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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 1d

Just got a whole press release devoted to Taylor's mention of a show in a late-night interview. Enough! There are other people in the world.

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

criticism is not the same thing as "being mad at" for the love of all the things

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 2d

For spooky season, let's not forget the time when Hollywood Reporter released the found footage of Nic Pizzolatto trapped at the Blair Witch house.

True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto trapped in Blair Witch house.

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 3d

I absolutely despised Monster: The Ed Gein Story, but not as much as Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan hate their audience (and potentially themselves?)

'Monster: The Ed Gein Story' Hates It Audience Most of All

The true crime franchise's third season finds a new villain: the original true crime fan

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 4d

Having trouble letting go of my anger about my doctor going concierge. Seems like, on top of everything else that's galling about healthcare in this country, we're heading for a system where primary care covered by insurance is as much a mirage as therapy covered by insurance (also unacceptable btw)

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine being the person who found out about Paul Thomas Anderson from this video

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

“Woke Movie promotes VIOLENCE against
ICE”

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 9d

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 10d

Extremely good month for TV (and nothing else). You probably know about The Lowdown, Task, Wayward... but hear me out on Mussolini: Son of the Century, an expressionist take on the rise of original-recipe fascism that is both a remarkable work of art and a harrowing mirror of our reality

The Best New TV Shows of September 2025

From 'The Lowdown' to 'Wayward' to 'Mussolini: Son of the Century'

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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 10d

From May: Why Trump’s ‘100% Tariff’ Proposal for Foreign Films Doesn’t Make Sense
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Why Trump’s Foreign-Film Tariff Doesn’t Make Sense

Experts say the decline in domestic production is a real problem, but tariffs are an unworkable solution.

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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 10d

Trump just announced a 100% tariff on foreign movies—five months after he last announced he was going to do it and Hollywood freaked it and no one was ever able to pin down how a tariff on a film would even work. New post provides no further details.

Trump Truth Social post, May, 4, 2025:
Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!

Trump Truth Social post, Sept. 29, 2025: Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing “candy from a baby.” California, with its weak and incompetent Governor, has been particularly hard hit! Therefore, in order to solve this long time, never ending problem, I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 12d

Horrible news about Kaleb Horton. I didn't know him personally, but I read enough of his work to be certain he must've been a good person as well as one of the most insightful writers out there.

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 12d

Really! I would not have guessed that to look at them.

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 13d

Things are going so poorly in the US, British baking competitions feel emboldened to gaslight us about what flapjacks are

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, that's always been the case and I've kind of gotten used to it. But subtitles/CC that are 5+ seconds out of sync with the dialogue, in either direction, have rarely been a problem for me until now

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 13d

Ugh. Thanks, AI!

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 13d

Anyone else finding subtitles and closed captions egregiously out of sync with audio on Hulu? This has happened to me for two shows in a row

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 13d

Glen Powell is undeniable, but he shoulda left the sports-doofus lane to Adam Sandler. Terrible show.

Charmer Glen Powell's 'Chad Powers' Is Totally Obnoxious

Based on a viral Eli Manning stunt, the Hulu sports comedy casts its co-creator as two of TV's most annoying characters

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 13d

wow, RIP

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age."

She was 78.

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

www.whatimreading.net

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 13d

"I don't know if I just didn't explain it enough in the room."

It was literally the only thing he talked about in the room!

Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 14d

this explanation for bargatze's emmys bit is ... my mind honestly boggled

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Bargatze said the bit originated after CBS asked him to come up with a way to keep the acceptance speeches short. He said CBS was “very happy” with the idea, as was “everyone at home.” He acknowledged that many of the critics didn’t feel the same way. He also didn’t assume that he would be the one on the hook to donate the money.

“I wasn’t trying to overshadow any of their speeches,” Bargatze said. “I thought it was gonna be, I don’t know, Netflix donating, or Apple. The shows that won! It’s not like I expected that kid [Owen Cooper] to give money, which I covered for that kid. But I kind of thought that’s what would happen. In my head I pictured it as they could then go long, but then be a hero. So it was like a win-win. And then the night becomes about love and you’re giving to these kids that are there and all this kind of stuff. I don’t know if I just didn’t explain it enough in the room.”

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 14d

Good, they don't deserve this show anyway

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · 14d

Once I pointed out that the item requiring me to agree not to discuss the show with co-workers would prevent me from actually planning coverage and the publicist was like: "Don't worry about it, it's just a formality, you can do whatever you want." Maybe don't make me sign my soul away, then???

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14d

A very big Onion announcement:

The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.

It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.

It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.

Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.

The Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile title screen

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