One of the questions posed by The Forsytes' return to PBS after two decades is, in some variation, "What is a Forsyte"? If the penultimate episode of the series' first season is anything to go by, the answer is "generally miserable," especially if you're a woman. @lacymb.bsky.social recaps:
"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail"
"About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"
Beef Season 2 is messy, propulsive, and completely worth the price of admission for its outstanding cast alone. My review at
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Screenshot of Lord of the Rings. The main character says "All right, then. Keep your secrets."
FX's #LoveStory may be a fairly addictive historical drama --- if you can even call a show set in the 1990s a period piece --- but, as an actual *love story*, the show falls frustratingly flat. /
Beef Season 2 is messy, propulsive, and completely worth the price of admission for its outstanding cast alone. My review at
@denofgeek.bsky.social:
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"And the king will say to them in reply, ‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’" --- Matthew 25:40
The adventure of a million lifetimes is coming to an end. #GoodOmens3 debuts on Prime Video May 13.
Even though #Talamasca has been cancelled, AMC really, really needs to find a way to keep Guy, Jasper, and their ridiculous chemistry in the @annerice.amc.com universe.
For decades, birthday party clowns folded balloons and played games. John Wayne Gacy is taking a different approach.
Americans miss out on so much great British theater that it’s always a treat when one of the more acclaimed recent productions announces its intention to cross the pond.
Hi it is my birthday, please do something to support the freedom to read ❤️
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It's so funny to me that right-wingers love to pretend to love the Middle Ages and the Crusades and all that and then complain that the Pope shouldn't get involved in politics.
Finally got around to writing about my biggest problem with FX's #LoveStory, which is that while it's an entertaining bit of historical recreation, it still leaves a lot to be desired as an actual, y'know, *love story*. (subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social pls and thank you).
a just and loving god would have let Hilary Mantel live to hear “the pope is weak on crime”
Finally got around to writing about my biggest problem with FX's #LoveStory, which is that while it's an entertaining bit of historical recreation, it still leaves a lot to be desired as an actual, y'know, *love story*. (subscribe to @theshippinglane.bsky.social pls and thank you).
The men are not doing okay in the world of #ForsytesPBS, and it looks like they're about to make it everyone's problem. @lacymb.bsky.social recaps:
It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for
Pope Leo XIV holding a baseball bat and smiling.
Mood.
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"I thought, are we really doing this? I've got a nice life. I've got a beach house. I don't look good in orange, you know?"
A pleasure to talk to Tori Amos about what might be her boldest record yet - the extraordinary, furious and beautiful In Times of Dragons - for the latest Classic Pop mag 🐲
Got to ask Kurt and Wyatt Russell about finally getting to act together --- after a fashion --- on #Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 (and can confirm Kurt does in fact have amazing hair).
Four bylines on an expertly reported piece from a large organization with an army of lawyers. This is why I believe powerful men running media organizations into the ground is usually more intentional than incompetence (though most of them are indeed very stupid).
TBH, we need more Gasper fluff!! (Also, this is adorable.)
I rarely deploy the term "banger." This? @davidehrlich.bsky.social's latest newsletter entry (and his glorious return after his book leave)? About the "absolute hell" of movie-going at the Drafthouse these days? This. This is a banger. www.indiewire.com/features/com...
It’s the end of an era on For All Mankind in a heartfelt and genuinely emotional hour that honors everything a fan-favorite character has come to mean to the show and the story it’s still telling. 🔭 #ForAllMankind buff.ly/sQVR6l4
They can't even pretend it's a fear of poor performance anymore. K Pop Demon Hunters proved that. It's just grown men being like 'I'm personally not interested in this so it must serve no purpose in the world'
Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby, peaking his head into an examination room, on "The Pitt."
"The Pitt" vs. its fandom: Why is the show's vocal fandom putting "The Pitt's" characters on trial to be deemed “good” or “bad"?
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