grateful for anyone who reads this essay -- 25TH HOUR a defining movie of our time, imo

imo this is something people should be able to realistically do financially without a parent having to die first, so back to the first question: no!

We just bought a home, so, no?

New “j’assessing les takes” has dropped

Will 'Dune: Part Three' net Oscars next year? Or will the franchise pull an 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' or 'Wicked: For Good?' Join @kateyrich.bsky.social @chrisjrosen.bsky.social @chrisvfeil.bsky.social and @joereid.bsky.social in some recklessly early Oscar predictions: theankler.com/p/recklessly...

ICE officers getting paid for standing around doing nothing while TSA employees work without pay is a pretty succinct summation of where we're at right now

Jake Gyllenhaal shirtless with a Santa hat in Jarhead.

Cate Blanchett in "Carol": "I like the hat."

New This Had Oscar Buzz episode on 2005's JARHEAD! Hollywood's frustrated attempts to reckon with the wars in the Middle East, Jake Gyllenhaal's ho era, Dennis Haysbert selling Allstate insurance in the desert, and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...

My Parents Were Both Dying. Then I Found Out I Had Cancer Amanda Peet writes, “I admire people who can sit with uncertainty in matters of life and death. I’m not one of them. I suck at mindfulness.”

Both of Amanda Peet’s parents were in hospice, on opposite coasts. Then she found out she had breast cancer. Read the actor’s essay. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Critical Darlings: The 2026 Oscars Ceremony with Griffin Newman Podcast Episode · Blank Check with Griffin & David · March 17 · Bonus · 1h 53m

Exciting news! @alisonwillmore and I are going to keep CRITICAL DARLINGS going past Oscars. It’s going to be a weekly show covering one or two new movies a week ***on our own feed!*** So please subscribe to us wherever you listen.

Last BC feed ep: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Me to Zac Brown at the #Survivor Sanctuary:

BREAKING: Workers at CBS are walking out.

The unionized team that works CBS' streaming service are going on a 24 hour strike in New York and San Francisco.

The walkout comes after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded.

(Not the point of the moment but nevertheless) Rachel McAdams Oscar when

Still wrapping my head around the Oscar stage foliage, as a concept

There has never been an In Memoriam as well done as this, good god

Full sobbing at that reveal

It's the Human Resources meme but I don't care: Sean Penn winning his third Oscar and not being there to collect it is TRASH; Katharine Hepburn winning her third (and fourth) Oscar and not being there to collect it is FIERCE.

[taps sign]

Bracing for the two-hour sobfest that will be the In Memoriam

Matt Berry pronouncing “Burger King” is the new “cellar door”

The Lawnmower Man, at long last, featured on the Oscar telecast

The way Ed Harris looked at Amy Madigan when her name was read was one of the most beautiful things. Just sheer love and pride and trust and oh my god I’m already welling up.

Modest brooches are BACK

If you disagree, you are a snob who is wrong. I don’t make the rules.

Channing Tatum Oscar when

Conan remains a national treasure

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today, however, we t...

What are the Academy Award categories that no longer exist?

We discuss with @chrisvfeil.bsky.social and chat about this year's Oscar nominees on @tfsbside.bsky.social. Tune in:

Ahead of the Oscars, @chrisvfeil.bsky.social of This Had Oscar Buzz joins to discuss a few films from retired Oscar categories! We highlight Best Assistant Director, Best Cinematography (Black-and-White), and the fascinating evolution of the Music/Score category: bit.ly/3P8VOjK

Every Movie Nominated for a 2026 Oscar, Ranked This is on balance a very strong Oscars year.

Ranked all 50 of this year’s Oscar nominated movies. Many good ones! Some bad. www.vulture.com/article/ever...

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