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Michael Varrati @michaelvarrati.bsky.social · 20h

Dan Stevens' birthday is a great occasion to remind you that THE GUEST is primo Halloween season viewing. (As if you didn't already know)

Dan Stevens carving a pumpkin in a still from THE GUEST.

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 20h

First time I’ve purchased 3M Cool Flow Valve (Pro) respirators since before the pandemic. (I know. It’s not over.) These are the kind that were discouraged by public health experts, since they only protect you. They’re useful for when you must exert yourself in conditions of wildfire smoke.

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 20h

Gather worried mothers and fathers, and children of aging parents, for a town hall. Put a tiny chair on stage, labeled Speaker Johnson, to dramatize his evil and cowardice.

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 20h

You bought this lump of crap. Now shut up and take your Leto like a man.

Ryan McManus @ryantomorrow.bsky.social · 20h

Tesla pulls an Apple U2. electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners

Tesla has partnered with its recent foe, Disney, to promote its latest movie, Tron: Ares, with an in-car update that...

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 20h

We should all write letters, texts or emails to strangers, ordering them what to say, or not say, in interviews, performances, essays, monologues, monographs, books, wedding vows, reprimands, confessions, and especially, dinner party badinage. Time to take control of what others say and write.

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 20h

I revise my ideas every few minutes.

For me a prep call would be like boiling penne way ahead of time.

Who boils penne way ahead of time?

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 21h

What’s a prep call?

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 1d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 20h

That doesn’t seem fun at all! (And thank you.)

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 21h

What’s a prep call?

aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 1d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 21h

For years now I’ve felt compelled to google “Jimmy Carr” every time I involuntarily read his name. (There’s just nothing to remember.) After the googling, I usually say aloud, oh that guy. And I hate speaking out loud. It’s just lose-lose-lose for me on this topic. Maybe this cycle can stop now.

DiscordianKitty⭐ @discordiankitty.bsky.social · 11d

Daniel Sloss seems to have been pretty much blacklisted from the British comedy scene for speaking up about Russel Brand while Jimmy Carr headlines every British comedy show that exists and I think about that a lot these days

A screenshot from Wikipedia showing the Participating acts attending the Riyadh Comedy Festival

The comedians scheduled to appear at the festival include:

Mo Amer

Maz Jobrani

Aziz Ansari

Jessica Kirson

Wayne Brady

Jo Koy

Hannibal Buress

Bobby Lee

Bill Burr

Sebastian Maniscalco

Jimmy Carr

Sam Morril

Dave Chappelle

Mark Normand

Louis C.K.

Russell Peters

Whitney Cummings

Jeff Ross

Pete Davidson

Sugar Sammy

Chris Distefano

Andrew Santino

Omid Djalili

Andrew Schulz

Zarna Garg

Tom Segura

Ben Hart

Ali Siddiq

Kevin Hart

Aries Spears

Gabriel Iglesias

Chris Tucker

Jim Jefferies

Jack Whitehall

Jimeoin

Tim Dillon, who was originally intending to participate in the festival, was rem from the list of performers due to jokes he made on his podcast about slavery Saudi Arabia. Nimesh Patel, who was originally intending to participate i festival, announced via Tik Tok that he was dropping out of the festival on ethi grounds.

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 21h

I have a few ideas about the probable aesthetic facts, and eventual fate, of these vertical video micro dramas, but for now, let’s learn what the guild is saying about getting paid.

deadline.com/2025/09/wga-...

Writers Guild Reminds Members That Trendy Micro-Dramas Are Covered In Minimum Basic Agreement

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, this is great. Hello sir! What a great show. 😁

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 1d

How old are these dummies?

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 1d

when i tell you this is some of the BEST sound design I’ve ever heard… GO SEE IT IN A THEATRE! You WONT REGRET IT!

'PREY WILL PLAY IN THEATERS FOR THE FIRST TIME
LEARN MORE

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

The George Romero-supervised restoration of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) from MoMA and The Film Foundation is now on Netflix.

It's also on Criterion Channel, but it's nice to see such a significant (and subversive) indie classic on the largest subscription streaming service in the US. #FilmSky

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 1d

Legal rulings and opinions are whimsies, bleatings, and crapshoots. Ask me anything.

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 1d

They’re discussing “rebellion” like middle school students. Using “the dictionary” and a few historical incidents.
Not even a faint effort at a proper conceptual analysis, as any philosophy student would initiate and carefully develop.
Yet we’re meant to believe judges are thinkers.
#lawsky

A photo of a tv showing three judges and two lawyers struggling to have thoughts and struggling even harder to express them.

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 1d

They’re discussing “rebellion” like middle school students. Using “the dictionary” and a few historical incidents.
Not even a faint effort at a proper conceptual analysis, as any philosophy student would initiate and carefully develop.
Yet we’re meant to believe judges are thinkers.
#lawsky

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thursday to you amazing folks.

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Levi Stahl @levistahl.bsky.social · 2d

Roughshod (1949) is a surprisingly solid little Western. Robert Sterling is kind of a C-plus Joel McCrea, which means he’s actually pretty good. And—the important thing—we get Gloria Grahame.

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Steven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 2d

For some reason, Tesco are currently selling Chucky Fanta

A box of Fanta cans with Chucky the killer doll on the side

A can of Fanta with Chucky the killer doll on the side

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Valhalla Entertainment @valhallaent.bsky.social · 2d

#HappyBirthday to the one and only, #SigourneyWeaver! Weaver is absolutely wonderful on and off the screen! It was great working with her on #Aliens and we have been so impressed with all of her performances since then.

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 3d

It’s like a PNW Columbo with Monk and L&O elements and as if everyone was just stunned by a flash bang. So, awesome.

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 4d

The only show my exhausted brain can handle lately, and make time to view, is Murder in a Small Town, which has a leisurely low key pace and very little screaming. (They have a lot of murders but they don’t need the National Guard or the Marines.)

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 5d

Related: the last SAG-AFTRA agreement functionally forecloses any ability for actual studios to utilize this kind of technology.

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 4d

Two smoldering thumbs up.
I have a lot of baroquely elaborate opinions about Western wildfire movies but Mr Greengrass and his fellow artists did a mostly fine job so I shall pin my lips up and my typing fingers down and let my heart lamp glow. 10/10. A+.
WHERE IS YOUR GO BAG RIGHT NOW?

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 6d

We’re watching The Lost Bus (2025).Been waiting for this one.

scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 4d

The only show my exhausted brain can handle lately, and make time to view, is Murder in a Small Town, which has a leisurely low key pace and very little screaming. (They have a lot of murders but they don’t need the National Guard or the Marines.)

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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 4d

DRAC
United Launch Alliance

Tom Morton-Smith @tommortonsmith.com · 9d

I managed to go to a theatre and see a play! Well bloody (ha) done @mogster.bsky.social. 🧛🏻‍♂️

The proscenium arch of the Lyric Hammersmith theatre. Raggedy curtains projected with the word ‘Dracula’.

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