Once you’ve seen The Odyssey, read my deep dive into Christopher Nolan’s most radical departure from the source material.

We’ve talked Martha Jefferson, and now we’re talking Patsy.

How do I make Oscar Insurance’s life hell.

Was doing Running with Scissors a favor to Ryan Murphy? Is Bounce a more interesting movie than the poster implies? We get into all that and more with actress expert and This Had Oscar Buzz co-host @chrisvfeil.bsky.social. 🎧 to the full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

When I tell the phlebotomist that I can be a tough stick and then she does the blood draw in 30 seconds, I feel so embarrassed. Boy who cried deep veins.

Well on the plus side the smoke is blocking out the sun so it’s surprisingly pleasant outside (as long as you hold your breath).

Meanwhile I’m going to get very shameless and blame it on a midlife crisis. Watch this space.

“God, have some decorum.” - me, every time I see a vpl post that I absolutely zoomed in on

I think on some level, a lot of young people believe they will not live long lives, which… I get. I also think the reality is most of us will continue living in a world getting more and more uninhabitable, and it would be really shitty to deal with climate change and water shortages AND lung cancer.

Nothing makes me feel more normal than when the sky is yellow.

“I’ll pass on the salad and just have those fries. I’m trying to eat healthy.” - instant hall of fame dad joke thanks to cyclospora

Broke my brain writing about The Odyssey so now I’m watching In the Mouth of Madness.

SSA: ☠️ Deadly Relations 📺 What We’re Watching 📮Dane in Real Life

✨ here’s what’s coming to Chasing Gwyneth Paltrow and Supporting Supporting Actresses next month ✨ CGP: 🌙 Moonlight and Valentino with @joereid.bsky.social ⚰️ The Pallbearer with @franhoepfner.bsky.social 🏹 Emma with @judysquirrels.bsky.social 🎲 Hard Eight with @adambvary.bsky.social

Explosion at the nepo baby factory. We get into it with our dear friend @chrisvfeil.bsky.social!

Writing an essay about The Odyssey… I feel like I’m in college again. (I am a much better writer now.)

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So I think there is a middle ground between “Trump declaring two senators illegitimate is just grandpa spouting nonsense” and “once he says it, democracy is over.”

Well once again I’m exactly the right amount of worried about everything.

Took a muscle relaxer before The Odyssey. Let’s see how this goes!

Shared some belated thoughts on Titanique and The Rocky Horror Show on my newsletter.

Concerning.

Probably a good sign that a whole lot of Resistance accounts are insisting the Mitch McConnell photo is fake, which they believe they’ve proved using AI.

You just know that queen is in hell gagging that he died the same way Jonathan Larson did.

Me, explaining how Lindsey Graham died.

Btw if you want to read my takes on Bravo (but also on TV and movies broadly), I mostly do that on Threads now. Same username there. (You don’t need to reply to this to tell me why you don’t go on Threads. I get it! I’m just telling you that’s where the majority of my pop culture musings go now.)

What do you do about congressional districts or states that are themselves deeply divided? What do you do about “cultural issues” that have very severe material consequences for the people on the wrong end of them?

Do you think Lindsey Graham’s loved ones, insofar as they exist, give a shit that Amy Klobuchar posted an essay about him? Do you think her constituents do? Is he reading these eulogies from hell? There is no meaningful reason to do this shit. It is a performance of civility from a different era.

Gwyneth Paltrow, one of our great cinematic smokers 🚬 ICYMI: writer/podcaster Amy Odell joined us to discuss Flesh and Bone, a mostly forgotten Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan thriller that garnered Gwyneth the best reviews of her career to that point. 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Whatever norms make Dems feel compelled to post this drivel went out the window 10 years ago. If, for whatever reason, you want to send condolences to his loved ones, you can do that privately. We truly do not need to do this performative shit anymore.

“Lindsey Graham taught me that it was okay to be dead.” - Mitch McConnell

I’m at the Legionnaires’ outbreak. I’m at the cyclosporiasis outbreak. I’m at the combination Legionnaires’ and cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Tune in to hear @chrisvfeil.bsky.social’s Dorothy Parker impression.

My back feels… I was going to say almost normal, but that’s not really true. But I was in so much pain for a few days that I couldn’t think straight, and now it’s just like a standard manageable back pain. (Seeing a specialist next week!)

The best part of doing this monthly series on Patreon is seeing what deranged (complimentary) art @caseygeiger.bsky.social is going to create.

We brought Amy Odell on the show to talk Flesh and Bone, but we couldn’t help but ask her about Gwyneth platforming Trae Stephens on the Goop podcast and schilling for Israeli real estate — all in the name controversy. 🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Jeopardy! having a Slash Fiction category…

it's very cool that i (and many many of my talented friends) had to leave journalism in order to consistently pay my rent and now it's full of people who actually hate writing

I threw up on the set of Halloween (2018).

I am rereading The Shards.

You would think Lee Fang would know the difference between “unvetted accusations” and allegations corroborated via multiple sources by a journalist, but sure, it’s “MeToo hysteria.” (I also know that he is fully aware, and this is simply some combination of misogyny, grifting, and kayfabe.)

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

[Laurie Metcalf voice] HE’S FINE! HE SENDS HIS LOVE!

This movie isn’t very good, but Amy is THE Gwyneth expert, so we went deep in a fascinating discussion about her early career and her recent controversies.

You would not believe the Pepsi drama on Threads.

So far I’ve recorded two podcast episodes this week while lying down in pretty serious pain. I look forward to finding out what I said!

I spoke to Mitch McConnell for 21 minutes actually.