Someday, we'll find it. The lede sentence I'm missing. The editors, the deadlines and me.

TCA EOY Spotlight | @whitneyfriedlander.com "I want my Gen Z 'Friends'!"

The best part is it’s adjustable

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. My answer is Batman. But ... which part of Batman?

I made a list of all of the kids (and "kids") of the 2025-26 award season. Watch your back, Tremblay. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/a-g...

I made a list of all of the kids (and "kids") of the 2025-26 award season. Watch your back, Tremblay. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/a-g...

At WB’s Stars Hollow installation making content for @memles.bsky.social

As a Jewish journalist, I feel it important to buy Hanukkah decorations that adhere to AP style.

Nothing more LA than the people who want to look boho chic with the Trader Joe's tote ... sending their assistants to Trader Joe's to get them the Trader Joe's tote.

When even your own kid pronounces it FRIEDlander.

Hi Bskiers. My college roommate’s birthday is next week I keep threatening that I’m going to send her a copy of American Canto. But we both agree that we don’t want to give Olivia the satisfaction of paying for it. If you know of anyone with a galley …

When your most emotionally supportive cat is also your most allergy inducing.

Thanks, DoorDash. I never considered serving pork at a Hanukkah party before.

There are two types of people in this world: Those who Zillow every home address they receive. And liars.

Today my 6yo learned about best friend necklaces, the Mean Girls candy canes of the elementary school set.

My friend Whitney wrote a great piece that's well worth your time.

You could be the hero and give everyone the free link. But that also means you have to admit to subscribing

Attention editors: I'm working today.

Hi. I wrote a really long story and it ran last week. If you are on Bluesky right now, I bet you have time to read it ...

I cannot be the only one who sees this

Gen Z is the audience Hollywood depends on, yet 65 percent of their viewing is older library shows. @whitneyfriedlander.com speaks with showrunners and executives about why new 20-something comedies rarely break through and how creators are trying to reach them theankler.com/p/gen-z-is-h...

Today I noticed crows feet forming by my left eye. Also today, @theankler.com ran my feature about the dearth of 20-something TV. theankler.com/p/gen-z-is-h...

Do you think Meryl Streep’s parents could tell when she was faking sick when she was six?

Paste TV (and @amyamatangelo.bsky.social) was one of the first outlets to take a chance on me when I began freelancing full time. This feels like a personal attack.

The incompetence of the CVS pharmacy’s “virtual assistant” phone system is truly the death nail of the American medical system.

I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of clicking on the article. But I am here for all of your hot takes.

The moment of panic that I might not have gotten the Anthropologie birthday discount email ...

Odd thing to have your neighborhood power grid go out while watching Pluribus. 🙂🙂🙂

Today in Netflix reinvents the wheel: Supermarket Sweep, but a whole mall.

Me: the cat looks depressed 6yo, the budding therapist: yeah. She likes to be depressed

This photo and Sandwich Guy in the same day? Dayenu

Please don't let any other news happen today. Newsrooms around the world are busy trying to top themselves with sandwich guy headlines.

Wrote about HBO's new John & Yoko doc that is actually very rarely about John & Yoko and why that's cool. variety.com/2025/film/mu...

Feel every part of @klawls.bsky.social's All Her Fault review. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Yup

You can tell how much I like a source by how wiling I am to cut out their "likes" and "ums."

No one gaslights quite like a cat who "forgot" she's been fed.

Prolly should have followed the memes and titled this "I hate teen drama Halloween. What do you mean you're Dan Palladino's byline?"

Name a scarier Halloween costume. I dare you.

Turned my cats into Derpy Tiger and Sussie with as little effort on their part as possible

The feeling of thinking you have to transcribe another interview only to realize that you already transcribed that interview

I'll gladly pay you Sunday for an extra hour of sleep today.

Seems like just yesterday I was promoting this story

when I was a kid nostalgia was better

It's not just Gen Z. I, too, long for some of these things and for the ambition and passion I still had back then.

When you're 45 and wearing the sweater your 10-year-old outgrew last year ... you are doomed to be the shortest person in your house.

Wrote about what the word "nostalgia" even means anymore www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Go-Go greets her well-wishers on #nationalblackcatday

Congrats to freelancer @whitneyfriedlander.com on being named a finalist in the online division for Best Literature/Culture/Food Feature for this fascinating deep dive: www.salon.com/2025/03/29/s...

Y'all!!! I received TWO (!!!) @lapressclub.bsky.social NAEJ nominations today. This marks the first time I've received any recognition for my journalism other than hate mail since my senior year of high school when I reviewed the City of Angels soundtrack.