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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 1h

It's so funny watching certain corners of the IWTV fandom be ageist about Daniel/Armand when Assad Zaman has been bellowing from the rooftops for years that he is dying to get his hands on that old man.

Starry⭐ @madeofstarz.bsky.social · 10h

#tvl #lestat #assadzaman
"Daddy to Daniel" and they both laugh and Eric Bogosian blushes when Assad says he likes that 😂

Laughing Assad Zaman about being called Daddy to Daniel

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 16h

Me and a friend once co-wrote a romance novel and published it under a pseudonym (and a photo of my sister.) We made about £250 each off it but I wouldn't say the book was our greatest work.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 16h

For The AV Club, I wrote about how the film industry's response to #MeToo evolved from searing and optimistic to a mealy-mouthed return to the status quo.

www.avclub.com/me-too-cinem...

After a decade of change, #MeToo cinema is being shown the door

After The Hunt encapsulates a political shift away from the MeToo era of cinema that the film world was all too happy to take.

www.avclub.com

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 1d

They banned A Clockwork Orange, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Wicked, Crank and many more because free minds scare them.

So read louder.
Share harder.

Pass the stories they’re desperate to erase.
Rebellion starts on the page.
#BannedBooksWeek

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 1d

At the very least, surely this stunt is legally iffy? The branding looks a lot like some very popular protein bars so you just know some lawyers are being called.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 1d

Everything this dude says or does just confirms my suspicion that he's got seriously disordered eating but can't separate it from his brand. He said he "relapsed" from sugar by eating a Jaffa Cake!

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 1d

Really great write-up right here and something that actually makes me wanna check out Eddington. #FilmSky 📽️

Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 9d

Southland Tales might be the most 2007 film ever, but it's also horribly prescient of our current brainrot times.

I wrote about the film for Crooked Marquee.

crookedmarquee.com/southland-ta...

Southland Tales Is the Most 2007 Movie Ever Made

In Richard Kelly's notorious flop, the fevered landscape of post-9/11 America gets the ambitious and aggravating portrait it deserves.

crookedmarquee.com

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 1d

My friend literally wrote the book on John Boorman so I made this for him during lockdown.

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 2d

And THIS is why every person involved in either harry potter films, tv, games or other are chosing to actively be a part in the attack on trans people

Shes openly saying her intentions are to ensure a win for the bigots against scottish government

Screenshot of a post from twitter

@jk_rowling
"SNP ministers have failed to pay their £250k bill, six months after the Supreme Court ruling. The rumour is that they’re trying to stop ⁦
@ForWomenScot
⁩ taking further action against the government, but that plan has a rather large flaw. Me."
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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 2d

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves is stunning, and so much better than her divorce album.

Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 2d

It's a given in the music industry that "I've fallen in love!" albums are usually regrettable, and "I've gotten a divorce!" ones often have some of the artist's best work. So question for the group, what are the best "I've fallen in love!" albums?

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 2d

Stop obsessing over Spotify streams or box office numbers. Stop turning your pop culture favourites into an endless competition and numbers show.

I wrote about the irritating gameification of pop culture and fandom.

Pajiba @handle.invalid · 2d

Fandom’s Obsession With Winning Has Made Pop Culture Boring

In the weeks preceding the release of One Battle After Another, the latest film by director Paul Thomas Anderson, the entertainment press headlines were full of speculation over its financial future. How would this big, expensive, and apparently niche film... Read more...

www.pajiba.com

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 4d

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3d

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 3d

Surely it's Jaws, although Ghostbusters evolving into the most maudlin nostalgia fetish of the decade us up there.

Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 3d

Food for thought: What is the worst franchise made from the best movie?

15 Great Movies That Were Ruined By Becoming Franchises

These classic films should never have gotten sequels.

screencrush.com

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 3d

Today in Chinese class, we had to translate the Soft Kitty song from The Big Bang Theory into Mandarin.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

Great film. It's my Bluesky profile banner for a reason.

Music Box Films @musicboxfilms.com · 4d

Can't wait until 2026 to see PILLION? We have "Harry Melling in a homoerotic biker gang dom-com" at home with PLEASE BABY PLEASE, on Prime Video and other streaming platforms.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

Got a new crossword puzzle book.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

Looking for some Phantom of the Opera romance retellings? I've got you covered.

www.littlestack.com/blog/the-pha...

Romantic Retellings of The Phantom of the Opera

Find your own angel of music with these sweet, sexy, and highly romantic retellings of the iconic novel.

www.littlestack.com

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

I would have joined their ranks!

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

He also spent most of the early years of his career being marketed as an absolute smoke show.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

He's going to make that whole thing look like a perfume ad.

Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 4d

With the Menendez brothers season of Monsters, I argued that Ryan Murphy's true crime problem has gotten worse. The Ed Gein season may have somehow sunk even lower than that. @thewrap.com

www.thewrap.com/monsters-rya...

Ryan Murphy’s True Crime Problem Is Getting Worse | Commentary

With Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" and "American Crime Story," Ryan Murphy's new true crime shows are exploitative.

www.thewrap.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d

i could write a tome about how fucking embarrassing it is for journalism that someone as morally bankrupt as bari weiss has ascended to the highest levels of money and power by tickling trump's balls but instead i'm going to keep covering the people hurt most by his terror and giving them a voice.

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 5d

Me at one tense point during ice hockey tonight: "You men are trying my patience!"

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Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 5d

In 2008, Hannah Montana was a mega-hit for Disney that introduced to the world a young talent named Miley Cyrus. Vanity Fair covered the story but it was a highly controversial photo that grabbed the headlines.

I wrote about it for the Gossip Reading Club!

open.substack.com/pub/gossipre...

Issue 29: Growing Up Miley Cyrus

The once and future Hannah Montana was ready for mainstream stardom (and a very controversial photoshoot.)

open.substack.com

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