A very good episode on Billy Wilder - the jewel in its crown being a long interview with Juliet Mills, who speaks wonderfully about the experience of working with Wilder on AVANTI!. Fascinating to learn about his use of music on set, which I'd not heard about before.

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Ellen and Mark celebrate the writer-director behind Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot.

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First look at Tate Modern’s LIGHT AND MAGIC: THE BIRTH OF ART PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition. It’s another massive show, which inevitably means some works will resonate more strongly than others. Here are some favourites from the first 8 rooms. #Art #ArtSky #Photography

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the spookitties | Men's T-Shirt Classic | poorly drawn cats

the spookitties men's classic t-shirt by poorlycatdraw. the spookitties! Printed on demand by Threadless.

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munsonman1@munsonman1.bsky.social · 4d ago

Halloween costume? ✔️ ❤️ @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social

The Cinema Museum in London is trying to buy its building and they are about 1/4 of the way to their goal. It's a converted Victorian workhouse where Charlie Chaplin lived and worked as a child. Could you share or donate a bit? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-cinema...

The Cinema Museum: HELP US BUY OUR HOME

After 40 years of uncertainty, we have a chance to secure our home. We need £500,000 to purchase our home and we have five months to do it!

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I finally have a HEY MAMDANI! Recent roadwork at 3rd Ave and E. 92nd left a raised manhole cover sticking out a lot. On my way to a doc appt I tripped on it and fell HARD, hurting my hand, knee, shoulder. Messed up my phone too. Please fix this!! @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Disappointed no one's gone for the TAX ALL THEM RICH FUCKERS t-shirt on teepublic. I bet them billionaires are suppressing the orders! *You can get it as a print-on-demand sticker, too: www.teepublic.com/sticker/1004...

Just in case you missed this yesterday!! My next book with Candlewick has been announced! So thankful to @mrschureads.bsky.social for trusting me with his world to bring this wonderful story to a whole new group of readers. 📚 Lovely graphic courtesy of my amazing agent ✨

I made a political.

Ysabel Yates'... I mean Cookie Monster's superb takedown of why GenAI in the workplace sucks.

Ilhan Omar is an American. Pass it on.

Your occasional reminder that polls don't mean shit, you have to show up and vote, preferably early and in person if you can

The Prince Charles Cinema Secures its Future The Prince Charles Cinema is thrilled to announce that we have signed a new 25-year lease with no break clause, ensuring our projectors will keep rolling for years to come. #YouSavedthePCC

Memory unlocked! Not gonna lie. Really enjoyed this bit of C4 scuptural art!

it’s just great marketing

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Rachel Gluckstern@rgluckst.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

I've just ordered some more Alans of the glen postcards. They are not for sale on their own but any order over £15 gets a free one as part of my pathetic gratitude.

This sweet, gentle Brooklyn boy needs a new home. Lili is about 8 years old, and far as anyone can tell is a friend to all. Please reply or dm me if you have a lead.

Boycott Target. We've been boycotting them, but do it even fucking harder now. www.amny.com/police-fire/...

The only ethical action is to take the funding that RFK Jr has given for this proposed trial and use it to give the birth dose to as many newborns as possible RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine eugenicist with zero expertise in pediatrics, vaccination, clinical trials, ethics, or equipoise

This by Courtney Maum is where I am too. I am grateful to her for the words...

The Thompson Twins' title song for NOTHING IN COMMON (1986) starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, and Eva Marie Saint. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0N... #FilmSky #MusicSky

Thompson Twins - Nothing In Common (Official Video) (4K Remaster)

YouTube video by Thompson Twins

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UPDATE: If you wanted to attend the Jim Henson event at the Smithsonian on October 23 (where you can listen to me and Henson Archivist Karen Falk talk about 6 amazing objects) but found it was sold out . . . here's good news: they've moved to a larger venue! More seats are now available at the link:

Jim Henson: A Creative Life in Six Objects - In Person

From inventing beloved characters to crafting fantastical worlds to creating television for the whole family, Jim Henson’s creative genius was unparalleled. The Jim Henson Company Archives Direc...

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His is a fundamental misunderstanding of the locus and purpose of the faith. The Christian faith is not marriage nor procreation or hetero normality The faith is the sufficiency of Christ…. Everything else is just wrapping paper for bigotry

How I arrived on Bluesky

Buster Keaton's Car Disaster

Alt: Buster Keaton's Car Disaster from Three Ages (1923)

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Ben Schwartz@benschwartz.bsky.social · 3w ago

how i arrived on bluesky:

And if you find the idea of shopping at Amazon repellent, please consider getting one of these tote bags for when you shop at a genuine book store. eatf.art/jeff

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "'ello!" The first of forty visits to the cellar of the monster's castle that features The Trap Door, by association the glory of a Willie Rushton voiceover, and the stop-motion skill of future Wallace & Gromit co-director Steve Box.

The Trapdoor - Breakfast Time

Watch more Cartoons here :https://bit.ly/37L30II Berk is busy preparing his master's breakfast - from worms and other vile concoctions, when a strange yellow creature comes out of the trap door in the kitchen floor and eats the breakfast, closely followed by a large Big Red Thing which chases Berk u

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Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...