Tyler Ruggeri

the only thing that involves more pitches without anybody winning is a screenwriting career

@kevinddaly.bsky.social Yesterday my friend Steve Patterson posted about a production of Sound of Music
he was in, mid-60s, at Orange Coast College. Their Maria was ... Diane Hall, soon to be Keaton. And he still has the "cast album" they recorded!

If you watch just one Diane Keaton performance today, consider this devastating gem not enough people have seen

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

Gavin Newsom, a thread:

This article is incorrect and has been updated - Newsom has until the end of the week to sign these protections.

If you support trans folks (and you should), give his office a call! (916) 445-2841

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

The problem is that Hollywood has been taken over by the insurance and tire people who have no interest in or respect for the product they’re making.

unironically love this one, have seen it 1,000 times (only on VHS of course)

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Tonight on a NY1 interview, Andrew Cuomo described Zohran Mamdani as "an existential threat" to New Yorkers and the Democratic Party. I can't say strongly enough that this is despicable, dangerous, irresponsible language. I've never held Cuomo in high esteem; let this election be his banishment.

Hey, you guys ever think about how all politics are the same politics?

This morning, we joined Congresswoman Laura Friedman to condemn ABC’s suspension of #JimmyKimmelLive. This afternoon, the show was brought back. 👏

Can’t stress enough that all these and more line the shelves of every thrift shop in America for a few dollars apiece, many of which also stock DVD/Blu-ray players.

You could probably score the classic titles and a player for around $50, cheaper than six months of Disney+’s basic ad tier plan.

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.

Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

Heads up, the Burbank Progressives (who initiated today's protest at Disney) will be present again tomorrow at 12 PM at Disney in Burbank. I'll be there and I’ve spoken to other WGA and SAG members who will join us as well. Please spread the word! See y'all tomorrow! #JimmyKimmel #FreedomOfSpeech

Hundreds Of Union Writers & Actors March Outside Of Disney To Protest ABC’s Decision To Yank ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Hundreds Of Union Writers & Actors March Outside Of Disney To Protest ABC's Decision To Yank 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

Felt good and important to be out there today. Time from pjs to being interviewed by the Press was approximately 45 minutes. deadline.com/2025/09/disn...

Trump Says Broadcasters Should Lose Licenses for Criticizing Him

This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."

social media right now is kind of like CABARET:

fascism encroaching but in fact it’s really here, TikTok emcees distracting us from the horrors, everyone’s at least a little bit gay, and Liza Minnelli’s talent is celebrated on a regular basis

all the mass media conglomerates consolidating into one behemoth megacorp is an interesting business experiment to see how long an entertainment company can survive without making any good shows

"that's not funny, no one should lose their lives to gun violence" so true! that's what we've been saying all along. I'm so glad you agree

This is how dramatically this Industry changed in the last decade -- here are shows I've written for (some I was there it's entire run, some not)

1st Show: 5 seasons 71 episodes
2nd: 3 sns 76 eps
3rd: 3 sns 39 eps
4th: 3 sns 39 eps
5th: 1 sns 8 eps
6th: 1 sns 8 eps
7th: 1 sns 8 eps
8th: 1 sns 7 eps

Is tonight the night??

It is astonishing, fucked up, and yet unsurprising that I’ve seen more press and social conversation about the Cracker Barrel rebrand than the children who were shot to death while praying in school

Trini Alvarado deserved a bigger career. Also the very first laserdisc I bought!

gAI art is bad because it's stealing labor.

stealing labor from art is easy because no one sees art as labor, they see it as talent.

they see it as talent because it's easier to believe they have a right to hate you because they can't stand they gave up and you didn't.

fuck them, pay labor.

of all the clips (hundreds) I showed for Broadway Quarantine Party during COVID, this was the discovery that everyone lost their minds over the most

It’s so wild that the face of the organization that defiantly proudly said they would never accept colorization and ran a piece for decades about how pan and scan ruins the art of cinema is just doing this