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TFW you want to find out why a known actor had a non-speaking role but you know researching will lead to spoilers about other plot lines

Yeah, there’s so much going on, it’s not missed at all. I think there are a few other times it was diegetic as well, or characters singing and humming.

I hadn’t even noticed there wasn’t a score! That’s crazy. There’s so much life in the sound design.

Now that Timothy Chalamet has brought opera into the national conversation, if you haven't been to one before, it's fun! The LA Opera is great because you can dress up, but also go casually if you want. Also you can get tickets around the $40-50 range.

I was catching up on The Pitt today and marveling at their sound design. The choreography of the blocking is heightened by how the sound changes from room to room and it’s so seamless.

So their CAS Award tonight is not surprising, but so well deserved!

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Think of it as crowdfunding for the future of Hollywood.

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At @lowkeymoxie.bsky.social, we have a slate of shows ready to go, creating hundreds of jobs and opportunities for new writers to break in, and seasoned writers to have more freedom to tell their stories.

But we need your help.

First, like and share this thread. Help the BlueSky algorithm find us.

Because thousands of people aren’t losing their jobs because the world only wants to watch reels.

Storytelling is one of the most powerful forces in the world. It can even combat fear.

If you believe this, but feel powerless to do anything about television’s demise, now you can take action.

As we watch our industry become a monopoly, supported by a kleptocracy, people are rightfully wondering what we can do to stop it.

One solution is something I’ve been working on for the past 8 years.

At first it felt hyperbolic to say we’re going to save Hollywood. But now I’m starting to believe.

So excited for y'all to see this!

When this ICE shit started, a mutual I’d never met asked how to help. I sent him to a friend’s kid’s preschool that was struggling to find patrollers. He’s been there almost daily, even in brutal cold, at a school where he didn’t know anyone, to keep folks safe. We finally met and got beers tonight.

By the way, if you're in TV or film, have pitched Warner or Paramount or really any studio, & believe that the Warner-Paramount deal will harm your ability to work or diminish your pay, go to this website and share your story. That's the evidence needed for a state AG case:
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No matter what happens, the sale of WBD will be a blow to traditional media and the Hollywood machine as we know it.

Fortunately, we’re ready to decentralize and take our skills indie.

Who’s with us?

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Southern California stealing all the heat in the country sounds like the premise for an animated film, yet here we are.

I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

As crazy as the world is right now, you can look back and see pretty clearly how we got here.

And then there are some things that I never would have imagined.

Like Harrison Ford making me cry every week. #Shrinking

PSA: If you’re going to have someone hit your car, don’t do it on a Friday afternoon, or you’ll be trapped at home all weekend until the adjuster is available during business hours…

Has anyone had experience getting reimbursed for a rental by their auto insurance company?

This is my MO when replying to people on the wrong side of history on the internet. I know I’m not going to change my mind. But I might make someone think twice about their trash take they presented as fact.

I just watched a woman walk with her hand outstretched behind her for her daughter who kept dawdling further and further away from her.

It was like watching a Jedi who didn’t realize their powers were fading.

Is it too late for a Native American pop artist to blow up so they can play the Super Bowl next year?

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 love sharing my plans for @lowkeymoxie.bsky.social because I see hope in people who’ve nearly lost all of it.

We still have a little ways to go to bring you the first show, but the more I plan, the more confident I am that this is the positive change our industry needs. #scriptsky #supportartists

Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

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“But I can’t help myself!! So it must be okay.” - PU mantra

There’s only one type of person who thinks this way.

More proof things are going to be different this year:

I’ve been traveling for work for 5 years, and this is the first time I haven’t finished packing 15 minutes after I was supposed to leave.

In fact, I don’t even leave for another 8 hours! What is this strange new world?

I was doing my daily scroll of Instagram and Facebook when I remembered a video my friend posted about how it’s hypocritical to honor the blackout with my spending but stay on social media, where they earn a ton just from me scrolling past ads.

So today it’s all hey, BlueSky, hey.

This is terrible. It is also an opportunity for certain journalists to finally speak up with a *fraction* of the courage the people of Minneapolis have shown. It is also instructive that Lemon is Black. Woe/pox etc upon white journalists who don’t freak out about this.