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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 3d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 2d

I don't always reply to the pitches I receive from publicists (because I have a job that I do and if I did, I would never get to do my job). But here is a tip for aspiring publicists: Critics do not "write a Rotten Tomatoes review." No critics do this.

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe my favorite thing I've done for my book Nora Ephron at the Movies is this shoot + interview with NJ Monthly. I love an excuse to talk about my home state, Nora, rom-coms and my old Jersey haunts. In the latest print issue! njmonthly.com/articles/art...

Ilana Kaplan’s ‘Nora Ephron at the Movies’ Is a Love Letter to Rom-Com Royalty

Ilana Kaplan wrote the first illustrated monograph on the late filmmaker behind "When Harry Met Sally," "You’ve Got Mail" and "Sleepless in Seattle."

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17d

Bad Bunny “is probably the most important musician in the world right now—the person future generations will point to when they talk about what the early 2020s sounded like,” Kelefa Sanneh writes.

Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming

The Latin-trap performer is probably the most important pop musician of our time. Key to his success is that the bigger he gets, the more local he seems.

www.newyorker.com

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Jason Diamond @jasondiamond.bsky.social · 17d

Been in Los Angeles less than 24 hours and six people have asked if I’ve seen One Battle After Another and my response is “I’m on book tour. My life is one battle after another.”

Anyways. I’m talking with my king of LA @specktor.bsky.social, at Skylight tonight. I’m so psyched.

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · 22d

I profiled the very funny Sarah McLachlan for a print feature on the Lilith Fair documentary, her new album Better Broken & the impact of that infamous ASPCA commercial

Sarah McLachlan Looks Back on Lilith Fair's Legacy and the Sexism She Confronted: 'Why Do You Hate Men?' (Exclusive)

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Sarah McLachlan looks back on Lilith Fair's legacy and the sexism she confronted. The documentary 'Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery - The Untold Story' is out on ...

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · Sep 8

9/8/2000: Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous
Kate Hudson outstanding, PS Hoffman soars: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldpP...
More:
@scotttobias.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2020/se...
@hiattb.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
@lanikaps.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/m...

'Almost Famous' Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs

YouTube video by Geeks of Doom

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Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org · Sep 8

“…has proven itself to be the greatest dance movie of our generation.” @lanikaps.bsky.social

CENTER STAGE plays tomorrow at 7pm at Here-After presented by us!

grandillusioncinema.org/film/center-...

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Aug 19

ty!

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · Aug 19

New from @iamleslierangel.bsky.social and me:

Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Then four enraged women — many of them mothers — refused to leave her side overnight. The slept in jail; are banned from Capitol grounds for a year.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/19/h...

‘Women Have Always Been on the Front Lines.’ How Five Women at the Texas Capitol Stood Up to ‘Fascism.’

Rep. Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat, spent the night held hostage in the Texas House. Four enraged women refused to leave her side.

thebarbedwire.com

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Aug 17

Real talk (reel talk?):

BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.

Subscribe - Bright Wall/Dark Room

Subscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 135+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl...

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Aug 19

some news i never announced because i was constantly promo-ing my book the past year: i'm a music editor
at PEOPLE Magazine & today is an anniversary of sorts !!

if any publicists have any big or small ideas for print/digital get at me - [email protected]

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · Aug 14

The cover of the summer issue of @lilithmagazine.bsky.social by Jenny Kroik is gorgeous! (my review of @lanikaps.bsky.social’s book on Nora Ephron is in this issue—will share when it’s online)

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Aug 19

thank you so much helene!

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · Aug 18

My review of @lanikaps.bsky.social’s book on Nora Ephron is now online over at @lilithmagazine.bsky.social

lilith.org/articles/all...

All Things Nora Ephron

Ilana Kaplan, author of Nora Ephron at the Movies (Abrams, 2024, $46.50), never met the legendary writer and director of classic romantic comedies “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” an…

lilith.org

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Jul 27

with the new ikwydls movie out i revisited my interview with jennifer love hewitt from 2021 for @vulture.com where we talked about the 20th anniversary of heartbreakers but also the objectification of her body during that time which is unfortunately still relevant

Jennifer Love Hewitt Answers Every Question We Have About Heartbreakers

On being attached to Ray Liotta’s crotch, the media’s obsession with her body, and the possibility of a sequel.

www.vulture.com

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Jul 6

One thing you can do Right Now is be extremely vocal when you have librarians stocking inclusive collections. Call and tell them how happy you are, show up to board meetings. Bc the other side is *always* complaining and doing it in an organized way.

also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · Jul 7

Em dashes are like 80% of my personality and the other 20% is hot sauce

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Jul 3

i'm so angry and sad. so many people are devoid of empathy rn and if you have kids, I really hope you're teaching them to care about other people

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Caroline Renard @carolinerenard.bsky.social · Jul 3

You’re never going to be a millionaire or billionaire, so why do people keep voting as if they’ll ever be part of the one percent? They’ll never feel a raise in their taxes. But you will feel the loss of Medicare, SS, cost of living, literally everything! You will feel it.

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Jun 30

Had a blast talking to @jasondashbailey.com and @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social about Sixteen Candles, Molly Ringwald and its problematic legacy on the Guide for the Film Fanatic podcast — as well as my book Nora Ephron at the Movies. Listen here! pod.link/1274489817/e...

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · Jun 29

NEW EPISODE of GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC is live! The delightful @lanikaps.bsky.social joins us to discuss John Hughes’s “Sixteen Candles” — and her wonderful book “Nora Ephron at the Movies”: pod.link/1274489817/e...

One Heat Minute Productions

ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS began with film journalist Blake Howard examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT chronologically, in 60-second increments, in the aptly titled

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · Jun 27

My new standup special Positive Reinforcement premieres TONIGHT at 8pm eastern time on Blonde Medicine’s YouTube channel. I’m really proud of this hour and grateful to all the people who helped make the special happen.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvN...

Positive Reinforcement cover art!!! I’m wearing a cardigan with another cardigan draped over my shoulders. My name and the title are kind of styled like the Big Lebowski opening titles!

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Jun 28

clearblue really hit my younger self hard. lorde really made an anthem for the girls who've taken pregnancy tests & experienced the crippling fear of losing your autonomy & the inexplicable liberation and relief when the result is negative

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ilana kaplan (buy my book nora ephron at the movies!) @lanikaps.bsky.social · Jun 17

you could be a bestselling author, writer, editor with a ton of success and clips and still be unemployed at this juncture bc media is in such trouble

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Jun 17

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

You absolutely can lie via data & math & everything about how you present data is an argument for how to interpret/understand it

Everything we know is founded on best guesses & analogies

All technoscience is enmeshed with human values

alison says reinstate Link! @alisonborealis.bsky.social · Jun 17

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

In general, it takes about 1000 years to form 1cm of new soil.

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