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Tom Brueggemann
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Palm Springs/ex-IndieWire writer, Substack now/ex-film buyer in Chicago, New York, LA/world traveler, baseball (Cubs) fan/recovering cinephile/voracious reader /caregiver to 2 older bonded dogs/Northwestern U grad/political junkie
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 14h
Nearly perfect response, but he's the elected president, facing legislative elections he's afraid of losing. A wannabe dictator perhaps but not one yet. (And impossible to look at with being disgusted TBH).
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 1d
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Toby Talbot, Impassioned Promoter of Art Films, Dies at 96 (Gift Article)
With her husband, Dan, she ran four theaters in Manhattan and a company that distributed foreign and independent classics.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 1d
Adolf. Why is this happening all of a sudden?
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 1d
Cubs fan here, rooting for the Brewers now. Nice story, never won. And the idea of rooting for the Dodgers to advance and risk them winning the World Series is insane IMO.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 1d
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14 Diane Keaton Films in iTunes' Top 90 List, Led by 'The First Wives Club'
"The Conjuring: Last Rites" #1 in PVOD, Keira Knightley's "Woman in Cabin 10" leads at Netflix
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 1d
I can remember home phone #s from 1958-1975. Any given point from teens on maybe up to 50 #s at any given time.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 1d
I still remember my home phone #s from three different cities, going from maybe learning first at 5 through college. At any given time, might have had 20-30 phone #s in my head.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 2d
Second in line. VP is first in line. The president is president not in line to be president. Common mistake.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 2d
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Carnage Abounds Led by $180 Million 'Tron - Ares'
Heavy weight specialized titles continue to fall short of breakout status.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
This is so true. I keep a running list of directors 90 and older. It has 49 names (likely missing some - I didn't have Ken Jacobs; Woody joins next month). 80 used to be rare. 90 extreme, now almost expected.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 3d
Lost the Oscar to Katharine Hepburn, her 4th. Ugh. Best Keaton Oscar story - nominated for Something's Gotta Give. Went solo. Drove herself to LA from suburbs. Wore dress from closet. Looked radiant. I met her a couple times at industry events - totally down to earth, friendly, normal. Also directed
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 4d
Minor, but stunning but maybe not that Wells doesn't understand that Metacritic gives a score, not a percentage rating. Also, the guess for the weekend is in the $7 million range.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 5d
In our entire history only 3 sitting US Senators (Harding, Kennedy, Obama)
have been elected president, yet every cycle 5-10 consider running
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6d
1 measurement is staff turnover. Apparently Porter had this. The issue of temperment is more relevant to the office of gov than a legislator. A gov has to bear many fools to succeed, know how to get along with people. It's not just women - his Dem colleagues didn't like Al Franken, both genders.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6d
In a vacuum, no. In context of many similar reports in recent years, including from women, yes. Calling Alex Padilla, who possibly has been waiting in the wings.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 6d
Which jurisdiction do they hope to get this in? DC? MD? NVa? NoIL? Good luck with that.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 7d
This time capitalism works for the good. The Super Bowl is huge but can add viewers. Bad Bunny will lose virtually none for the game. A relative weakness is Latino viewers. Bad Bunny will add some. Higher ratings, which is what they want (plus attention for the show). Also 1/3 of viewers foreign.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 7d
Why Mike? Capitalism. THey will lose no viewers for the game with Bad Bunny. They could gain millions because of him. The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event of the year. But the NFL still lags with some viewers, including Latino. Also 1/3 of viewing is outside the US. Lee Greenwood?
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 7d
got into my house, destroyed wiring of 2 dishwashers, garbage disposal, icemaker; during Covid when restaurants were closed they migrated to neighborhoods; never quite got to my car enough to damage, but might have been close
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
Brings back 1990s memories....
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
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'KPop' Back at Clear #1 Netflix, 'Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale' & 'The Toxic Avenger' Top New Films on VOD
New Netflix-licenced studio films take most of their top 10 slots.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
and then what? she serves out her whole term, likely returned to tougher prison? the way it likely plays out is that, assuming Trump serves out his term, she is pardoned in Jan 2029
Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 8d
End of term. Not that he might not want to do it earlier, but I suspect his aides will be 100% against this.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 9d
Fellow Substack writers - any issues with the post read count this AM? I posted a little under 2 hours ago, still at 0; usually a small lag, but not this long.
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Tom Brueggemann @tombrueggemann.bsky.social · 9d
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October Box Office Starts Where September Ended with Shortfalls All Around
New Taylor Swift film has excuses for big drop from her earlier concert film, but excuses don't pay the rent for theaters.
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