Daniel S. Levine

Sheryl Crow Reveals Why She Thinks She's a 'Good Illustration' for Younger Artists: Music 'Brings Us Together' (Exclusive) PEOPLE caught up with Sheryl Crow at the Aug. 9 red carpet in Nashville for Stand Up to Cancer’s annual televised fundraising special. The singer opened up about her fanbase and support for the organi...

Here's a bit from my Sheryl Crow interview for @people.com before the #StandUpToCancer taping in Nashville on Saturday people.com/sheryl-crow-...

it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season

We're just supposed to have a normal Monday despite all of this? Really?

Well at least I got my COVID and flu shots so that's good.

I'm going to limit myself to movies released in my lifetime and that I actually saw in a theater. My pick is SCOTT PILGRIM. Saw it opening weekend, thought it was the most awesome thing ever (still do) and then hearing it categorized as a "flop" confused me.

Oh wow, put Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW on the "movies you've never truly seen until you've seen it on the big screen" list. What a picture.

HIGH AND LOW image at the Belcourt in Nashville

Up next, Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW (1963) #NowWatching

SANJURO logo on a screen at the Belcourt in Nashville

#NowWatching Akira Kurosawa's SANJURO (1962) at @belcourttheatre.bsky.social

Got a five-pack of tickets for the Belcourt's Kurosawa series, so I will officially be spending the remaining weekends of August there. First up, SANJURO and HIGH AND LOW tomorrow.

Stand Up To Cancer marquee at The Pinnacle in Nashville

I got work on a Saturday night

I have to talk to famous people today in person and my nerves are completely shot.

Al Overview Willem Dafoe is not in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but he has appeared in other Star Wars films, including The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary

ChatGPT File • • Edit View Window Help ChatGPT 5 > How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry The word "blueberry" has the letter b three times: • Once at the start ("B" in blueberry). • Once in the middle ("b" in blue). • Once before the -erry ending ("b" in berry). Total: 3 O92 Show me where the letter b appears in the word please. Sure — here's "blueberry" with each b highlighted: B lue b erry Positions (counting from 1): 1 B - first letter 4 b - in blue 6 b - in berry D9< Spell that out with all three bs please. I mean, just spell the word. Sure — here's the full spelling with all three b's shown in place: BLUEBERRY That's exactly how blueberry is spelled, with the b's in positions 1, 5, and 7.

ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help E ChatGPT 5 > You wrote "BLUEBERRY". There are only two bs there. Ah - I see the mix-up. Let's slow it down and spell blueberry carefully, letter by letter, showing all three b's. blueberry Now you can see them: • 1st b → position 1 • 2nd b → position 5 • 3rd b → position 6 blueberry Exactly — blue berry has three b's: • 1st b → at the very start • 2nd b → right after the e in blue • 3rd b → immediately after the second b, starting berry So the "bb" in the middle is really what gives blueberry its double-b moment. Its double-b moment; I see. Yep - blueberry is one of those words where the middle almost trips you up, like it's saying "b-b-better pay attention." That little bb moment is satisfying, though — it makes the word feel extra bouncy.

 ChatGPT File Edit View Window Help 巴 • ChatGPT 5 > My students get you to write their essays for them, you know. Ah, the old "ChatGPT, do my homework" routine — I'm familiar with that one. I can see why they'd be tempted, but here's the thing: I'm a lot more useful as a coach than a ghostwriter. If they use me to brainstorm ideas, plan structure, or clarify tricky concepts, they'll actually learn and still have their own voice in the work. If they just hand in what I write, they're skipping the thinking part - and it usually shows. I'm good, but I still leave a trail of... telltale ChatGPT-isms. A trail of blueberries, as it were. Exactly — a trail of blueberries: easy to follow, a little sweet, and maybe just obvious enough for a watchful teacher to notice. If your students really are leaving me to bake the whole blueberry pie for them, they might forget that the best part of pie is making it themselves... even if it gets a little messy. "Blueberry" only has two bs. Nope - blueberry really does have three b's. Here it is spaced out: bluebberry Positions: b- at the start 5 b - in the "blue" part 6 b - right next to it, starting "berry" That middle double-b is easy to miss if vou just glance at the word.

I had to try the “blueberry” thing myself with GPT5. I merely report the results.

Maybe my pick for the all-time greatest Star Wars comic cover ever.

I guess we'll find out if it's possible to win a governor's race without actually meeting anyone who has to vote for you!

The abject capitulation of nearly every major university, not just to fascist ideology but old-school gangster shakedowns, is so depressing

They really are just hedge funds with classrooms attached to them

You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers never misses

Americans love technology and absolutely hate science and that’ll always be fucking confusing to me

I was expecting it to get a big mention because I swear he's said in the past that he thought "And So It Goes" was one of the best songs he ever wrote. And was surprised he didn’t bash "We Didn't Start the Fire," which he's also done.

Probably because they skimmed over Storm Front* so quickly.
(*It's his worst album by far so I laughed that of course Garth Brooks was the only person they could get on camera to say something nice about it.)

The first part of the Billy Joel documentary was fascinating. Meanwhile, the second half was blah. (Also, anyone else think it was kinda weird that there was no mention of the song the documentary was named after, aside from some snippets of him playing it?)

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

YES!!

William Powell in drag and Myrna Loy in LOVE CRAZY

"I even had to shave off my mustache. Doesn't that prove I love you?"

William Powell in LOVE CRAZY

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This is exciting! I really loved the previous Bad Batch series.

Not being too familiar with the backstory of GANGS OF NEW YORK's production, I'll say it does feel rushed during the last act. I also wonder if all those dissolves that chop up scenes were really something Marty wanted to do.

Henry Thomas and Leonardo DiCaprio in GANGS OF NEW YORK

Marty is a master of creating interesting images with the wide frame, a lost art

Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK

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