I just finished watching Sharp Objects. Eight years later, I am finally ready to talk about that ending!

Is Billy Joel really an innocent man? @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I find out as we rank every song on his blockbuster 1983 album, joined by the fantastic Dan Rogge. bleav.com/shows/mark-a...

Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: Billy Joel’s “An Innocent Man,” Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)

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For #TonyAward fans, here's the correct award statistic: Bess Wohl is the FOURTH female playwright to win for Best Play. 1956: Frances Goodrich, The Diary of Anne Frank (co-author) 1989: Wendy Wasserstein, The Heidi Chronicles 1998 & 2009: Yasmina Reza, Art & The God of Carnage

A show I watch is airing its final season, but I've liked each successive season less than the one before it. Now I resentfully consider the unwatched episodes. Will I watch them anyway? This is the great cosmic riddle.

I want so much to talk about Pluribus with someone, but I am watching it by myself, months after it first aired, while existing in a friend community where no one else has seen it. THIS Is the loneliness that Carol feels, pretty much.

I can't decide how to feel about Sue Grafton getting all the way to the Y book, then dying before she could write the Z book.

In the 21st Century, only five Oscar winners for Best Original Song have also reached the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100. They are... (1) "Lose Yourself" (2) "Let It Go" (3) "Skyfall" (4) "Shallow" and, as of tonight, (5) "Golden"

Thanks to Autumn Durald Arkapaw's win in Cinematography and Cassandra Kulukundis' win in the inaugural Casting race, a woman has now won at least once in every current Oscar category (except, of course, Actor and Supporting Actor).

Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography. (Yes, the first woman ever to win in this category.)

Something fun to consider before they give out the screenplay awards.

Mark Blankenship@markblankenship.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Robert Kaplow, nominated for his screenplay for Blue Moon, worked as a high school English teacher in New Jersey for over 30 years. He retired in 2014. He kept teaching, even after his novel Me and Orson Welles was turned into a 2008 film.

A tie for live action short! This is the 7th time this has happened, including in 1994 when there was ALSO a tie for live action short. The last occurrence was 2012, for sound design. The most famous tie was between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand for Best Actress in 1968.

Amy Madigan is the 9th performer to win Best Supporting Actress as the only Oscar nominee from her film. She follows Mary Astor, Claire Trevor, Margaret Rutherford, Goldie Hawn, Linda Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Angelina Jolie, and Penelope Cruz.

Amy Madigan's win for "Weapons" is delightful just like Ruth Gordon's win for "Rosemary's Baby." Beloved veteran actress does great work as a supernatural villain in an excellent horror film. In years to come, this is a retrospective Oscar film festival I look forward to attending.

Here's a thread of deep cut Oscar trivia about today's nominations...

Many thanks to @cole.fyi for taking these photos and making me feel like a halfway normal person during the photo shoot!

When you’re playing NYT Spelling Bee and you know the word is spelled “facsimile,” but you try “facimile” juuuust in case.

The view from my TV: @sarahdbunting.bsky.social delivering wit and wisdom on ABC’s new doc series DIRTY TALK

Yesterday she barked at @markblankenship.bsky.social for an hour and a half. Today, she is in love with

AND THEN YOU BEAT HIS ASS WITH “CORIOLANUS” cc @markblankenship.bsky.social @cole.fyi

You’re playing Zero. “A Shakespearean Tragedy” comes up. You’re sitting with this guy

The countdown concludes! Here are my top 10 songs of the year, featuring at least one track that made me laugh out loud. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-40-...

My Top 40 Songs of 2025: #10-1

The best (of the best) songs of the year!

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As is my custom, I am counting down my top 40 songs of the year. Here's the first batch of songs, including punk, country, and new music from the lead singer of Fun. lostsongs.substack.com/p/top-40-son...

My Top 40 Songs of 2025: #40-26

It's the year's dopest tunes!

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I write sparse, brutal tales about life on ALF’s home planet under the pen name Melmac McCarthy

At long last, @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I are able to investigate Madonna's music.

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In the topsy-turvy hellscape of 2025, you can count on one thing: @markblankenship.bsky.social and I can't, and won't, run out of things to say about Madonna. Today, Part 1 of our definitive (that's right!) ranking of her studio albums. Ask not "Where's The Party," y'all: bleav.com/shows/mark-a...

If you think you have a nightmare ex, these woman may have you beat! This week on @crimeseenpod.bsky.social we watched “Don’t Date Brandon” with guest @markblankenship.bsky.social go check it out now! #TrueCrime #TrueCrimepodcast #DontDateBrandon crimeseenpod.com/episode/dont...

Don't Date Brandon | Crime Seen episode 174

Crime Seen is the true crime review podcast that gets to the heart of how true crime stories are told. Join Mari Forth @maritalks2much.bsky.social and Sarah...

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There goes @markblankenship.bsky.social bringing me joy with his newsletter again. You need to subscribe to The Lost Songs Project: lostsongs.substack.com

The Lost Songs Project | Mark Blankenship | Substack

This is a music newsletter that rediscovers forgotten hit songs. What made the tunes popular back then? Why are they still awesome now? We're gonna find out. Click to read The Lost Songs Project, by M...

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I am counting down my top 100 90s songs, because obviously it needs to be done. The first batch of songs includes Paula, Phil, Heavy, and Jade. lostsongs.substack.com/p/my-top-100...

My Top 100 90s Songs: #100-81

We begin our journey through the decade's best music

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William Joel has engrossed us again! @sarahdbunting.bsky.social and I team up with our good pal Dan Rogge to rank the songs on Billy Joel's album THE STRANGER. bleav.com/shows/mark-a...

Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: Billy Joel’s “The Stranger,” Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)

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Turns out I can still recite this entire monologue. youtu.be/7jQ0SbWYdgQ?...

Waiting For Guffman Libby Audition

YouTube video by Vaughan Slinn

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At various points in my life, I had both of these phones, so you know my conversations were COOL.