The prosecutor actually said he threw the sandwich at "point blank range." Sorry to deface poster for a great movie, but this is also a reminder to watch if you haven't! Peak Marvin! Peak Boorman! Angie Dickinson! Vintage tough guys and scum bags! #sandwichguy #resistance #moviesky #filmsky

"Look, Mamdani's win is both the worst thing to ever happen and totally meaningless; his supporters are stupid rich kids and also dedicated communist-terrorist infiltrators; and, as I argue in this, my 12th op-ed on him, it's strange that we all keep talking about him so much."

She broke into television as the cheery Gidget and Flying Nun, but her memoir revealed some less than cheery experiences. Two Oscars (reference in headline below), two Golden Globes, three Emmys, a BAFTA and Tony nomination: Sally Field "did the work." #botd in 1946 #moviesky #filmsky #television

Reality Bites: The young heartthrob of that movie--the wispy budding poet of Dead Poets--is now 55! Fifties have been fab for him, though. New novel, more commercial success (Black Phone, still below), and now Blue Moon is said to be a career highlight. #moviesky #writers #booksky

Good morning. #BOTD #filmsky #moviesky

With collaborator Ben Hecht, MacArthur, #botd in 1895, wrote classic plays turned classic movies like Twentieth Century and The Front Page, a version of which, His Girl Friday, is below. Husband of Helen Hayes, brother of the guy who started the "genius" awards. #moviesky #film #writer #drama

Fear not, good sir. For the brazenly illegal act of voting Anthony was arrested two weeks later, eventually convicted and fined $200. Voting is a right that was hard fought--and now we have to convince people to do it. #vote #midterms

Owen was killed #otd in 1918 as his unit crossed the Sombre-Oise Canal just one week before Armistice; he was just 25. One of half dozen poets killed in that war, Owen, like friend and fellow poet Siegfried Sassoon, wrote of war's reality. Below, Anthem for a Doomed Youth. #booksky #writers #poetry

No point in nostalgia, but still worth a mention, given recent events. #CBS #CBSnews #media

All kinds of history and facts are being erased right now. We should hold on to as much as we can. #innovation #dei

Art Carney, #botd in 1918, was much better known for his work on The Honeymooners and other tv appearances, and he won the Oscar for Harry and Tonto. But as a hardboiled gumshoe going a little soft, he is fun to watch (with Lily Tomlin) in 1977's The Late Show. #moviesky #filmsky #television

Some of what we know in our hearts about the Depression came from the work of photographer/photojournalist Walker Evans, #botd in 1903. Walker's New Deal work, like the pic below, brought ordinary lives into focus, the first chapter in a career that extended into the 70s. #photography

William Cullen Bryant, #botd in 1794, loved poetry from an early age, but trained as an attorney for a vocation, and served as editor for two major newspapers. Although Thanatopsis is better known, The Death of Lincoln is well worth a read today. #booksky #poetry #writers

Theatre great Terrence McNally, #botd in 1938 (and died of COVID complications in 2020). Building community was his focus; we could use more now. #theatre #film #writers

Although less well known than th Red Badge of Courage, the much-anthologized Open Boat was inspired by Stephen Crane's experience being shipwrecked. #botd in in 1871, Crane died at only 28, but he packed a lot of brilliant writing and vivid experiences into that time. #booksky #writers

Well, you know what we have here: Cool Hand Luke, premiering #otd in 1967 in New York City. While the film solidified Paul Newman's star power, it also featured a raft of actors who went on to success in films and tv. Jo Van Fleet is terrific (Bette Davis turned down the part). #moviesky #filmsky

It's Betsy Palmer's birthday, #botd in 1928 (died in 2015). Although she lacked the star power of Davis, Crawford or Geraldine Page, or Page's usual demeanor of sweet gentility, Palmer leveraged her Midwestern cheer to solid effect as Jason Voorhees' psycho mom. Moms gone bad! #moviesky #filmsky

Warmest--make that hottest--holiday wishes for our Dear Leader, who perhaps plans to keep the government closed until after the (rigged) midterms to make sure certain ghosts of his past stay buried in those files. #epsteinfiles #happyhalloween #trump

She also said, "my queerness is not a vice, is not deliberate and harms no one." #botd in 1876, Barney lived openly as a lesbian (albeit in France) and had multiple lovers. Her salons drew leading literati, and she inspired Radclyffe Hall's "Well of Loneliness." #booksky #writers

#botd in 1795, Keats published "Ode on a Grecian Urn" anonymously in 1819. One of his 6 great odes that included "Ode on a Nightingale." Like Byron and Shelley he died young, at 24. "Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty. That is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know." #booksky #poetry

Although Haskell Wexler shot half of the film, he admitted Almendros deserved the cinematography Oscar for Days of Heaven, as his dream-like shots, like the one shown below, set the tone. A Spaniard who worked with Truffaut and shot 4 of Roemer's Moral Tales, #botd in 1930. #moviesky #filmsky

Not only should we not laugh at the rubes who fell for it--please remember Orson Welles put on a great production--we should feel deep nostalgia. Nowadays, 40% of the country falls for whatever lie Trump spews, the miracle of broadcasting replaced by toxic "reality." #moviesky #radio

#botd in 1921, Mauldin joined up in 1940, doing newspaper duty drawing rank and file soldiers--dogfaces like Willie and Joe, below left. He got his first of two Pulitzers for his wartime work. His cartoon after the Kennedy assassination, below right, is well known. #cartoons #booksky

Some of the signs are bad, even as Wall Street seems, shall we say, irrationally exuberant. #trump #tariffs

E.E. Cummings wrote the introduction to the first collection of Krazy Kat comics by George Herriman, which ran in Hearst newspapers and were eventually animated. Losing newspapers took away a shared reality. But the loss of comics and cartoons is also immense. #comics #booksky #moviesky

#botd in 1897, Head bluffed her way into a job at Paramount, where she became a favorite of leading ladies. Also Hitchcock, bc of her glamorous designs. 35 Oscar nominations, 8 wins. Instantly recognizable with her owl-like glasses, although younger people know her as Edna Mode! #moviesky #fillmsky

#vaccinations #rfkjr #otd

A writer whose block has become a "blockade," a writer who make her living speaking. Her books, written in the late 70s/early 80s are very funny; she also shares her take in several Scorsese docs, the most recent Pretend It's a City on Netflix, well worth a watch. #booksky #writers #moviesky #ilm

Sylvia Plath, #botd in 1932. Below, "Edge," first published in the collection Ariel in 1965, two years after her suicide. #booksky #writers #poetry

Emmy, Grammy and Obie-winning Ruby Dee, #botd in 1922, carved out a landmark career as an artist and activist. She originated the stage roles of Ruth in a Raisin on the Sun and Lutie Gussie Mae Jenkins in Purlie Victorious, then played them in the films + so much more. #moviesky #filmsky #drama #tv

Everybody knows about the woman who had a farm in Ahfrica, but Beryl Markham, noted Kenyan bush pilot, record-breaking aviator and race horse trainer, #botd in 1902, was perhaps more interesting. A premonition kept her off lover Denys Finch Hatton's fatal flight. #booksky #writers

While Don Siegel, #botd in 1912, may be best known for his Eastwood collaborations, his work was varied, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Shootist, Charley Varrick and the Beguiled, which has baroque madness better suited to slave-owning than the white-washed remake. #moviesky #filmsky

Okay, I'm six days late, but it's never not a good day to celebrate Jessica Walter, who was excellent in Play Misty for Me, released on Oct. 20, 1971. The guy with the big hair was pretty good, too. He directed it--his first directing job. #moviesky #flmsky

Consider how the press hailed the "disrupters," like Zuckerberg who was praised for his "move fast and break things" motto. Disruption always involved making more money--vastly more money--and taking no responsibility for the consequences. And here we are. #EastWing #trump #tech

The barrel didn't bust, but her dreams of making big money from the stunt crashed on the rocks of reality. And while it may have been.a catch-as-catch-can existence, the "Queen of the Mists" lived another 20 years. Sometimes you just gotta go for it. #otd

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As Mrs. DeWinter, Joan Fontaine brought vulnerability and gentility that might have been saccharine without her innate elegance, also key to performances in The Women, Suspicion and Jane Eyre. #botd in 1917, she feuded with sister Olivia de Havilland to the bitter end in 2013. #moviesky #booksky

Considered the world's greatest war photographer, Robert Capa, #botd in 1913, covered five wars; he was killed at age 40 when he stepped on a land mine in Vietnam covering the French Indochina War. Below, shooting photos in the Spanish Civil War. #photography

Okay, she did have a stroke in 2019, possibly the result of a 3-pack-a day-cigarette habit. But she recovered, stopped smoking real cigarettes. Catherine Deneuve, #botd in 1943, and still one of the world's greatest and most beautiful actresses. #moviesky #film

He fought in World War I and was forced to flee Europe because of his labor activism and washed up in New Orleans as a crewman on a merchant ship.In 1927, he starred in Dracula on Broadway; then in '31, Tod Browning cast him in the film. Bela Lugosi, #botd in 1882. #moviesky #film #horror

There's TACO Trump and now there's Tango Trump. So much for America First. Sadly, the soybean farmers and ranchers would probably vote for him again.... because... reasons..... #argentina #billionairebailout #tangotrump

Apparently small stairs for Trump averted the crisis. #kashpatel

#otd in 1947, HUAC began calling Hollywood witnesses. Pompous HUAC Chairman J. Parnell Thomas (below) ended up in Danbury prison for corruption at the same time H10 members Lester Cole and Ring Lardner Jr were there for contempt (sticking up for their rights). #moviesky #filmsky #writers #nokings

#otd in 1973, the so-called Saturday Night Massacre. Now the DOJ willingly prosecutes Trump's enemies at his public command. House speaker refuses to swear a duly elected representative to keep Epstein files at bay, and the Supreme Court justices are stooges for the prez. #trump #epsteinfiles

#botd in 1925, Buchwald survived a tough childhood to become a syndicated humor columnist, and in the end he sort of had the last laugh, giving up dialysis and leaving hospice, yet living long enough to complete another book. His fight over Coming to America credit was epic. #booksky #writers

Seems like a good day to read Wordsworth, and make of it as you will. Most days, "the world is too much with us" also seems applicable. #poetry

Thank you, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, for your wisdom, advocacy, and leadership. The lessons you shared on the First Amendment gave me the courage and confidence to stand up for intellectual freedom. I have the deepest admiration and respect for you, and wish you much happiness in your next chapter.

At first she published under the name of Currer Bell, under the assumption that the work would be viewed differently if the author was presumed male. Still, early reviews weren't always kind. Jane Eyre, published in London #otd in 1847. #booksky #writers

#nokings (or queens!) Have a safe day!

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