Candice Frederick
@candicefrederick.bsky.social
Culture Journalist for hire | Formerly: Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost | Other Bylines: The Daily Beast, Time, New York Times, Bloomberg, ELLE and Harper's Bazaar | [email protected] | candicefrederick.contently.com
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The Future Of 'Sesame Street' Hangs In The Balance. Its Core Audience Might Not Care.
The news that Max has ended its partnership with the iconic series raises questions about whether the show really abandoned its mission years ago.
www.huffpost.com
As I am back on the job hunt (and, in the meantime, the freelance work hunt), I'm dropping a thread of some of my proudest work here for consideration. Contact info and journalism portfolio are both linked in my bio. www.huffpost.com/entry/future...
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As if! 'Clueless,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Inception’ among 25 movies entering National Film Registry
As if! 'Clueless,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Inception’ among 25 movies entering National Film Registry
As if! 'Clueless,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Inception’ among 25 movies entering National Film Registry
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 AM
As if! 'Clueless,’ ‘The Karate Kid,’ ‘Inception’ among 25 movies entering National Film Registry
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The head of music company Gamma met with Jewish and Black employees before signing Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West. The rapper's album “Bully” will be released in March.
The Makings of a Kanye West Apology: An All-Staff Meeting and a 7-Figure Record Deal
The head of music company Gamma met with Jewish and Black employees before signing the rapper.
on.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
The head of music company Gamma met with Jewish and Black employees before signing Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West. The rapper's album “Bully” will be released in March.
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Diane Lane Joins Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST Movie
Diane Lane Joins Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST Movie
The next chapter of The Exorcist is coming together, and it just landed a seriously cool addition. Diane Lane has officially joined the cast of The Exorcist , the upcoming reboot being written and directed...
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Diane Lane Joins Mike Flanagan’s THE EXORCIST Movie
deadline.com/2026/01/odes...
Odessa A’zion Exits A24’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Movie Adaptation After Casting Backlash: “I Hadn’t Read The Book”
Odessa A’zion Exits A24’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Movie Adaptation After Casting Backlash: “I Hadn’t Read The Book”
Odessa A’zion Exits A24’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Movie Adaptation After Casting Backlash: “I Hadn’t Read The Book”
Deep Cuts is an adaptation of Holly Brickley’s 2021 novel of the same name.
deadline.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 PM
deadline.com/2026/01/odes...
Odessa A’zion Exits A24’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Movie Adaptation After Casting Backlash: “I Hadn’t Read The Book”
Odessa A’zion Exits A24’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Movie Adaptation After Casting Backlash: “I Hadn’t Read The Book”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Nate Ruess set the pop music world on fire. Then he walked away.
Nate Ruess set the pop music world on fire. Then he walked away.
Nate Ruess set the pop music world on fire. Then he walked away.
In the 2010s, Ruess wrote megahits like “We Are Young.” More than a decade later, the erstwhile fun. front man is returning to the spotlight with the Format.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Nate Ruess set the pop music world on fire. Then he walked away.
Nate Ruess set the pop music world on fire. Then he walked away.
I screened Josephine today on the Sundance Film Festival virtual platform
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I screened Josephine today on the Sundance Film Festival virtual platform
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Reposted by Candice Frederick
Marc Anthony and Nadia Ferreira toast three years of marriage with some baby news
Marc Anthony and Nadia Ferreira toast three years of marriage with some baby news
Marc Anthony and Nadia Ferreira revealed in a joint Instagram post that they are expecting their second child together. The baby will be Grammy winner Anthony's eighth.
www.latimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Marc Anthony and Nadia Ferreira toast three years of marriage with some baby news
Release us, please.
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Release us, please.
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The Writers Guild of America was the first union to achieve protections from AI for workers. It took our screenwriter members a 148 day strike.
Since then, our journalist members are achieving AI language too. Go Slate Union ✊ @slateunion.bluesky.social
deadline.com/2026/01/slat...
Since then, our journalist members are achieving AI language too. Go Slate Union ✊ @slateunion.bluesky.social
deadline.com/2026/01/slat...
Slate Editorial Staff Ratifies New Contract With WGA East That Establishes Bargaining Unit’s First AI Protections
The editorial staff at Slate Media has established AI protections in its union contract via the WGA East for the first time
deadline.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The Writers Guild of America was the first union to achieve protections from AI for workers. It took our screenwriter members a 148 day strike.
Since then, our journalist members are achieving AI language too. Go Slate Union ✊ @slateunion.bluesky.social
deadline.com/2026/01/slat...
Since then, our journalist members are achieving AI language too. Go Slate Union ✊ @slateunion.bluesky.social
deadline.com/2026/01/slat...
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Making 👏 art 👏 is 👏 a 👏 job
It pisses me off so much that a lot of people think that acting or anything art related isn’t a realistic career choice, like what the fuck are you talking about??? how else do you think movies get made??
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Making 👏 art 👏 is 👏 a 👏 job
This is how way too horror film press releases are worded. And it does always come off like this.
A thing that often makes me see red is execs saying "but we're doing an elevated version of [x]." What if you... just did x? When an exec says "elevated version of" you can be pretty sure they mean "I think this is trash so we're trying to not do the thing you want but make you think we're doing it"
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This is how way too horror film press releases are worded. And it does always come off like this.
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Hey it's me. In the New York Times. Saying I won't work with Amazon Studios anymore. It's not that they made a laudatory doc about the First Lady to our wannabe dictator (tho that's gross).
It's that they gave her editorial control.
And millions of dollars. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...
It's that they gave her editorial control.
And millions of dollars. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...
Amazon’s Promotion of ‘Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Hey it's me. In the New York Times. Saying I won't work with Amazon Studios anymore. It's not that they made a laudatory doc about the First Lady to our wannabe dictator (tho that's gross).
It's that they gave her editorial control.
And millions of dollars. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...
It's that they gave her editorial control.
And millions of dollars. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...
Broadway’s New Musicals Keep Losing Money. Except This One.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
deadline.com/2026/01/ana-...
Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson’s AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller ‘Sweat’ Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit
Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson’s AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller ‘Sweat’ Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit
Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson’s AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller ‘Sweat’ Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit
Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson's AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller 'Sweat' Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit
deadline.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
deadline.com/2026/01/ana-...
Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson’s AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller ‘Sweat’ Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit
Ana De Armas To Star As Fitness Influencer In J Blakeson’s AGC Studio-Backed Psychological Thriller ‘Sweat’ Based On Polish Cannes-Selected Hit
gothamist.com/news/jfk-to-...
JFK to Midtown for only $800: NYC taxi hustlers running wild at airport terminals
JFK to Midtown for only $800: NYC taxi hustlers running wild at airport terminals
JFK to Midtown for only $800: NYC taxi hustlers running wild at airport terminals
It's a classic New York City scam that gives tourists a cold, expensive welcome to the Big Apple.
gothamist.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
gothamist.com/news/jfk-to-...
JFK to Midtown for only $800: NYC taxi hustlers running wild at airport terminals
JFK to Midtown for only $800: NYC taxi hustlers running wild at airport terminals
deadline.com/2026/01/juli...
Julia Garner Joins Charlize Theron In Thriller ‘Tyrant’ From Director David Weil And Amazon MGM Studios
Julia Garner Joins Charlize Theron In Thriller ‘Tyrant’ From Director David Weil And Amazon MGM Studios
Julia Garner Joins Charlize Theron In Thriller ‘Tyrant’ From Director David Weil And Amazon MGM Studios
Julia Garner is set to co-star opposite Charlize Theron in the Amazon MGM Studios pic 'Tyrant' from writer-director David Weil.
deadline.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 PM
deadline.com/2026/01/juli...
Julia Garner Joins Charlize Theron In Thriller ‘Tyrant’ From Director David Weil And Amazon MGM Studios
Julia Garner Joins Charlize Theron In Thriller ‘Tyrant’ From Director David Weil And Amazon MGM Studios
‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ Review: Harlem Renaissance Doc May Be the Most Thrilling Party of the Year www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ Review: Harlem Renaissance Doc May Be the Most Thrilling Party of the Year
The documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem uses footage captured from 1972, as Black American greats recount their stories.
www.thewrap.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ Review: Harlem Renaissance Doc May Be the Most Thrilling Party of the Year www.thewrap.com/creative-con...
Kanye West Said Sorry. Does He Mean It This Time? variety.com/2026/music/o...
Kanye West Said Sorry. Does He Mean It This Time?
Kanye West's apology for years of antisemitic behavior can be seen as an attempt to make amends — and a convenient promotional tool for his album.
variety.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Kanye West Said Sorry. Does He Mean It This Time? variety.com/2026/music/o...
Hearst Union Delivers Strike Pledge Ahead of Contract Expiration www.thewrap.com/industry-new...
Hearst Union Delivers Strike Pledge Ahead of Contract Expiration
The Hearst Union delivered a pledge to management that threatened a strike should the two parties not agree to a new contract ahead of its expiration date on Saturday.
www.thewrap.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Hearst Union Delivers Strike Pledge Ahead of Contract Expiration www.thewrap.com/industry-new...
Latino Characters Make Up Only 6% of Broadcast TV Roles, USC Study Finds: ‘It’s Symbolic Annihilation’ | Exclusive www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
Latino Characters Make Up Only 6% of Broadcast TV Roles, USC Study Finds: ‘It’s Symbolic Annihilation’ | Exclusive
Among all 69 Latino characters in the sample, more than 25% were portrayed as criminals on screen, according to the USC Norman Lear Center
www.thewrap.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Latino Characters Make Up Only 6% of Broadcast TV Roles, USC Study Finds: ‘It’s Symbolic Annihilation’ | Exclusive www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
The Isley Brothers Reflect on Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix and Their Path to the Walk of Fame variety.com/2026/music/e...
The Isley Brothers Reflect on Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix and Their Path to the Walk of Fame
The Isley Brothers Reflect on Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix and Their Path to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
variety.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The Isley Brothers Reflect on Beyoncé, Jimi Hendrix and Their Path to the Walk of Fame variety.com/2026/music/e...