Jeff Goldsmith
yogoldsmith.bsky.social
Jeff Goldsmith
@yogoldsmith.bsky.social
Yes - it's that cinephile, journalist, host of The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith podcast in Apple Podcasts/Spotify and the Publisher of Backstory Magazine - see the latest here —> https://linktr.ee/yogoldsmith
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Folks the new Backstory Magazine #KnivesOut : #WakeUpDeadMan Issue is LIVE featuring an in-depth chat with writer-director @rianjohnson.bsky.social !

Backstory also talks to Dead Man DP Steve Yedlin, Editor Bob Ducsay & is packed w/ Film, TV, Theatre & Comics articles!
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backstory.net/latest-issue/
The conversation continues for tonight’s panel @ Writers Guild Foundation featuring a great group of @wgawest.bsky.social nominated writers:

Now - Adapted Screenplay:

Trains Dreams: Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro

Bugonia: Will Tracy
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Great conversation happening right now for tonight’s panel @ Writers Guild Foundation featuring a great group of @wgawest.bsky.social nominated writers:

First Up - Original Screenplay:

Marty Supreme Ronald Bronstein

Weapons: Zach Cregger

Black Bag: David Koepp
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I saw an awesome final Q&A for #StarWars #Andor season 2 in honor of their @wgawest.bsky.social nominations with creator/showrunner/writer Tony Gilroy, + writers Dan Gilroy & Tom Bissell!

WGA final voting ends tomorrow Friday 2-13 @ noon - don’t forget to vote for it!
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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President Trump says he did not fire any staffer over a racist video of the Obamas that was posted on his Truth Social account.
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Shameful stuff
CBS Evening News inverts its network's own reporting on ICE arrestees’ low rates of violent criminal histories
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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An Irish man held by ICE for five months despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record says he fears for his life and has appealed for help from Ireland’s government.

“I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help
Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
It was great to see James Cameron interview Hamnet co-writer/director Chloé Zhao @am_cinematheque last night.

He definitely loves her film & she made sure to tell him how much she loved T2 - which blew her away as a kid.

Q&A was directing focused & passion for filmmaking sadly not about writing.
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Magaziner: Mayorkas testified in front of Congress like 30 times. Noem has only been in front of our committee twice, and one of the times, she left because she didn't want to answer questions. It's going to be very different when we are in the majority next year.
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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He doesn't know if the Census Bureau is part of the department he runs?! Or he doesn't know the Census Bureau establishes the poverty line?

Either way, that's the kind of staggering admission of utter cluelessness that should get this ass-kissing toady shown the door
KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?

LUTNICK: I don't know

K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?

L: I don't know

K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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KENNEDY: The Census Bureau is under your jurisdiction & responsible for defining what it means to be poor, is that right?

LUTNICK: I don't know

K: Well you need to look, bc it does. What's the % of Americans who live below poverty level?

L: I don't know

K: It's around 11%. It's been constant
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?

LYONS: None

SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?

LYONS: None
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Co-sign.
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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That’s what’s up.
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
If anyone has one extra ticket for Hamnet tonight at the American Cinematheque, please drop me a line
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.
Massie Calls For Lutnick To Resign Over Epstein Connection
Massie accused Lutnick of being in business with Epstein “many years after” his conviction in 2008.
www.forbes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.

He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.

This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM