Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

On February 19, 1992, 24-year-old John Singleton became the first Black film director nominated for an Academy Award for BOYZ IN THE HOOD. He also remains the youngest person ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

This post is for food lovers. Here's a Denver restaurant that offers Sudanese, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine, and you can get it all at its buffet. www.denverpost.com/2026/02/16/s... via @denverpost.com and written by me!

My great-uncle died yesterday. He was the last of my paternal grandmother's siblings. His life was so interesting that it should be in movie form.

In a bit of personal news: This time in 2025, my A1C was 12.5. One year later, it's 6.9. It hasn't been under 7 in 16 years. Please celebrate with me.

Are GLP-1 weight-loss drugs really rewriting Denver restaurant menus? (Opinion) www.denverpost.com/2026/02/11/g... via @denverpost.com

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Still deeply affected by Benito’s latest album, I wrote a watchlist of things that complement it for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/features/mov...

With the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, I pause to remember one of the team's biggest fans: Eric Williams. Williams was killed in 2013 by an inmate while working as a corrections officer at a federal prison in Wayne County in Pennsylvania. (Gift article) www.citizensvoice.com/2014/01/31/s...

Many of my dance friends are traveling to or are already in Brazil to perform in Carnaval, and all I can think about is how they have the chance to see "The Secret Agent" in a theater packed with Brazilians.

ICE Out protests, general strike will close at least a dozen Denver restaurants on Jan. 30: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/29/i... via @denverpost.com

Adventures in stress-baking: Chocolate chip, peanut butter and rose sugar cookies. Each is made with some sort of calorie or fat reduction. All of them are good.

Friends, I have entered my old lady era. You can actually buy these candies. They don't magically appear when you hit senior citizenship. Now, I just need to find the perfect glass bowl.

What Bezos & Co. have done to the Washington Post is a travesty. One of the country’s great newspapers is being gutted b/c Bezos stuck his fingers into the editorial board, hired shit newsroom leaders and drove off veteran staff. Now journalists - not Bezos or his hapless underlings - pay the price.

(gift article) Man killed in Minneapolis shooting, Alex Pretti, had Colorado ties: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/24/a... by @katielang.bsky.social and @apnews.com

The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon." www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...

Time to finish my laundry and go back to sleep. I start work in less than three hours.

Can't believe the Academy saw through category fraud and Oscar bait this morning (with the exception of Dianne Warren).

It was a good morning for my fake husbands.

Oscar thoughts: Hooray for Delroy and Wumni. Not surprised by the Paul Mescal miss. The Academy screws over Park Chan-wook once AGAIN! Emma Stone is invincible, but Jesse Plemons is not. Darnit F1! Darnit Kate Hudson! No Sorry, Baby and the Julia Roberts bump.

Animated Feature: Arco, Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie or the Character of Rain, Zootopia 2

Picture: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams

Director: Chloe Zhao, Josh Safdie, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joachim Trier, Ryan Coogler

Actress: Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, Renate Reinsve, Emma Stone

Actor: Timothee Chalamet, Leo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan, Wagner Moura

Cinematorgraphy: Frankenstein, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinner, Train Dreams

Editing: F1, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Sinners

International Film: The Secret Agent, It was Just an Accident, Sentimental Value, Sirat, Voice of Hind Rajab

Casting: Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sinners.

Delroy Lindo was at The Denver Film Festival last year, picking up an award and showing "Sinner." That was an awesome experience.

I knew Delroy and Wunmi would make it. I had Paul Mescal losing steam at the end of this race. Surprised with Elle making the cut because I was cheering for Odessa.

Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Elordi, Delroy Lindo, Sean, Stellan Skarsgård.

Adapted Screenplay: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams.

Adapted Screenplay: Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams.

Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Amg Madigan, Wunmi Mosaku, Teyana Taylor.

Happy Oscars nominations day, everybody! #oscars

This is my Oscar nomination prediction ahead of Thursday's announcement. "Sirat" is my wild card, but I would rather see "It Was Just An Accident" in its place.

New commissioner hired to lead Colorado film office as Sundance looms in 2027: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/20/l... by @johnwenzel.bsky.social

For the first time in two decades, the Denver-founded Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo is not hosting the MLK Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo of Champions at the National Western Stock Show. www.denverpost.com/2026/01/15/b... by @tineywristwatch.bsky.social

I miss him

Tokyo Drifteeerrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

Calling all Hollywood insiders (and rebels)! GALECA's Dorian Film Award nominations again cover movies mainstream and/or queer . . . making for a deep-dish mix! Thanks to @deadline.com's Tom Tapp for this helpful alert: deadline.com/2026/01/dori...

I had the honor to introduce my replacement on 9NEWS

Sometimes known as Trader Joe's German cousin, Aldi is coming to Colorado (bring on the candy bars and simmering sauces!): www.denverpost.com/2026/01/12/a... by @jessalvg.bsky.social

My Southern accent returned temporarily today. When asking Google what a "well drink" was, it thought I said, "What's a whale drink?"

I have finally made my 20 favorite movies of 2025 list and posted it to @letterboxd.social. The usual suspects are there, like "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners," and there are a few surprises. letterboxd.com/tamaradulva/...

I returned to my dance classes yesterday after the two-week holiday break, and the body has regrets.

A reminder that good things exist www.denverpost.com/2026/01/01/p... via @denverpost.com

Isiah Whitlock Jr. (1954–2025)