Mike Calia

Wow, good point. Only a real person could be interested in books, movies, music, sports and politics!

That's gotta be A.I.

I Wanted Hollywood to Accept Me. So I Made the Biggest Mistake of My Career. In an exclusive book excerpt, the former CEO of Sony Entertainment opens up about his role in unleashing one of the worst cyberattacks in corporate history.

"Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest and get stung, you can’t really blame the hornets."
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Yeah well I still say “icebox.”

Tom Noonan, 1951 - 2026 So long to one of the greats

For A Rip in the Picture, a few brief (and free!) thoughts about Tom Noonan.

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Another indelible Tom Noonan performance, seriously: Frankenstein in The Monster Squad. I was a Universal Monsters nut when I was little (still am), and that movie turned Frank into ET, but it wrecked me mostly because Noonan brought his trademark humanity and pathos to it.

YouTube video by hiilppp "Manhunter" (1986): Tiger Scene

RIP Tom Noonan
A gifted writer, director & actor. His portrayal of Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter was unforgettable.
It was deeply sympathetic, nuanced & disturbing. You felt for the deeply damaged human being inside the monster.
This scene in particular is extraordinary: youtu.be/y07Z8YVbjbs?...

YouTube video by Iamthe80sguy2 Manhunter (1986) - The Tooth Fairy

Just two great actors in one of the most chilling scenes youtu.be/HKPN5Es-Ua4?...

Tom Noonan died? Brutal week.

All of those are enjoyable to some degree. Definitely solid.

That harp! Great score.

My latest for FANGORIA! If you’re a NJ local, you’ll want to see this show. And if you’re not a New Jerseyan, you’ll wish you were. An 8’ Jersey Devil! High lonesome bluegrass music! Legends and lore of the NJ Pine Barrens! #TheDevilAndDaisyDirt #NJ #cryptids

No. Way.

Warner Bros. Discovery reopens talks with Paramount Warner Bros. said Tuesday it had rejected the latest $30-a-share offer from Paramount but would give the company until Feb. 23 to rival Netflix and "make its best and final offer."

Warner Bros. Discovery says that it is reopening talks with Paramount Skydance, giving the studio a week to rival Netflix in its bid to take over the streaming and cable giant.

A quote: “A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth A book cover: THE RAINSEEKERS by Matthew Kressel. A figure in silhouette on a purple Martian terrian. There are star trails in an iridescent sky. One of the stars, possibly Earth, is brighter than all the others. The overall color tone is purple and green.

My novella THE RAINSEEKERS is out today from Tordotcom! A group of adventurers hope to be the first to feel the rain on Mars.

“A vivid, poignant, and compassionate story about our desperate search for meaning...whether on Earth or far beyond it.” —Veronica Roth

Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale!

Coincidental to Robert Duvall's passing, I've noticed a lot of people over the past year or so announcing that they've finally read and loved LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry. It's a good time to remind everyone that Duvall felt his best performance was as Gus McRae in the great TV adaptation.

RIP robert duvall

Robert Duvall, indelible actor from 'The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now,' dies at 95 The renowned actor died peacefully in his home in Middleburg, Virginia, with his wife at his side, according to a statement from his family.

Robert Duvall, indelible actor from 'The Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now,' dies at 95.

Hollywood is thirsty for more romance adaptations "Wuthering Heights," starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, debuted at No. 1 at the box office this weekend.

After years of an on-again, off-again relationship, it seems like Hollywood is finally falling back in love with the romance genre.

There's a Grim New Expression: "AI;DR" The slang is a sign of how overrun the internet is with AI slop — and how the real humans using it are fed up.

“For me, writing is the most direct window into how someone thinks, perceives, and groks the world."
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I asked @barackobama.bsky.social if aliens are real.

Such a fun film to produce, with a truly great cast & crew. It was thanks to the late, great Jim Jacks that we were able to get the film made. He fought for our little film and so many others, including films by the Coen Brothers, Kevin Smith and Richard Linklater.

February 14, 1997: Golden State's Latrell Sprewell with the vicious slam, San Antonio's Vinny Del Negro with the business decision.

Sprewell had 32 PTS/7 AST and Joe Smith had 20 PTS/13 REB in the Warriors' 108-94 win. Dominique Wilkins scored 22 PTS off the bench for the Spurs.

The Silence of The Lambs is 35.
Love Demme's Hitchcockian compositions that show the audience what Clarice isn't noticing.

Don’t do it!

@criterion.bsky.social we need Manhunter.

It’s Friday the 13th. You know what I’m watching. That’s right — Manhunter.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.