Trump Is Getting Rich Off Suing News Organizations newrepublic.com/post/212610/...

Going outside in this heat? Follow these guidelines to stay safe www.npr.org/2026/07/02/n...

What we lost when everything became a screen www.vox.com/the-highligh...

Many indie festival films struggle to get distribution. Alamo Drafthouse is trying to change that. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Madonna Has Become an Avatar for Our Fear of Aging www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/o...

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness review – a total TV shambles from Larry David www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Happy 55th anniversary to Shaft

I really like the entire journey of Survival of the Thickest and I wish there was one more season. But I hope to see Michelle Buteau leading more projects.

Hmm

Chris Brown must pay $13 million to housekeeper attacked by his Caucasian shepherd, jury finds

‘The Idea of You’ author Robinne Lee’s first book, and its film adaptation starring Anne Hathaway, was misunderstood as just a romance. Now Lee is back with a novel, ‘Crash Into You,’ that defies the genre.

deadline.com/2026/07/tom-... Tom Hanks Sony Baseball Movie ‘The Comebacker’ Sets Late Summer 2027 Release

I also watched Idiocracy today #nfotd

The death of Daveigh Chase is definitely hitting us millennials hard. I was more struck by the parallels to another Disney kid's sad demise so decided to write about it. thefilmmaven.com/daveigh-chas...

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Thanks to the wonderful @lanikaps.bsky.social for taking the time to write about my ongoing Josie saga. For those of you keeping up: - I lost my health insurance today (boooo!) - I was able to maintain my benefits through COBRA (yay!) - COBRA costs $2,281 per month (boo)

marked safe from having any idea of what people are talking about

reviewed ELLE, which has the makings of an extremely corny but still cute YA drama. however, it's trapped as a nonsensical prologue to LEGALLY BLONDE instead:

Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974) is a phenomenal film that fits into a much larger tradition of cultural works that challenge Hollywood and vaudevillian whitewashing of the American West This week I reviewed it in conversation with Deadwood (2004-2006; 2019) and Springsteen's album Western Stars

The way I gasped.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

I watched A Night to Remember today #nfotd

deadline.com/2026/07/dann... Danny Glover Reveals Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

deadline.com/2026/07/the-... ‘The Murder Of JonBenét Ramsey’ Lands At Netflix, Sets Release; 101 Studios Limited Series Starring Melissa McCarthy & Clive Owen Was At Paramount+

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... ‘Siren Head’ Horror Movie, Based on Internet Sensation, in the Works With Zach Cregger, Brian Duffield (Exclusive)

www.vanityfair.com/story/showru... A Wunderkind Showrunner Was Put In Charge of Marvel’s X-Men ‘97. Then Something Went Terribly Wrong

la-fronde.com/p/breaking-t... Breaking through music journalism's boys' club

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... Why resisting Trump has galvanized Black Democrats as the midterms approach

i also feel like we've been getting so many screen narratives about white male characters pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and travailing (usually rural) america — and not by coincidence

Starz to Develop ‘Bone Parish’ Series Executive Produced by Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Dwayne Johnson Slammed as a ‘Coward’ for Staying Quiet on Politics; ‘Star Trek’ Icon George Takei Fires Back: ‘Silence Is Complicity’ variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Paul Dano Boards ‘Possession’ Remake at Paramount www.thewrap.com/industry-new...

Slate’s ‘Culture Gabfest’ Signs Off After 18 Years www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/a...

What Is the Definitive Movie About America? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/m...

Neon Sets Release Date for Esiri Twins’ Lagos-Set ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ Reimagining ‘Clarissa’ (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/film/aw...

Inside the Sexy, Death-Obsessed Universe of the Most Exciting Director on Broadway www.gq.com/story/sam-pi...

Same.

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Victor Willis, Village People founding member and YMCA co-writer, had died aged 74.

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Happy new month

I watched Hitch today #nfotd

Karamo Brown and Jussie Smollett, two messy gays, are reportedly dating. Smollett broke up with his fiancé earlier this month. Happy Pride!

Netflix has unveiled a first look at its forthcoming competition show based on Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — and also a first listen, which might be the key element here.

Earlier today, STARZ announced that it was developing a live-action adaptation of BOOM! Studios' comic book series Bone Parish, the hit supernatural crime graphic novel from Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf. / #BoneParish

A rare Paul Newman movie that I don't think is particularly good.