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Image of British actor, Matt Berry, a famous for playing a vampire on what we do in the shadows on television, announcing him as the upcoming Academy Awards telecast
Sinners is gonna take it I guess. π¦
TONIGHT: Jon Stewart hosts an all-new episode of The Daily Show with guest Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi
if you are in line for Michael B. Jordan to win the oscar stay in line!!
we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago
All-timer of a performance from one of my faves.
In film after film, Frederick Wiseman watched with preternatural patience as systems revealed themselves through the tenacious, irreducible vitality of the people inside them.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
I need this.
Hello, 911? Heβs back. Yeah, on his pony. Sticking feathers in his hat, calling it macaroni
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
bad bunny just won album of the year and his entire acceptance speech was in spanish so if you didn't understand it that's ok you weren't the intended audience
I'll straight up compare thee to a summer's day, idgaf
Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99?
The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...
"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdaniβs news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
Life tip: If you miss going to video libraries and borrowing videos or dvds, I'm delighted to tell you that *actual* libraries have dvds, *and* you can reserve films to borrow (whether they're new or old).
*Additionally* they have loads of films that aren't on streaming.
Oh, itβs just me weeping over the Carol Burnett spotlight in the season (series?) finale of the sublimely silly Palm Royale. She really did Something Good.
Books don't turn kids into someone else. Books show them they don't have to deny who they really are.
the whole point of being an american is eating food from every country on earth with people from that country and partying with them. that's the thing we're best at and it's fun as hell and i can't believe these dickheads are trying to fuck things up for us
They did it. Those bastards. They finally did it.
You cannot value the librarian code of ethics while also being pro-genAI. GenAI is a direct violation of our code of ethics.
Two conehead ice cream sundaes from Friendlyβs, in to go cups with whipped cream and upside down ice cream cone visible
After a non-Christmas (everyone sick but me!) we really made up for it yesterday - Conehead sundaes with my cousin and the annual kid-free friends group bash with hometown beloveds, some of whom Iβve been close with for 30+ years. Certain things are just agelessβ¦
Billy Joel listed 59 people in his single "we didnt start the fire." after Brigitte Bardot's Death, Only 3 Remain Alive.
Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
Sheeeeeeeit. Rest easy, legend.
A photo from a word scramble game show with the words reading "DRANCIS FORF COPPOLA"
This is from a word scramble gameshow where the host of this show gave plenty of clues and the contestant still got the answer wrong.
Sign reading WAS THE GRINK THERE? with a little plastic Santa Claus on top
in this house we cherish the holiday classics π
ββMy most daring idea is to refuse,β she said to applause.β
FYI, If your child falls into an enclosure we get to keep it.
a snippet of rob reiners filmography that includes stand by me, the princess bride, when harry met sally, misery, and a few good men
the category is RANGE
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.