After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · 4w ago

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

Okay so the ✨️Con Crud✨️ is fucking COVID! 🥲 I am okay, I'm VERY lucky that my symptoms are light. But of course I am isolating, and playing this song to keep me company: youtu.be/jdIP2xmDqx0?...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Scene: "Out There"/Quasimodo's Song.

YouTube video by John Maverick

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Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · 4w ago

So... I did get the SDCC ✨Con Crud✨ despite masking and disinfecting and doing all the things! This happens every year. Every year! (I feel ALL GOOD, it is extremely light.)

My fave short story finally got accepted for publication at a very cool publication!!! After being rejected 10 times. That one is such a weird story, it needed a while to find its home!

Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · last mo.

My first short story was accepted in the first place I submitted, which was insanity. This second story got 3 rejections before this acceptance. My third story has 5 rejections and has 2 submissions pending. And my fourth story (actually one of my faves!) has had 9 rejections so far, w/ 1 pending.

👇 "The vast majority of people who work in film and television are not studio executives, nor are they famous actors. They are, overwhelmingly, blue-collar workers, freelancers, and small businesses. And they are in free fall." Yes.

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · 4w ago

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

So... I did get the SDCC ✨Con Crud✨ despite masking and disinfecting and doing all the things! This happens every year. Every year! (I feel ALL GOOD, it is extremely light.)

Was too impatient to wait in a line to go to a Comic-Con party so I just went down the line and spoke to everybody I knew and then I went to Chipotle. 😎 I mean it's essentially like going to the party!!!

Me, whenever somebody asks me if I read a book I should have read: "I have read it on a spiritual level. By which I mean, in the future, I will have read it. And loved it. After all, time is a flat circle, would you not agree?"

JUST IN: A federal judge has paused the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger, saying it likely violates antitrust laws. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“With fewer competitors, the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. entity would have both the incentive and the ability to lower costs by suppressing writers’ wages and reducing output. Writers will be paid less and have fewer employment opportunities.” #BlockTheMerger vist.ly/5bha2

Writers Guild Sues Paramount Over Warner Bros. Deal

The Writers Guild of America sued Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Tuesday, alleging the $110 billion merger would harm competition in the markets for film and television writing.

bloomberg.com

Go outside then, dude. Take long, deep breaths. Really get that air into your lungs.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last mo.

MAGA cultist Eric Metaxas was outraged by seeing an air quality alert triggered by the Canadian wildfires that suggested people limit outdoor activity: "How dare they say that. Who has the right to tell me or you or anyone anything? It's a free country. I can do whatever I want."

OMG WHY? No.

Linda Ge@lindage.bsky.social · last mo.

dammit. Sam Neill. This one hurts. www.instagram.com/p/DauK0SrT6uJ/

The car lovers of Bluesky have found this tweet and I'm getting dragged in the comments LMAO. 😂😭 Apparently I project the aura of not knowing anything about cars. Impossible!

Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · last mo.

There is an Aston Martin minivan parked in front of my house. An Aston Martin. MINIVAN. Someone had enough money to buy an Aston Martin and they bought the minivan. I'm so amused. 😃 Also it's green???

My first short story was accepted in the first place I submitted, which was insanity. This second story got 3 rejections before this acceptance. My third story has 5 rejections and has 2 submissions pending. And my fourth story (actually one of my faves!) has had 9 rejections so far, w/ 1 pending.

Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · last mo.

OMFG a short story I wrote just got accepted for publication in a sci-fi magazine, barfing crying throwing up!!! It will be my second publication!!! My little slush pile babies 🥹!!!

Me, when I withdraw my simultaneous submissions because the story got accepted:

Spongebob Squarepants: Snob R2

ALT: Spongebob Squarepants: Snob R2

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Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · last mo.

OMFG a short story I wrote just got accepted for publication in a sci-fi magazine, barfing crying throwing up!!! It will be my second publication!!! My little slush pile babies 🥹!!!

OMFG a short story I wrote just got accepted for publication in a sci-fi magazine, barfing crying throwing up!!! It will be my second publication!!! My little slush pile babies 🥹!!!

Congratulations to Lindsey Graham for writing his own obituary ten years and two months in advance. The question of who deserves it remains, since the natural world and a whole lot of people in this country and beyond do not deserve it.

OK maybe it was an SUV. Look it had minivan vibes. And I wanted to take a picture but it's no longer here. You're just going to have to trust me!

Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · last mo.

There is an Aston Martin minivan parked in front of my house. An Aston Martin. MINIVAN. Someone had enough money to buy an Aston Martin and they bought the minivan. I'm so amused. 😃 Also it's green???

There is an Aston Martin minivan parked in front of my house. An Aston Martin. MINIVAN. Someone had enough money to buy an Aston Martin and they bought the minivan. I'm so amused. 😃 Also it's green???

I went into Project Hail Mary with zero expectations or knowledge of anything, and I loved it SO much.

Waving Rocky

ALT: Waving Rocky

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I have found the source of the fungus gnats. A scene more horrific than any horror movie.

Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have fungus gnats in my house. I don't know where they're coming from! The spiders are getting extremely well fed. I have purchased six Zevo light traps that have cast my entire home in an eerie blue glow. The vibes in my house are liiittle Junji Ito right now.

I have fungus gnats in my house. I don't know where they're coming from! The spiders are getting extremely well fed. I have purchased six Zevo light traps that have cast my entire home in an eerie blue glow. The vibes in my house are liiittle Junji Ito right now.

OBSESSION / KEEPER / MEN triple feature. 😌

Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 builds on the first season with better pacing, a more cohesive tone, and even some improvements on the original series. Our review: https://bit.ly/4xN1HEZ

Avatar S2 is out on Netflix now! Right now! Watch it! My episode is episode 3, called City of Walls and ✨️sEcReTs✨️!

We had our Avatar S2 premiere last night! Here's a pic of most of our S2 writers and support staff! We clean up okay! Avatar S2 comes out TOMORROW, June 25th on Netflix! (Or late late tonight if you're a 🌃🦉 like me...)

Avatar S2 premiere!!!

The Geek@thegeekoficial.bsky.social · 2mo ago

O elenco de 'Avatar: O Último Mestre do Ar' reunidos na premiere mundial da 2ª temporada em Los Angeles.

AFTER 1.5 HOURS OF HOLD MUSIC SOMEONE PICKED UP AND HUNG UP ON ME!!!

Helen Shang@helenshang.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do you think that it is possible to be driven insane by the IRS hold music?

Do you think that it is possible to be driven insane by the IRS hold music?

IMDB Pro is like a drug that I keep wanting to quit but then the urge to do some lite stalkies (I mean for business purposes!!!) becomes too great and I'm out $150 again.