R.I.P. Patricio Guzmán. You should definitely watch THE BATTLE OF CHILE. You know, as a tribute to its director. It’s sure not as if it has some kind of topical interest.
Trump says that he saw thousands of Muslims in New York and New Jersey celebrating the terrorist attacks on September 12, 2001. But the parade that locals threw together a few blocks from where he was standing to honor his visit to Ireland? He says, nah, sadly, he missed it,
All I’m saying is that if you look at a picture of any random assortment of rock-affiliated celebrities making the scene in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Harry Nilsson is going to be the one who looks as if he’s extremely troubled about the situation in East Timor.
I was reading A BRUEF HISTORY OF 7 KILLINGS when my wife got her Ph.D, and the day she defended her dissertation, I bought BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF at the campus bookstore, so I always get a nice buzz from seeing Marlon James’s name.It feels as if he and my wife and I went through some shit together.
Book Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James
Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
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Now Playing: STUART FAILS TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE. Funny thing: I grew up on a cattle farm, yet somehow, I’ve never bothered to find out what “chewing one’s cud” means, in the literal, bovine sense. Until now. Ewwwwwwwww
This guy makes whoever came up with “Freedom Fries” look clever.
Deputy Grayson has died of colon cancer, because God has a terrific sense of humor, and the angels have learned to recognize the smirk that means he's thinking, “What if this scumbag was killed by his own asshole?”
Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her home dies aged 32
Sean Grayson, who was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2023, was serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree murder
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Happy birthday, great American artist, devoted hat enthusiast, and transplanted soul of New Orleans George Herriman
Now Playing: the Netflix import HUMAN VAPOR. I need a dancing sunflower with oversized sunglasses for my kitchen counter and I need it yesterday!
The old LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE had a town bitch, Mrs. Olsen, indelibly played by Katherine MacGregor. Mrs. Olsen often looked as if she was just about to ride a bicycle that would turn into a broomstick. The town bitch on the Netflix reboot is just a goddam Karen.
The newer generation of right-wing billionaire douchebags all look like Tony Goldwyn in THE 6TH DAY. I don’t know whether the credit belongs to God or their plastic surgeons, but somebody’s got a taste for deep cuts and one hell of a sense of humor.
Now Playing: ANIMAL CRACKERS. When Groucho razzes Chico about his piano playing, Margaret Dumont looks as if she’s suppressing laughter and makes “Oh, you naughty boy!” faces. SHE KNEW WHICH LINES WERE THE JOKES! ANYBODY WHO SAYS OTHERWISE CAN GET STUFFED!
Both of the adult dogs looked up from nap time to see me petting and speaking baby talk to the puppy and now they’re giving me this shit.
Thank you, lord, for allowing me to live long enough to see people on the internet complaining that Jeff Daniels isn’t jacked and sexy enough to play Ronald Reagan.
My new hobby is listening to day-old podcasts after a big election and listening to people say about the candidate who lost, “If you look the polling, it’s clear they’re unbearable.”
“Adolf Hitler, on a two-day pass from Hell, shows up next. The play is a work in progress.”
Elon Musk and Friends in the Den of Oakland’s Literary Lion
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Now Playing: “Send Help”. I love Dylan O’Brien, and he’s perfect in this. I have to wonder, though: after Rachel McAdams was hired, did they even consider trying to get Ryan Gosling?
Now Playing: “The Other Bennet Sister” on BritBox. Ryan Sampson, who plays Mr. Collins, has a great career ahead of him. Every BBC casting director needs somebody in their contacts who can make David Mitchell look suave.
I feel as if I’ve seen enough of Ken Russell’s “The Devils”. The version I’ve seen twice runs about an hour and 40 minutes. That feels like a full meal to me. I’m not going to die feeling unfulfilled because I never got to see Vanessa Redgrave boxing the Jesuit with Oliver Reed’s charred femur.
“He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?”
The morning headline on one of the thousands of email newsletters sitting in my inbox reads, “The Free Press Was Never Supposed to Sit Quietly Beside Power.” This confused the bejesus out of me until I read the first paragraph and realized it was referring to the free press, not The Free Press.
I for one think it’s adorable that Kash Patel thinks he can be defamed.
I spent some pleasurable time contemplating a gallery of pictures of Gillian Anderson. Then I saw that whoever curated these images had grouped them together under the heading, “Gillian Anderson, side profiles.” I plan to spend the day sitting in this chair, wondering if there is any other kind.
Here’s hoping Roberts kidnapped her cat or something.
Justice Sotomayor Apologizes for Highly Personal Criticism of Justice Kavanaugh
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Now Playing: MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES. It’s just mid-April, but so far, the funniest non-JD-Vance-humiliation-related thing I’ve seen on TV this year is this baby’s facial expression upon learning that his grandfather is Nick Offerman.
