Bradley Cooper in “The Righteous Gemstones” standing in front of a makeshift cross
“Righteous Gemstones” winning a WGA Award for Episodic Comedy (and specifically for the Season 4 premiere)… that’s the stuff.
The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.
A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.
Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.
Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.
Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...
Sad she had to speak out, glad she did. www.indiewire.com/criticism/sh...
Alanna Ubach gives one of the most masterful comedic performances on television in the TED TV show
Loved “Vladimir” the book, which made “Vladimir” the show a significant disappointment. And Rachel Weisz is… an impediment?! how? what? who am I 💀
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This August. Kyle Chandler. Back under the lights. 🏈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1jc...
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We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
"'The Comeback' Season 3 is about Valerie Cherish getting her own sitcom... written by A.I.!!!" is a thing I've been dying to shout about for months. March 22 can't get here fast enough. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rV...
I wouldn't encourage anyone to watch the new "Scrubs" if they weren't already planning on it, but the most interesting part is seeing J.D. — a TV trailblazer for sensitive men in a sea of tough guys — step into a world where he's not the outsider anymore. www.indiewire.com/criticism/sh...
I wouldn't encourage anyone to watch the new "Scrubs" if they weren't already planning on it, but the most interesting part is seeing J.D. — a TV trailblazer for sensitive men in a sea of tough guys — step into a world where he's not the outsider anymore. www.indiewire.com/criticism/sh...
NBC's latest attempt to make it 1997 again through science and magic is to settle for making it 2007 again with Tracy Morgan and "30 Rock" writers — which works out quite well! Funny show! www.indiewire.com/criticism/sh...
And now I am excited for "Rooster"!
Honestly couldn't believe it was in the release.
Um, yes? Absolutely? Let's pick up that pilot order right now? www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
that FACE!!
Not to mention the assumption those scores are real?
* Do you have an A24 tattoo?
* Have you spent $36 on hot dog finger gloves?
* Did you cancel plans in order to hit a Marty Supreme pop-up?
* Are you the actor Robert Pattinson?
if you said yes/otherwise identify as an A24 fan, i would like to talk to you! please email thea24book@gmail.com
thanks!
One the best to ever do it. RIP.
HBO’s “Neighbors” kinda works as a provocative snapshot of American division, but it doesn’t work as a comedy, character study, or anything productive. (And after a few episodes, boy was I in a foul mood.)
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Adult Swim's Primal has a novel approach to bringing a character back to life.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) dir: Werner Herzog
Spider-Noir (2026) dir: Harry Bradbeer
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You know the old saying: Catch *one* ICE employee in an underage sex trafficking sting, shame on you. Catch TWO ICE employees in an underage sex trafficking sting, shame on you again you fucking psycho collection of lunatic underage sex traffickers.
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
I wrote about this! Not the jackets (though, there is a hot tip in there about the vibrant Canadian reception, straight from a pal who is in the stadium), but the ceremony itself. More big heads, please. www.indiewire.com/criticism/sh...
Went on a lil rant about how increasingly annoyed I am by the early release of Super Bowl ads. Give me something to look forward to on Sunday! consequence.net/2026/02/supe...
One time when they knock and open the door at breakfast on The Traitors they should let in the pig in the Richard Nixon mask from I Think You Should Leave
