Adam B. Vary

Headline from Harvard Crimson: "Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump."

Text of story: Harvard prez Garber says report of a deal "was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials." NYT ran with it as a story.

Important details from this story:

1) Yet another news-break by student journalists (this time @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social) www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

2) Harvard saying "see you in court," not "let's make a deal."

3) Per Garber, WH/MAGA leaked news of a "deal." NYT then ran with it.

^IS framed on a wall somewhere

yeesh

Associated Press headline: After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo

"…complex questions echo"

Whenever the Smithsonian opens its exhibit about this current moment, I hope this headline framed on a wall somewhere. Future generations need to understand how much the media contorted itself to launder authoritarianism as just One Of Those Funny Quirks of History.

"The Blair Witch Project at The Sphere"

New York Times headline: Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side President Trump had been on a winning streak. But when faced with facts and foes that wouldn’t bend to his will, he responded with disproportionate intensity.

Thanos had been on a winning streak. But when faced with facts and foes that wouldn't bend to his will, he responded with disproportionate intensity.

Ranking the MCU: Every Marvel Studios Movie and Show, From Worst to Best Every Marvel movie and TV show ranked from worst to best.

My colleagues and I ranked every film and streaming series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I'm already getting angry texts about it. Please enjoy!

If there's one episode of TV I wish I could force everyone to watch and internalize, it's the 30 Rock where Liz, who has always seen herself as a bullied nerd underdog, finds out she's actually been hated all her life because she's mean.

The only certainty I know about American politics is that predicting who will succeed or fail in a presidential election three years out is just talking to hear your own voice.

the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic

Age verification? My first video game console was an Atari 2600.

Wow, putting strangers in tiers. Couldn’t be me. Do better!

Why we should all care about RFK Jr.’s dismantling of the US Preventive Services Task Force.

the us government spends roughly '$646 billion every single year' on oil and gas subsidies but go on....

The president calling for the prosecution of individuals & companies he doesn't like should immediately end a presidency like it would have for anyone before this One Special Boy

🎶 I'll be your alibi, my baby
Fly, fly, fly away 🎶

(iykyk)

@adambvary.bsky.social (@variety.com) joins us as we dive into Steven Spielberg’s slick and stylish Catch Me If You Can, a film that marked a turning point for Amy Adams on the big screen.

🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/06sh...

this is what beit hanoun looked like (from arabi21.com/story/155862...)

All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.

Relatedly, I think editor’s bylines should appear under writer’s bylines.

Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.

Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.

"Don't be bullies" is the easiest, most universally appealing, natural-gateway message on trans rights for Democratic politicians. It's not everything that needs to be said, but it's an ideal first step, and the number of Democrats who refuse to take it or who turn it into a "Yes but" is enraging.

Today we’re talking about 2002 crime dramedy Catch Me If You Can with special guest @adambvary.bsky.social of @variety.com.

Plus: the deleted scene that may not exist, the actor’s code of not using tongue, and what Amy & Chloe Sevigny have in common.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/06sh...

Remember when movies had scenes? You know, scenes, where something would happen and the movie would take the time for you to understand what that thing was, and how the characters felt about it, and would have a sense of rise and fall to it, and lead logically into the next scene? I miss scenes.

Also, the cast of the 1990s Fantastic Four movie got so screwed over, and as someone who saw these guys actually promote that movie at an LA convention, with none of them aware what the actual future (or lack thereof) held for it, this is a very nice decades-later gesture.

That new chat at Variety with Kevin Feige has interesting stuff amongst the expected vagueness about specifics for the future, but what made me the happiest was his correct statement about Iman Vellani's casting and him all but promising she'll return as Ms. Marvel. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

These posts are everything and I agree with it all wholeheartedly (the son’s youth is SO much more apparent as I get older) and this is a tiny thing but it’s like an itch that I am helpless to keep from scratching:

The title is “The Birdcage,” with no space between bird and cage. [runs away]

Just reposted something to fix a the/this typo. It’s been that kind of day.

L.A. homeless population drops again. And yes, there's reason for hope Your morning catch-up: Inside the homelessness count, boredom in the National Guard and more big stories.

This is genuinely great news for Los Angeles.

When a government official who regularly lies - and works for a President who always lies - says "Don’t you dare ever say that again.”

Say it again. And again and again. It's like Trump saying stop asking about Epstein

Cause Trump/Miller/Noem are racial profiling. She knows it. We all know it

For episode 7, @variety.com senior entertainment writer @adambvary.bsky.social joins us to talk about Steven Spielberg’s 2002 crime dramedy Catch Me If You Can.

Assume a fake identity, and tune in on 7/23!