Oh ffs (I went with “Gaston,” but this hurts!)

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 9h ago

Today in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, I have good news and bad news. Good: An Ashman/Menken song will win! Bad: An Ashman/Menken song will lose. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"The King" died again in that moment of stunned silence, sandwiched wickedly between Costas' posit that "Elvis was a talented guy" and Ray's withering reply of "Well ... uh -- ok."

gamera obscura@ohrobin.bsky.social · 4d ago

Until Shani’s mention of it, I hadn’t seen this 1999 Ray Charles interview. Now I have, and I’m a better person for it.

For my fellow critics who applied for TIFF accreditation this year -- have you heard yet whether or not you've been confirmed to attend? Per usual, notice is supposed to be given by "end of July," which is today, but I don't recall it ever taking this long to find out either way.

O media literacy, where art thou? (Not on Threads! Never on Threads!)

This is tough but “Baby Mine” has to be it. Such a beautiful song, and heartbreaking within the context of the visuals. Up there with “Remember Me” and “When She Loved Me” for saddest moments in a Pixar/Disney song.

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · last wk.

Today in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, the original heartbreaking number goes up against a willy, nilly, silly old bear. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Oh! www.complex.com/music/a/will...

Chris Brown Pleads Guilty After UK Nightclub Brawl, Faces Three Years in Prison

Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray in connection to...

complex.com

Aisha Harris@aishaharris.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Anywho, the odds of CB doing something heinous that lands him in legal trouble and prevents this tour from even happening are probably quite high. I'm sure the insurance costs on this are through the roof!

lol. Played myself. Even after they had already announced “boarding is complete,” (several minutes ago) two stragglers arrived. Fml. I will never know peace.

Aisha Harris@aishaharris.bsky.social · 3w ago

Omg. My flight is full yet my side of the row is completely empty. Might as well be in first class babyyyyy 🥰

Omg. My flight is full yet my side of the row is completely empty. Might as well be in first class babyyyyy 🥰

“Was silence not an option?” — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Famously*, only women asked strangers for directions *according to every standup comedian and sitcom writer of the PAPER maps era

Michael D. Green, PhD@michaeldgreen.phd · 4w ago

Can’t lie, the fact that y’all were driving with PAPER maps is insane. Even worse, you had to ask random strangers for directions??

Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 4w ago

Time for a new vote in Round One of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket! Two late-Renaissance songs go head to head now. Will this vote be close? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On behalf of my dogs and my 6-year-old self: fuck your fireworks, makeshift or otherwise

America, drunk and messy af: “It’s my birthday, wooooooo!!!!” Me:

There will be at least three competing documentaries about the America 250 debacle within the next year or so. This is Fyre Fest on bath salts.

Aaron Parnas@aaronparnas.bsky.social · last mo.

The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.

IS YOUR CREDIT EVEN METAL, BRO?

As someone who's not watched a single movie in the DESPICABLE ME universe, this post feels a bit like logging onto Threads and being dropped into the middle of a discourse that's got nothing at all to do with me and is absolutely none of my business

IGN@ign.com · last mo.

Minions director Pierre Coffin has confirmed in an interview that no minions have worked with Hitler because they were frozen "in that cave."

🎵 Come with me and you’ll be in a woooooorld of pure unimagination 🎵

I'm the type of person who sets a calendar reminder to cancel three days before the renewal is supposed to kick in, and just to be safe, makes sure there are at least two additional alert notifications after that reminder BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BURNED BEFORE

Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · last mo.

I just cancelled a free trial before the automatic payments kicked in and the adrenaline flowing through me right now feels like I narrowly escaped a shark attack.

both parents: Motown, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Paul Simon's GRACELAND album my dad: Sly Stone, Aretha, Isaac Hayes and all the Stax artists my mom: Rod Stewart, Kenny G, Celine Dion, the SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and WAITING TO EXHALE soundtracks

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last mo.

what's the music your parents played all the time when you were a kid? for me, it's a dead heat between Neil Diamond and Linda Ronstadt

If you love something, buy a physical copy of it You do not actually own anything that you "bought" that's digital only

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · last mo.

PlayStation is deleting over 500 purchased movies from its customers' accounts 🎞️ • Includes films like 'Terminator 2', 'Rambo', 'Apocalypse Now', 'Hot Fuzz', and 'Moonlight' • No mention of refunds • Comes after a licensing deal ended

This is an easy one because as if naming him Tigger isn’t sus enough, the audacity to write a whole-ass song where that name is repeated several times, very fast, will never cease to enrage me.

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · last mo.

Today in the first round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, two very different pieces of music go head to head: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Need an indefinite moratorium on “Walking on Sunshine” needle drops

I went to two Juneteenth parties today and only heard "Can We Talk" once. Gives me hope that DJs may finally be overcoming this chokehold of a song

Goddamn, THE FURIOUS fucks. Gorgeously brutal. Obsessed.

Will the Knicks win the championship this year? Say what say what, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

The only time I ever cared about the World Series was 2016, b/c I loved seeing my dad & granddad, lifelong Cubs fans, finally see their team win. I’m feeling similarly toward Spike Lee & his delightful obsession with the Knicks. If they win, I’ll love it for him. Parasocial much? I don’t care!

Boo, you whore

Omg YES

maya cade@mayascade.bsky.social · 2mo ago

lately, my most asked question has been: when is bridgett davis going to make a follow up to “naked acts” (1996)? …the time is finally now! 30 yrs after its initial industry rejection, “naked acts” is a touchstone of black cinema. please support our fundraiser so we don’t have to wait another 30:

Scott Pelley was ousted from CBS News in the exact manner Bari Weiss *thinks* she was ousted from NYT

Wistfully reminiscing about the time I was the editor on this Scorsese NYT op-ed.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2mo ago

Martin Scorsese is now a partner & advisor for a generative AI startup He says he's using AI during preproduction to storyboard projects “I’m interested in the intersection of technology and storytelling ... cinema is a young medium ... we have to be open to how it can evolve" (via NY Times)