WestStar Films

Stephen Colbert to Receive Ripple of Hope Award From RFK Human Rights Center "Humor can be a catalyst for change, and Stephen stands as a shining example of how speaking truth to power, boldly, wisely and with heart, can ignite change," Kerry Kennedy shares

Congratulations, Stephen! So deserved!

“Humor can be a catalyst for change, and Stephen stands as a shining example of how speaking truth to power, boldly, wisely and with heart, can ignite change,” Kerry Kennedy shares

Ironbound Films

Great to spend a couple hours (over lots of seafood) with 2/3rds of the braintrust at Ironbound Films. Looking forward to great things @jeremynewberger.bsky.social

Streaming is overtaking theaters for movie watchers, an AP-NORC poll finds Americans are more likely to watch newly released movies from the comfort of their own homes instead of heading out to a theater, according to a new poll.

Do you still go to movie theaters?

Iger was worried he was going to get Dershowitzed on the vineyard #Kimmel

Les Paul explains to Dave how he invented the electric guitar.
#MusicSky

Wtf is going on?

This guy

What's the benefit to Netflix of their pouring $30mm into advertising for #HappyGilmore2

Skyler Gisondo is in talks to star opposite Ariana Grande in ‘MEET THE PARENTS 4.’

(www.theinsneider.com/p/skyler-gis...)

Jeff Bezos and Steven Tyler are getting married?

The popo pepper sprayed a sin bather in a a Georges Seurat painting

LAPD out there like

Pedro Pascal Yanked Joaquin Phoenix's Arm Down At Cannes—And Fans Sadly Think They Know Why What a time to be alive.

www.comicsands.com/pascal-phoen...

Say what you want, but he made the trains run on time

YouTube video by A24 Eddington | Official Teaser HD | A24

🎬 EDDINGTON starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone ++
July 18, 2025 release date
Looks tasty...

'Taking the low road sometimes nets the greatest advances.'

If you have backers, we can probably add a cameo by Dee Snyder or Elvira (who has a book coming out so she may be cheap).

Our budget only allows for 4 actors, a lending library, 3 gallons of blood and an apparition. We can blow through that in 2.5 minutes. The rest is gonna have to be a 6.5 minute expository soliloquoy (you can break it into as many pieces as you want) in a Starbucks that we shoot guerilla.

Fair.

This seems primed to be a <10 min short film. Have you written for the screen?

Cagey and Lacey

Who doesn't miss the days when smuggling Coors from Texarkana was a national obsession

Next up: Hollywood!

We decided to watch “School of Rock” last night because it has “Minecraft Steve in it” (I know…It is what it is) and I decided to google a bit and, yall, the little singer girl just got married to the big security guard boy /in real life/. She’s a OBGYN sonographer and he’s a music industry lawyer.

Come on!! We can't catch a break. The documentary was already in pre-production and we already committed to 300 Harvard hoodies for the extras.

Ran across a letter I sent to my cast from over 8 years ago about what they could expect if we didn't fight tooth and nail to stop Trump. It's chilling in its forecasting of where we are literally today... (they didn't seem to care at the time-- actors, amirite? 🤷🏽‍♂️)

Fascists

Criminal contempt story is 19th(!!) On Fox News website, just above fishing tourney but below new McDonalds item, which clocks in at #8.

4/4 the most self-defeating thing you can do to yourself and those you care about. It literally makes no sense.

That said, we're interested in exploring this phenomena through a doc so if anyone has any author, studies, or previous docs that cover this craziness, we'd love to hear about it. Thx!

3/4 reality will always win-- the stock market doesn't care about your feels, the international community doesn't care about your domestic propaganda, weather doesn't give a shit about your climate denialism, crops don't listen to hyperbole, kids brains don't grow on jingoism, etc. It's literally...

2/4 It seems to us that one would want to try and be prepared to handle the scary and complex world (reality) as best as possible-- it's hard enough succeeding in life even if you have a strong grasp of the future. As we're seeing now with the buyer's remorse in some segments of our population...

1/4 What is most interesting, at least to us little indy production people, is that while the silo of misinformation/downright lies that the Right all tell themselves and each other bear no resemblance to reality, when actual reality bumps up against their fabricated world, guess which one wins?

"The abuse of the press, the abuse of reality, and the abuse of almost every standard and practice that has existed for 50 years, if left unchecked, will murder this country. Period." - Feb, 2017

Damn...

Joe Kernan @cnbc.com "You can't take what the U.S. Commerce Secretary says to the bank." 4/14/2025