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Will McKinley

@willmckinley.bsky.social

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Old movie and TV weirdo. I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created “Game Show Insider” for GameShowNetwork.com, was an arts reporter for the NYC weekly The Villager for 3 years, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 5h

George Hardy (1925-2025) — one of the last surviving combat veterans of the Tuskegee Airmen.

He also flew 45 missions in the Korean War and 70 in Vietnam.

“I used to say the Army’s No. 1 job was segregation,” he said. “Winning the war was No. 2.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u... #TuskegeeAirmen

George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman Who Fought in Three Wars, Dies at 100

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1h

So sorry to hear this. Do they know the cause? Is it treatable?

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1h

An antenna is a great idea.

There are dozens of OTA channels in most markets — including many of the "nostalgia" sub-channels — and they're all free. Add a DVR and you've basically got what I pay Frndly TV $10.99/month for!

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1h

Have you ever watched TV news and thought "This should be more like YouTube"?

Some local stations are doing just that.

tvnewscheck.com/journalism/a... #News

The YouTubification Of Local News Is Here

Some local news stations are starting to experiment with “YouTuber-style” storytelling. What would it look like if stations also adopted a YouTuber model for the business?

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 18h

Sax solos on yacht rock songs are a dime a dozen. But flute solos? That’s next level.

Love this video of “ Strange Way” taken last month at a Firefall concert. They still got it. youtu.be/eJStkizYw_A?...

Firefall - Strange Way - 9/20/25 - The Big E - West Springfield, MA

YouTube video by Henry LaPierre

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 6h

I'm a "glass is half-full" kinda guy, so let's look at the upside of the Riyadh Comedy Festival: We never, ever have to even pretend to take any of these "anti-woke" "free speech warriors" seriously, ever again.

New from me at @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

bit.ly/4h51JjF

Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?

Any event that includes comedy’s biggest names is going to attract attention — but the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which kicked off on Sept. 26 and continued through Thursday, is disproving the adage that...

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Noah Isenberg @noahisenberg.bsky.social · 4h

I'm told this is where the Portland antifa operatives are gathering and holding their resistance meetings.

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Josh Olson @josholson.bsky.social · 4h

Context is truly everything. Recording this in your basement? Yeah. Cute. Recording it as you sing it in their faces?

Gorgeous.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPiJXeo...

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 5h

George Hardy, Tuskegee Airman Who Fought in Three Wars, Dies at 100

www.nytimes.com

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 7h

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) film composer #BOTD
What?
Yes.
THAT Saint-Saëns.
Famous for his "Carnival of the Animals" and other concert works, he was the first major composer to write an original film score, for the 1908 THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE.
#filmsky #moviesky #classicalmusic

Saint-Saëns - L'Assassinat du duc de Guise (soundtrack) - 1908

YouTube video by GGbreizh

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 16h

"The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland) and the Merry Men.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 21h

Robert Rodriguez’s FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996) at Regal’s “31 Screams on Screen”.

$8.99 movie tickets in NYC. Happy #Halloween to me! #FilmSky

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 21h

She does indeed.

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 22h

Farewell to Wanda Clark (1938-2025) — Lucille Ball's personal secretary for 26 years.

She also guest starred on HERE'S LUCY and was a founding board member of the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Museum.

"Everyone she met loved her," Lucie Arnaz said.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/w... #ClassicTV

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1945 News @80yearsago.bsky.social · 1d

[October 8th, 1945] Rudolf Hess, a former Nazi leader, joined his co-conspirators in a German prison after four years. Flown from Britain, he was taken to a gloomy cell with war criminals Goering and Ribbontrop, unaware of his arrival by others.

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Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 75th anniversary to "Canary Row", directed by Friz Freleng.

Granny makes her official on-screen debut and becomes part of Friz Freleng's roster of characters, specifically a notable player in the Sylvester and Tweety shorts.
#LooneyTunes #Sylvester80

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Film Noir Foundation @noirfoundation.bsky.social · 17d

NOIR CITY returns to the AFI Silver Oct 10-23 with a slate of films highlighting women whose cinematic legacies are entwined with the rise of film noir.
Intros by Alan Rode & Foster Hirsch. @eddiemuller.bsky.social will not be in attendance.
silver.afi.com/noir-city-dc/
#noircity #noircitydc

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Dr Kate Laity 🧿 @katelaity.bsky.social · 1d

kalaity.com/2025/09/04/c...

CFP: Divination, Witchcraft, and The Occult

Call for PresentationsDivination, Witchcraft & the Occult *SPECIAL TOPIC*Popular Culture Association Conference8-11 April 2026Atlanta, GA, USThe broad interest in divination, witchcraft, and th…

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

But not anymore!

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

I'm assuming the American productions were shot on video and live-switched. It looks like some of the British imports may have originated on film, at least for the exteriors (as was the BBC style then).

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

Bob Ross art from his 1983-94 TV show will be auctioned to support PBS.

30 paintings will be sold. Two were auctioned for a combined $210K earlier this year.

"I can’t think of a more meaningful way to share his works of art than by supporting public television"

apnews.com/article/bob-... #PBS

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 1d

The only A.I. art I respect:

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d

I had the same problem.

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