Meredith Blake
@meredith-blake.bsky.social
Culture columnist, The Contrarian. Former LAT. Wary of committing to another social media platform but wiling to dabble.
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Interesting which stories don't get held for "a few more phone calls" www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Interesting which stories don't get held for "a few more phone calls" www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 PM
My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”
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In 1995, Sandra Bullock was the first person ever to buy movie theater tickets online, in promotion for her new film THE NET.
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
In 1995, Sandra Bullock was the first person ever to buy movie theater tickets online, in promotion for her new film THE NET.
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weissand effect
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
weissand effect
In addition to everything else wrong with Bari Weiss it is clear she's never heard of the Streisand Effect because she's massively amplifying this story by trying to kill it
CBS News abruptly removed a segment from “60 Minutes” that was to feature the stories of Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to what the program called a “brutal” prison in El Salvador. Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting.
’60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Venezuelans Deported by Trump Administration, Drawing Criticism
Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In addition to everything else wrong with Bari Weiss it is clear she's never heard of the Streisand Effect because she's massively amplifying this story by trying to kill it
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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It’s weird how quiet Quentin Tarantino was about Harvey Weinstein sexually harassing his girlfriend Mira Sorvino compared to his criticism of Matthew Lillard and Paul Dano. (BTW Lillard rocks in Bosch.)
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s weird how quiet Quentin Tarantino was about Harvey Weinstein sexually harassing his girlfriend Mira Sorvino compared to his criticism of Matthew Lillard and Paul Dano. (BTW Lillard rocks in Bosch.)
YA THINK?
Duffy: "It's maybe a little odd for three guys to talk about nursing and options for nursing, but ...
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
YA THINK?
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Hamnet is a superb film that shouldn't need defending, but apparently it does, so I'll just say that I can't count the number of Oscar seasons in which a movie labeled as "soft" or "manipulative" is attacked bc it putatively threatens the chances of a NOT-soft film that is at least as manipulative.
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Hamnet is a superb film that shouldn't need defending, but apparently it does, so I'll just say that I can't count the number of Oscar seasons in which a movie labeled as "soft" or "manipulative" is attacked bc it putatively threatens the chances of a NOT-soft film that is at least as manipulative.
Spent the holiday weekend ignoring my family and watching this. Can't recommend highly enough.
Celebrity Traitors UK just dropped in the US and though it might not be the best season I’ve seen, it’s without a doubt the most hilarious.
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Spent the holiday weekend ignoring my family and watching this. Can't recommend highly enough.
I'd bring GLOW back for a final season and order a Mad Men spinoff starring Sally Draper
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I'd bring GLOW back for a final season and order a Mad Men spinoff starring Sally Draper
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What in the sausage party hell is this? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
Men? In Hollywood? You Don’t Say.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What in the sausage party hell is this? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
Truly unhinged punctuation and spacing in those emails
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Truly unhinged punctuation and spacing in those emails
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Epstein on Trump:
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Epstein on Trump:
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.