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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 23m

Indeed.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 13h

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.

apnews.com

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 52m

The only A.I. art I respect:

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1h

I had the same problem.

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Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Colln, UGA Libraries @brownmediaarchives.bsky.social · 1d

Hey folks, we're at the halfway point for full funding of the ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT restoration project! If you haven't jumped on board yet, please do! Every little bit really does help! Here's the donation link give.uga.edu/funders/insi.... Please like and repost!

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1h

Indeed. Do you have his entry tapes?

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 1d

A birthday shoutout to composer Marco Beltrami.
Known for his scores for SCREAM and other horror films, he has a very wide range, and has worked with Guillermo del Toro, James Mangold, Kathryn Bigelow and others.
Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee Beltrami is 59 today.
#filmsky #moviesky #BOTD

A closeup photo of composer Marco Beltrami, wearing glasses and a black shirt, with a piano in the background.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 11h

NET PLAYHOUSE debuted #OTD in 1966 on the precursor to PBS.

This anthology series brought adaptations of plays and literature to primetime – including BBC productions, pre-MASTERPIECE THEATRE.

It also included foreign films + cultural performances of all sorts and continued after NET became #PBS.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 23h

From Martin Mull’s THE HISTORY OF WHITE PEOPLE IN AMERICA (1985) #SteakAndShake

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 10h

NET PLAYHOUSE was produced by Jac Venza (1926-2024), who went on to bring GREAT PERFORMANCES, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER and a wealth of cultural programming to PBS viewers.

www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/a... #PBS

Jac Venza, Who Delivered Culture to Public Television, Dies at 97 (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 11h

NET PLAYHOUSE debuted #OTD in 1966 on the precursor to PBS.

This anthology series brought adaptations of plays and literature to primetime – including BBC productions, pre-MASTERPIECE THEATRE.

It also included foreign films + cultural performances of all sorts and continued after NET became #PBS.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 12h

THE FRENCH CONNECTION premiered #OTD in 1971.

It won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Gene Hackman, and Best Director for William Friedkin.

"We operated more like a small independent company than a big studio," Friedkin wrote in his autobiography. #FilmSky

Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle in a car rigged w/ cameras.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 13h

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.

apnews.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 13h

Ha! I'd let mine "set" on the train and comb it out when I got to school. It was, indeed, crispy.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 13h

I commuted to NYU on the train from Long Island in those days, which was a bit less cinematic!

And I had the male version of big hair: buzzed sides, long in the back, and a spiky side part, thanks to plenty of mousse, gel, and Stiff Stuff. Good times.

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 14h

A nearly 2 minute oner around the Statue of Liberty, then following a Staten Island ferry passing by. Before a character is introduced, we get the sense of a weekday morning for a low level employee taking public transit to work.

Even with drones, they would CGI this today and it would feel off.

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

The opening titles of WORKING GIRL (1988) still give me goosebumps 37 years later.

Mike Nichols' Staten Island Cinderella story is on TCM tonight at 12:45am ET, so grab a disco nap and watch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83nP... #FilmSky #TCMParty

Working Girl (1988) - Opening Credits

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 14h

I wish I could tell you it was on a subscription or ad-supported streamer, but no luck! VOD only right now.

But it should be on Watch TCM tomorrow if you have access to that.

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JaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 15h

If you've never seen this, do yourself a favor and watch why the old folks gripe about "movies these days"

Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

The opening titles of WORKING GIRL (1988) still give me goosebumps 37 years later.

Mike Nichols' Staten Island Cinderella story is on TCM tonight at 12:45am ET, so grab a disco nap and watch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83nP... #FilmSky #TCMParty

Working Girl (1988) - Opening Credits

YouTube video by 4K Archivist

www.youtube.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

Those years are etched in my memory forever.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

And the whole movie in between!

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

What a time to be young and discovering the magic of New York City.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks for the tip!

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

The opening titles of WORKING GIRL (1988) still give me goosebumps 37 years later.

Mike Nichols' Staten Island Cinderella story is on TCM tonight at 12:45am ET, so grab a disco nap and watch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=83nP... #FilmSky #TCMParty

Working Girl (1988) - Opening Credits

YouTube video by 4K Archivist

www.youtube.com

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

It's very dark and very funny. See it in the theater if you have a chance. If you don't, it's well worth a VOD rental.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 15h

The success of a gem like BAD SHABBOS is a good reminder of the hard work small distributors and indie cinemas are doing to keep the theatrical experience thriving.

unpacked.media/how-the-shab... #FilmSky

How the Shabbat dinner–gone-wrong comedy 'Bad Shabbos' became an indie phenomenon

Here’s something you don’t hear very often: a small, scrappy Jewish comedy has just wrapped up over a year in theaters and festivals across the United

unpacked.media

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