30 PM AND IT'S DARK OUTSIDE WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS

Today in my pole class, my instructor opened with the usual icebreaker question and this time it was, "What are you most excited about going into the fall season?" It took everything in me not to be the Debbie Downer and say, "Sorry, fall sucks, this is SAD season for me"

Wrote about PTA's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, a movie that's fun, beautiful, stressful, and timely. I have some quibbles with where and how it chooses to place its focus -- most of its Black characters are frustratingly underserved -- but do I recommend it? Hell yeah. www.npr.org/2025/09/24/n...

Completely agree. His response, while while way more understanding of my profession than most artists tend to be, misses the fact that all the other examples he gave were for comedies. Horror (or at least the type of cerebral horror HIM aspires to be) plays by a different set of rules.

Today I learned Bob Iger's wife is presently the dean of USC's School of Journalism 🙃

Alas, HIM is not that girl. But I'm very happy it at least gave me the opportunity to have a fun chat with Linda and Gene! 🙃

Frankly, I’d been super annoyed that there’s no way to bundle Hulu/Disney *without* ESPN, a service no one in my household uses, at a cheaper price point. Yet another way most of us have just found ourselves back at the OG cable model

These days I can no longer be shocked; *of course* a flashy reporter who spectacularly compromised her journalistic integrity via a played-out Hollywood cliché (getting romantic with her subject) is now entrusted to become an editor -- an editor! -- at Vanity Fair

Seriously. Kimmel today isn't as bland as Jimmy Fallon, but he's no George Carlin either. What a time to be surviving whatever this all is

Extremely curious what the behind-the-scenes conversations are like right now with the SNL team over at 30 Rock ...

Quite the feeling to finish watching Raul Peck's searing and urgent new doc ORWELL: 2+2=5 only to log on and see the news of Kimmel's suspension. ORWELL is supposed to be released in theaters next month, but the way things are going ... well, I hope it still does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGME...

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

One of my favorite TWILIGHT ZONE episodes, period. Those freshmen are lucky.

This sucks! Alan is one of the best ones out there doing it.

*insert gif of Judge Judy tapping her watch impatiently*

Every year people complain about people left out of the In Memoriam, and every year, regardless of the awards show, producers still insist on ceding much of the prime memorial real estate to the musical acts on stage

I was hoping they would remember Malcolm 😢

It seems fairly obvious that the full amount of money will be donated no matter what, but given we're living in an era where essential programs and institutions left and right are being gutted and having their funding rescinded (*ahem*), this is in the poorest of taste, and worse: it ain't funny!

OMG this Boys and Girls bit, I wish they would admit it's not working and ditch it completely NATE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING

Whoever that guy was who didn’t win the directing award just now (missed all the names and didn't recognize him) looked PISSED, zero poker face, sorry bud

OMG, Jeff Hiller! This is so, so lovely

None of the stars from GOLDEN GIRLS are still alive, though...

Just let Angela Bassett present all the awards. To the point, high-energy, and she looks damn good doing it.

I still have no idea what is going on in SEVERANCE, but Tramell Tillman is fucking phenomenal

This Boys & Girls Club bit...tasteless? Probably. Tired already, 30 minutes in? Abso-fucking-lutely.

Oh yes, totally forgot about this!

Jean Smart's the new Julia Louis-Dreyfus in VEEP, I guess (love them both but...this is boring!)

Nate said nothing about the *presenters* keeping their bits short

Try telling those jokes about streaming prices in front of us plebs, whydon'tcha???

Channing Tatum plays a real armed robber who hid out in a Toys "R" Us. Daniel Craig returns for the next Knives Out mystery. And Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler gets a gorgeously rendered adaptation. By @aishaharris.bsky.social and @lindaholmes.bsky.social

Nevertheless…we of course will be covering the Emmys and our lovely, hardworking producers will be staying up especially late to bring you our PCHH recap asap, so look for us in your feeds tomorrow!

You know awards are meaningless when INDUSTRY remains completely ignored by Emmys voters three seasons in

“…strange things happen all the time. And so it goes, and so it goes. And the book says, ‘We may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.’”

in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as “America Online”

Hi, everyone. As you probably know, NPR lost its federal funding this year. So NPR Music is trying something new to keep the music playing: Tiny Desk Donations on YouTube. If you’ve ever enjoyed our little series that could, please consider showing your support 2day: www.youtube.com/live/Q2CW9TZ...

you cannot be disparaged by your own words... people cannot attack you with your own ideas if ones words are repeated and they are viewed unfavorably that is not a reflection of the one who repeats it is a reflection of the author

Today I am especially grateful for my group chats

This is also something THE BEAR does consistently, except instead of an old-timey jazz score, it's like, some non-diegetic classic rock track humming underneath a scene where Carmy mumbles forlornly about a dish and Sydney responds by hemming and hawing indecisively

I talked about this a bit on our PCHH episode on H2L. I respect a lot about Spike's artistry but even his greatest films have moments where the score is distractingly incongruous with the moment -- those melancholic orchestral notes swooning beneath full pages of dialogue for seemingly no reason!

Exactly! The thing is, she’s almost always been a “stand and deliver while her male backup dancers do the most” kind of performer, but this time she had this oddly vacant look in her eyes, as if she were being forced at gunpoint by an invisible assailant. She was so stiff!

Just catching up with Mariah’s VMAs medley and look, even us LAMBS accept that she can be more miss than hit with a live performance and yet…that was extremely hard to watch, even moreso than usual 😞

If a character vapes in a movie/show, they’re either an asshole, under 25, or both.

Found my book, WANNABE: RECKONINGS WITH THE POP CULTURE THAT SHAPED ME, In one of these databases. I’ve filed, and will happily spread the word to other writers/authors. Meanwhile, my baby is in paperback, so go grab it the legal way please! www.harpercollins.com/products/wan...

I love movies.