Jeremy Smith
@mrbeaks.bsky.social
Freelance entertainment journalist. Going through it. I've been to Prague.
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5 Essential Catherine O'Hara Movies And TV Shows Everyone Should Watch At Least Once - SlashFilm
The late, great, Catherine O'Hara was a scene-stealer in every single one of her roles, but here are five must-watch movies and TV shows.
www.slashfilm.com
Tbh, I could've written 1,000 words on Margaret Meehan alone.
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RIP Tom Noonan, a friend for 18 years. Often typecast as villains, he was an actor's actor, a unique playwright & filmmaker, a gifted composer, and a pianist with a sweet voice. My kids & I used to go to his tiny apartment for dinner (pizza). We'd have a few drinks & he'd start to play. Magic.
February 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
RIP Tom Noonan, a friend for 18 years. Often typecast as villains, he was an actor's actor, a unique playwright & filmmaker, a gifted composer, and a pianist with a sweet voice. My kids & I used to go to his tiny apartment for dinner (pizza). We'd have a few drinks & he'd start to play. Magic.
Tom Noonan's WHAT HAPPENED WAS... is an exemplary piece of East Coast indie filmmaking. He was such a thrillingly smart actor/filmmaker. And then there's this.
Strong As I Am (From "Manhunter" Soundtrack)
YouTube video by The Prime Movers - Topic
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February 18, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Tom Noonan's WHAT HAPPENED WAS... is an exemplary piece of East Coast indie filmmaking. He was such a thrillingly smart actor/filmmaker. And then there's this.
Total coin flip as to which of my full-blown fascist parents are more turned on by this pathetic spectacle.
February 18, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Total coin flip as to which of my full-blown fascist parents are more turned on by this pathetic spectacle.
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I wrote about Frederick Wiseman, for whom most superlatives don't go far enough, and the most important thing he did that wasn't making movies.
America Just Lost Another of Its Great Institutions. This One Was a Filmmaker.
Frederick Wiseman leaves behind a body of work as massive as all the institutions he chronicled.
slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I wrote about Frederick Wiseman, for whom most superlatives don't go far enough, and the most important thing he did that wasn't making movies.
Tarantino's trollin', and I ain't taking that bait. Take it to the stage, motherfucker.
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Tarantino's trollin', and I ain't taking that bait. Take it to the stage, motherfucker.
"But you needed a drink first. And now you had your drink."
February 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
"But you needed a drink first. And now you had your drink."
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The impact of Frederick Wiseman on nonfiction filmmaking was seismic beyond measure and beyond compare. Like how do you even begin to consider his influence on documentary technique or his decades of insight into how institutions (and artistic spaces) operate? What a treasure. R.I.P.
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The impact of Frederick Wiseman on nonfiction filmmaking was seismic beyond measure and beyond compare. Like how do you even begin to consider his influence on documentary technique or his decades of insight into how institutions (and artistic spaces) operate? What a treasure. R.I.P.
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ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
I once threw April Wine's touring bassist down a flight of stairs at a Wapakoneta Days Inn.
What is YOUR most mundane celebrity encounter?
Belle and Sebastian asked me to hold the elevator for them at a Holiday Inn in Paris, after a gig...
Belle and Sebastian asked me to hold the elevator for them at a Holiday Inn in Paris, after a gig...
February 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I once threw April Wine's touring bassist down a flight of stairs at a Wapakoneta Days Inn.
Pretty sure I watched BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA eight times in one day.
Name a film you've seen 8 times
February 14, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Pretty sure I watched BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA eight times in one day.
Help out Reg if you can. A fine actor and a beautiful soul.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Help out Reg if you can. A fine actor and a beautiful soul.
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Mel Farr Superstar
That is what you are
Coming from afar
Selling lots of cars
That is what you are
Coming from afar
Selling lots of cars
May 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Mel Farr Superstar
That is what you are
Coming from afar
Selling lots of cars
That is what you are
Coming from afar
Selling lots of cars
Epstein Didn't Kill Himself.
“Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department's records on Epstein, the agency ran into a problem: it had already destroyed its master copy of surveillance video from Epstein's final hours in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
Newly released documents show the FBI's scramble to explain last year why it released a screen recording with a missing minute from the night Jeffrey Epstein died, instead of the original footage.
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Epstein Didn't Kill Himself.
Interviewed Rhett Reese, and his writing partner Paul Wernick, for DEADPOOL. Good dudes. Fan of the movie and their writing. Exuberant stuff. I hate that Reese would rather throw in the towel on AI than throw haymakers to defend his colleagues and profession. Screaming into the void at this point.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Interviewed Rhett Reese, and his writing partner Paul Wernick, for DEADPOOL. Good dudes. Fan of the movie and their writing. Exuberant stuff. I hate that Reese would rather throw in the towel on AI than throw haymakers to defend his colleagues and profession. Screaming into the void at this point.
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
Goddamnit, John C. Reilly.
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Goddamnit, John C. Reilly.
Truly. As a white Midwesterner, I was so fortunate to live in communities like this. My neighbors stayed up late, but it never bothered me. It was ambient joy. The music, the chatter, the laughter... it was all a lullaby.
I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Truly. As a white Midwesterner, I was so fortunate to live in communities like this. My neighbors stayed up late, but it never bothered me. It was ambient joy. The music, the chatter, the laughter... it was all a lullaby.
Prince is still the SB GOAT, but that was an exhilarating performance. Sent me back to South 4th and Bedford in 1999. Vibrant, transporting and I always felt welcome. That's the best of us.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Prince is still the SB GOAT, but that was an exhilarating performance. Sent me back to South 4th and Bedford in 1999. Vibrant, transporting and I always felt welcome. That's the best of us.
The Patriots have a Spillane on the field. Perhaps we'll finally get resolution on Miller Lite's "The Case of the Missing Case."
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The Patriots have a Spillane on the field. Perhaps we'll finally get resolution on Miller Lite's "The Case of the Missing Case."
LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR poster on Melrose! (I still have no idea what to make of this movie.)
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR poster on Melrose! (I still have no idea what to make of this movie.)
Bad Bunny gonna bring out The Tubes and The Residents tonight.
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Bad Bunny gonna bring out The Tubes and The Residents tonight.
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Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me