I’ve gotten requests for free work “for exposure” my whole life, once from a literal billionaire. Luckily less so in recent decades. But using the “for exposure” excuse with TAYLOR SWIFT? Truly warped. There’s a whole class of business shitheads who really think no artist *deserves* to be paid.

Today is the birthday of actor Christopher Reeve (Sept. 25, 1952-Oct. 10, 2004).

Congratulations to all the Democrats who allowed their xenophobia and Meta's lobbying machine convince them that TikTok was a Chinese psy op. You just handed Murdoch and Ellison the audiences they didn't already have.

SPACEBALLS THE TABLE READ! It’s hard to believe we’re making another Spaceballs. It’s harder to believe Mel Brooks picked us to write it. So grateful to be working with this amazing cast and crew. This is beyond my wildest dreams. It probably goes without saying, but MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU!

Still can’t quite believe this is a real movie, but the fact that Spaceballs 2 decided to unveil its cast by spoofing the Force Awakens table read photo (*and* by putting a pizza on a chair in tribute to the late great Pizza the Hutt) is an encouraging sign. screencrush.com/spaceballs-2...

at least five of my friends got covid at Fantastic Fest. big fucking thanks to the person who infected everyone.

CHOTINER: Just once I wanted someone to interview *me* DOCTOR: Oh I know just the person, the interviewer Issac Chotiner is in town, I have his phone number right here CHOTINER: (sobbing) but doctor, I *am* Chotiner

Wikipedia says this is a New York Times bestseller and I had to know what it was beating

Chotiner interviews Janeway

we need to find a way to run engines on nerd outrage.

In the new Reuters/Ipsos poll Trump came in at 28% approval on cost of living. 28%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One thing we've learned in the last 12 hours: The Sinclair-Nexstar ban on Kimmel, in terms of his reach, means nothing in an era when late-night shows have an afterlife or simultaneous life on streaming. Kimmel's average audience is 1.6M. On YouTube, last night's monologue is already at 8.4M views.

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Every day it's the scene in BATMAN RETURNS when Batman rigs the speakers to play the Penguin's previously recorded hateful nonsense that outs the Penguin as evil, and every day the Penguin keeps getting to be mayor

"well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides" is the most gasp-inducingly ruthless thing I've ever seen in Interviewer Boldface, and I can't believe this guy just went "yeah lol"

Never forget and never forgive the people who voted for him. They did this to us, and they must be forced to carry the shame for the rest of their miserable lives. We warned them, and they made fun of us. They own this. They own this forever, and I will never let them forget it.

And he told the execs they were making a mistake by killing Optimus Prime! He knew!

I'm telling you he has the Alzheimer's face. I lived it. I know it. I recognize it anywhere.

Happy to be the truth teller about that one writer who claims in their bio to have written on a show I actually did write for.

those dudes need to write an even sterner letter I guess

It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated: If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.

They've repeatedly talked about how the network wanted a party to lighten S1, so they gave them a party on the hanger deck where some bombs accidentally went off & many people died. Yes, this BSG tome is my fun, escapist diversion book! 🤔 [caveat, ofc it can be SO frakkin funny too esp Baltar]

Coverage of the DAWSON’S CREEK live-read, including the Spielberg video variety.com/2025/tv/news...

I just read a report from the DAWSON'S CREEK live read that said there was a video message from STEVEN SPIELBERG where he joked he hoped to have a "Dawson Leery film room." I get why all this won't be posted online, but MAN would I love to see it.

regardless of the details I think it’s important to spin the Kimmel thing as a win Trump is weak, he’s unpopular, he massively overreached and inspired enough of a revolt that Disney had to backtrack immediately he wants to paint himself as an all-powerful dictator, paint him as a loser who sucks

Republican Sunday: YOU HAVE AWAKENED A DRAGON OF WHITE RAGE WE WILL SWIM IN THE BLOOD OF OUR TERRORIST ENEMIES AS THEIR CHILDREN WORK OUR SLAVE CANPS Republican Monday: we’re sweet widdle puddy tats what never hurted a fly and the mean man’s post fwightened us so bad we cwosed up our widdle eyes

This is great because the massive BSG oral history book from a few years back is completely out of print and isn't available on digital... which is weird because I'm pretty sure all the other Altman/Gross oral histories are

A lot of stereotypes about Bluesky are nonsense, but the idea that if you dare to post cheerfully about even a small win, people will leave their dogs and children unattended in traffic so they can inform you as quickly as possible that no actually everything is still terrible? That's real.

And this is when Disney needs to tell Sinclair, "That's cool. You just can't have any sports, either." See how they choke that shit down.

Their tough guy act sure seems to disappear anytime the rest of us stick together and tell them to get fucked.

DISNEY EXEC 1: We lost so many subscribers this past week, it's horrible. What can we possibly do to win them back? DISNEY EXEC 2: Make subscription more expensive. DISNEY EXEC 1: Brilliant.

Voting ends tomorrow at noon, WGAWers! You don’t have to vote for me but please do vote! (for me)

it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...

and yes, ricky gervais, i work for these companies. i take their money. find me a morally pure concern that funds and distributes my art form on a global level and i'll move my practice. i don't call the shots folks, i just play the percentages, anyone who says otherwise is deluding themselves.

there are no "ethically sound" corporations. they will do the wrong thing every time to keep revenue streams uninterrupted. the only way corporations do "the right thing" is if it affects the bottom line. full stop. you want a free-ish country? make it unprofitable to support the current occupant.

World's largest headache says don't take Tylenol

Certiorari "before judgment" is how #SCOTUS takes up a full appeal *before* the intermediate federal courts have heard it. It used to be exceedingly rare. For instance, there wasn't a *single* grant of such expedited review b/w August 2004 & February 2019. This is the *23rd* such grant since then.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court Monday upheld President Donald Trump’s dismissal without cause of the last Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) despite nearly a century of court precedent protecting the official. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Kimmel is back on Tuesday: DISNEY: "We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."

Brannon Braga Says Star Trek TV Should Return To Longer Seasons Instead Of Short “Tinder Relationships” #startrek #stlv bit.ly/bragastlv25

Voting closes tomorrow at noon Pacific time. PLEASE don’t forget to vote. Every WGA election, turn out is dismal and this only hurts guild members. If you’re a lower or mid level TV writer, your vote matters now more than ever — we have NO representation on the BOD. Change that by voting!

SEVEN turns 30 today and I wrote about it for The Guardian. One of those great movies where its imitators took all the wrong lessons from it: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

There’s a certain type of poster that seems to think it’s helpful to stamp out anything hopeful in the name of being realistic about how bad things are. Don’t be that poster. We know how bad things are. But for most of us, hope helps a lot more than your cynicism. Rebellions are built on hope…

As the 'Dawson's Creek' gang prepares to reunite for a good cause, the man of the hour will unfortunately miss out on the reunion.

I remember the first time a school friend enthusiastically gave me the news that I could still be a Jew and go to heaven, because I could be a Jew for Jesus 🤦🏼‍♀️ thanks for the tip but I’ll pass on sharing the afterlife with people like this actually

Lobo. And, in a universe built on chaos and evil, he's a sweet, gentle pacifist who bumbles through life, accidentally getting the better of wrongdoers while trying to offend no one.

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

Hawkgirl, her origins have always felt overly complicated to me so I never really dived in to her character. I’d have her mace overwrite the genetic code of an archeologist who finds it to become Hawkgirl. But the mace was an invention of Hawkman as a means to recreate his wife.

For me, it'd be the Flash. I think a good Flash story requires science, and I'm too old to start learning about physics. And I readily admit I have no good ideas for him.