Nick Field

Docter instituted a Disney edict to strip LGBT storylines out of Inside Out 2, Elio and the TV series Win or Lose. Such a cynical decision driven by US politics and Chinese censors, and the messaging done to show maximum contempt for his employees
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Pixar’s Pete Docter Says Queer ‘Elio’ Storyline Was Axed Because “We’re Making A Movie, Not Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Therapy” Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter explained the animation company's decision to ax a queer storyline in last year's Elio.

If you're a powerful creative person, a moment will always arrive when you can do something a little brave that will help people, or refuse to. The book I'm working on right now is in part a history of who did what. All I'll say about this is, it never gets forgotten. deadline.com/2026/03/pixa...

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How Talarico Won Texas Democrats With Love, Luck and a Little Restraint

"The advertisements funded by Mr. Talarico’s campaign and supportive super PACs swamped Ms. Crockett’s. In some heavily Latino media markets, he spent eight or nine times more than she did" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...

How Talarico Won Texas Democrats With Love, Luck and a Little Restraint

"The [Colbert] YouTube clip gained more than 9 million viewers. Donations poured in. Internal campaign polling by his opponent showed the ground shift in Mr. Talarico’s direction" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...

This was clear from the jump, but the Venezuela invasion going as smoothly as it did, from a pure operational perspective, is going to prove catastrophic in the long run.

Yes and also I’m not sure how publicly known it is how close it came to becoming black hawk down in Venezuela

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A ★★★★ review of Weapons (2025) Zach Cregger the director gets five stars, Zach Cregger the writer gets three stars. What I mean is, the story is told incredibly well but the heart of it is lacking. When the villain actually shows u...

Zach Cregger the director gets five stars, Zach Cregger the writer gets three stars. It's tough to really live up to that phenomenal premise. It does finish with a fantastic comeuppance moment though letterboxd.com/nickfield90/...

Hot Take: She's the one who should've gotten an Oscar nomination for this film

YouTube video by teenvote 1984 Democratic Presidential Debate

This is probably the 1984 Gary Hart-Jesse Jackson-Walter Mondale primary debate that Obama is remembering. A CBS broadcast from Columbia University, moderated by Dan Rather
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House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump’s War Powers in Iran

"Four Democrats crossed party lines to oppose the resolution, while two Republicans broke from their party to support it" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

WHOA! TONY GONZALES OUT! #TX23 He will not seek re-election

A ★★★★★ review of When Harry Met Sally... (1989) One of those films you finally watch and say, 'Oh, of course, it really is a classic'. Much like It Happened One Night, you realize why thousands of films tried to repeat it, because it really did wor...

Billy Crystal is the ultimate idol for all us short kings, even if Harry fumbled Sally several times. Meg Ryan in this movie must make the shortlist for all 'The Most Beautiful Any Woman Has Ever Looked in A Film' rankings out there
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your new DHS secretary, everyone:

Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

15 year-old Nick: Walking through every aisle of Hollywood Video trying to decide which DVD to rent
35 year-old Nick: Logging on and scrolling through every streaming service, trying to decide which movie to watch

Oscar Voting Closes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Anonymous Ballots in a Best Picture Race Between ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ A batch of anonymous Oscar ballots shows a two-horse best picture race between "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" with some potential surprises.

"In at least six conversations with ballot-sharing voters, a pattern emerged: Many said some version of, “‘One Battle After Another’ is going to win best picture, but I voted for ‘Sinners.’” variety.com/2026/film/aw...

In 2001-2005, 66% of Republicans said religion was very important in their own life compared to 60% of Democrats, a six point party gap. In 2021-2025, 64% said religion was very important compared to 37% of Democrats, a twenty-seven point party gap news.gallup.com/poll/702572/...

Gallup found those who say religion is very important in their own life in 2021-2025 is lower among every demographic than those who said the same in 2001-2005 with only one exception: Jewish Americans news.gallup.com/poll/702572/...

March 2026 Franklin & Marshall Poll Pennsylvania Voters The first poll of the year explores the mood of the state’s voters and their positions on a number of contemporary issues--including federalizing elections, ICE enforcement, democracy, and the separat...

New Franklin & Marshall Pennsylvania Governor's Poll:
Josh Shapiro 48%
Stacy Garrity 28%
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In which @nataliekorach.bsky.social outlines the actions of the man the White House Correspondents Association has chosen to honor this year. www.status.news/p/donald-tru...

Trump's Troubling RSVP While the WHCA publicly welcomed Trump’s decision to attend this year’s dinner, inside the organization, correspondents reacted with a mix of curiosity and dread—with several telling Status the conces...

"Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosures revealed that he quietly accumulated Netflix bonds as the streamer was locked in a high-stakes bidding war with Paramount for WB. Trump bought between $600,000 and $1.25 million worth of Netflix debt in January" www.status.news/p/donald-tru...

Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War? On paper, declaring war is reserved for Congress. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution turned a constitutional requirement into a legislative habit of looking away.

Abraham Lincoln: "Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object...no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

The Bride with a John Cornyn-like showing on Rotten Tomatoes: unimpressive, but expected to be much worse

George Harrison talking to Mark Lewisohn about biopics.

Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.

"No one in 1976, apparently, thought anyone would be holding a bash in 2026; I have seen not a single mention of celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth in the records of the Bicentennial"
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Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing.

"Walt Whitman had wanted to read at the Centennial...But he was deemed too radical to read at the Centennial. “I, too, sing America,” Langston Hughes wrote in 1926. He was too radical for the Sesqui" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The final Colbert Bump?