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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 21h

“The two greatest crime dramas of all time and two of the greatest romantic comedies of all time, in a single decade, all of which have Keaton at their center.” Lovely Diane Keaton tribute from @sonnybunch.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/diane-keat...

Diane Keaton, 1946–2025

The leading lady of the 1970s.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 1d

Awful news. One of the greatest. people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 1d

I am not a Bigelow government process movie hater. I watch Zero Dark Thirty every May 2 to commemorate her brilliant filmmaking.

Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 1d

Count me among the dissenters on A House of Dynamite, a wannabe geopolitical thriller that’s so leaden by name-checking IRL weapons systems and military installations, there’s barely any time left for character and story. Looks nice for a Netflix movie though! boxd.it/bktYMZ

A ★★ review of A House of Dynamite (2025)

This is a five-start masterpiece if you believe movies about global crises should be oversaturated with name-checks of real-world government systems and military protocols and almost devoid of, you kn...

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 1d

honestly this post is more exciting than the movie

NPR @npr.org · 2d

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. n.pr/48przga

Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 1d

read to the end for a guy showing his whole ass

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 1d

dude needs another milkshake

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 2d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 2d

entirely nonpartisan observation that this is just not very good television at all

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 2d

Beat memos are great if you’re starting a news job and want to define your goals, or if you’re leaving a job and giving tips/guidelines/advice to your successor. As a news manager I’ve asked for memos and written memos. It’s a perfectly reasonable task—when it’s not meant to be used against you.

Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 2d

Of course reporters and editors should be held to account frequently and be able to describe their beats as specifically as possible, but Bari’s off to a great start at working in yet another newsroom where nobody likes her.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been in news organizations (smaller, more local) where a new editor comes in and demands everyone write them a memo defending their job. It winds up pissing off about half the office, while the new editor still looks for reasons to make enemies of the other half.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the full memo.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 3d

George Soros has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 3d

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 3d

inevitably it was gonna be about the Jews

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 3d

*stephen a smith voice*: Hamnet is a beautifully shot film and a heart-wrenching story that will test your emotions

*skip bayless nods*

Jessie Buckley is undeniable Paul Mescal as hot sad Shakespeare will make all the ladies—and maybe some of the fellas—cry.

*skip nods again*

HOWEVER…

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 3d

Watch the official trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal ✨

In theaters November 27 via @focusfeatures.bsky.social

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 3d

Was completely on purpose

Ghoulian Singleton 🎃 @juliansingleton.bsky.social · 4d

Threw on the new Criterion of NIGHTMARE ALLEY 2021 and forgot that the reappearance of Richard Jenkins and Mary Steenburgen makes this the Catalina Wine Mixer of Guillermo Del Toro's oeuvre.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 3d

Making children listen to Lee Greenwood should get you arrested

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 3d

fellas is it woke to have an active and robust federal cyber and critical infrastructure security apparatus?

apparently it might be.

banger @patrickhowelloneill.com story on CISA being hollowed out by, RIFs, ICE reassignments, the shutdown, and grinding that 2020 axe go.bsky.app/redirect?u=h...

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 3d

and Oscar

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 3d

just saw. I’m copying this one

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 4d

this is also as nakedly insulting to audiences (“consumers do not care”) as it is to creatives.

If a first principle of your business model is that all audiovisual output can be flattened into “content,” then get the fuck out of the cinema and just be a slop factory!

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 4d

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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Robert King @robertking.bsky.social · 4d

For what it’s worth:

Speaking as a showrunner with two writers rooms going on now, this article from Ankler is insane. I don’t know who the insider is, but the reporter should call bullshit. This is a GPT press release.

The Ankler @theankler.com · 4d

The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 4d

mister war secretary, sir, I would like to report some fat soldiers violating your “smooth muscle boys only” policy. some real chonkers in fatigues, sir.

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Benjamin Freed @brfreed.bsky.social · 4d

Politico: Democrats’ risky argument against Republicans jailing them
Axios: 1 Big Thing: Why voters love Trump’s jail threats
Punchbowl: How jailing Pritzker helps Mike Johnson

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