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it greatly upsets me that there’s no release of “Global Bully” by Jon Brion - the song that plays as Willa reads her mother‘s letter at the end of One Battle After Another. it’s a beautiful song in a beautiful scene

Frederick Wiseman was perhaps the best chronicler of Modern America in any medium, full stop. RIP.

The impact of Frederick Wiseman on nonfiction filmmaking was seismic beyond measure and beyond compare. Like how do you even begin to consider his influence on documentary technique or his decades of insight into how institutions (and artistic spaces) operate? What a treasure. R.I.P.

Harold and Maude Star Bud Cort Dies at 77 Bud Cort, star of ‘Harold and Maude’ and ‘Brewster McCloud,’ has died at the age of 77. He also appeared in ‘MASH,’ ‘Dogma,’ and ‘Eagleheart.’

Bud Cort, star of ‘Harold and Maude’ and ‘Brewster McCloud,’ has died at the age of 77. He also appeared in ‘MASH,’ ‘Dogma,’ and ‘Eagleheart.’

Bud Cort, ‘Harold and Maude’ Star, Dies at 77 Bud Cort, who starred in 'Harold and Maude" and "Brewster McCloud," died Wednesday. He was 77.

RIP Bud Cort
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some years ago “geese tiny desk” would have been a viral cute animal clip they would run on the Ellen show. makes you think

my king stays winning 👑👑👑🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

In Puerto Rico, Sunday wasn't about football. It was the Benito Bowl Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl may have been his biggest audience yet, but for the people he has represented since his start — his fellow Puerto Ricans — it meant something special.

Bad Bunny's performance at the Super Bowl may have been his biggest audience yet, but for the people he has represented since his start — his fellow Puerto Ricans — it meant something special. n.pr/4ksBgOJ

back to the future (2) x nirvanna the band the show the movie pairing for @thenextpictureshow.bsky.social please!!!

happy super bowl day from my favorite football movie

Cake Founding Guitarist Greg Brown Has Died Greg Brown, the founding guitarist for Cake, has died. The band’s social media account announced the news today, saying he passed “after a brief illness.” “It is with heavy hearts that we share the ne...

R.I.P. Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown

i've reached 40 movies from 1987. my top 10:
1. raising arizona
2. broadcast news
3. the princess bride
4. ishtar
5. innerspace
6. moonstruck
7. adventures in babysitting
8. full metal jacket
9. robocop
10. prick up your ears

Watching PRICK UP YOUR EARS and cannot stop thinking about how Alfred Molina looks like Paul Mescal but only kind of

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

working at the post since november 22, 1965. fired today

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

I donated to the Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, and you can too:

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the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers.

Seems as though they have laid off their entire photography staff. Photojournalists don’t just take photos, we report, we pitch, we take photos while our lives and safety are under threat. We explore our neighborhoods, restaurants and sports with a creative eye. Photojournalists do it all.

For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at skillingswo2@bloomberg.net

Don’t Cancel The Washington Post. Cancel Amazon Prime. The subscription money enriching Jeff Bezos could instead be spent on the journalism crucial to preserving democracy.

I wrote this two years ago and it's still true www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Seems like Newport Folk Festival sold out in about 3 seconds

lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

The Washington City Paper lives! It's one of the only places in the DC area where you can find local news and arts coverage that The Post just decimated.

Follow @wcp.bsky.social nerds.

This is the dude that Zoe Chace was hanging out with in Portland. Quote from him: "that doesn't make any sense. Antifa is not an organization." Feds just straight up regurgitating right-wing streamer blather www.thisamericanlife.org/877/transcript

Dogfight, Send Help, The Hit, We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Assistant WATCH THIS: Dogfight (1991) - There’s such tenderness in this indie romantic drama about a marine the night before he’s deployed to Vietnam and his small-scale love affair with a girl he picks up to c...

This week on the substack: recommendations for films by Nancy Savoca, Sam Raimi, Lynne Ramsay and Stephen Frears. Plus, a classic novel by Bernard Malamud and revisiting a lovely British soul singer more people should be listening to.

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anyway,

did the in memoriam section forget... SLY STONE??

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