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Laurie Brookins

@lauriebrookins.com

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Freelance journalist, The Hollywood Reporter and other publications. I was @StyleWriterNYC over at the bad place. Also a survivor of one of many failed versions of the felon’s ego magazine. Yes, it was as bad as you think. I have stories.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 48m

He tells them that’s what he’ll pay them. And then he never pays that bill. #ConArtist

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

Here’s the only plot point that drives me nuts in #Laura: Who doesn’t check all their doors to ensure they’re locked before they go to bed? Honestly? #TCMParty #Escapism

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

“Disgustingly earthy relationship.” In other words, Laura’s gonna get some. #Laura #TCMParty #Escapism

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

Somewhere Bibi is listening to this and saying, “What is this crazy motherf**ker talking about?”

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

Dear @tcmtv.bsky.social: Please give us a double feature of #Laura and #Rebecca sometime soon, so we can enjoy two fantastic back-to-back performances from Dame Judith Anderson … #TCMParty #Escapism

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

Shelby learned early on the mileage he could get out of complimenting a woman on her hat. #Laura #TCMParty #Escapism

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

One of the scenes I love in #Laura (now on @tcmtv.bsky.social) is when Bessie discovers Laura is still alive, and Laura is all “I know it’s an incredible shock, but make my breakfast.” #TCMParty #Escapism

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 1h

Why is the felon rigging deals to benefit his failsons?

Because seriously, how much is enough for these grifters, who already possess billions? The answer is it’s never enough, and they’d rather steal it than earn it.

Jayne4Freedom @jayne4freedom.bsky.social · 23h

Why is Kushner involved in making deals for the Federal government?

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Jane Feldman @jtfdenver.bsky.social · 2h

He has no idea what it is either.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 2h

Without Soderbergh it only seems like a cash grab. Pass.

New York Magazine @nymag.com · 2h

George Clooney says a new ‘Ocean’s’ movie is in the offing. Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, and Julia Roberts are all expected to return. Steven Soderbergh, alas, is not.

George Clooney Wants to Reunite the Ocean’s Cast for One More Job

George Clooney says a new ‘Ocean’s’ movie is in the offing. Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, and Julia Roberts are all expected to return. Steven Soderbergh, alas, is not.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 2h

Oh, OK, guess it’s fine then. (Eyeroll.)

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 1d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

So, after the Nobel announcement is made at 5 am ET on Friday.

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

Unfortunately, in all publishing today, everything is driven by clicks. Ad revenues are set and sold using the numbers of clicks to the site and stories. So you have too many people whose livelihoods rely on keeping the access so they write stories that get the clicks. It’s so effing depressing.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 3h

The girlfriend of the founder of antifa

Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd - Wikipedia

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

The journalists who covered the 1930s would be horrified by the headlines and stories written today. Dorothy Thompson was kicked out of Germany — by Hitler! — because she was trying to warn people.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

Definitely the reason this is now all so rushed and he’s getting on a plane tomorrow.

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

Trying to figure out if this was a side-piece of Winston Churchill or one of the women Eleanor Roosevelt did her best to ignore.

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

You guys don’t think he’s doing this because it’s the right thing to do, do you? No, he’s only thinking about a shiny gold medal.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 3h

BREAKING: Trump says Israel and Hamas have both signed off on first phase of Gaza peace plan. MSNBC White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports the latest.

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

How dumb do they think we are? This is also screen-captured if they delete it (because yeah, that’s what they’re doing now): www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 3h

Love what GDT has to say here — last night I spoke with a Tiffany & Co. VP about the incredible jewels they loaned to the film for Mia Goth to wear, check it out: www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/st...

Tiffany & Co. Partners With Netflix to Bejewel Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ (Exclusive)

Del Toro joked during a just-released featurette, "We had more security for the Tiffany pieces than for many of the stars of the film."

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 4h

Neither do any of the history books.

Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 4h

Huh: www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

Memorandum from the White House Physician

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 5h

When are we going to start seeing stories like this @nytimes.com? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...

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'How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President
“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him."

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