Brian Lowry
@brianlowry.bsky.social
Media columnist and critic, Hollywood correspondent for Status.news. Email: [email protected]
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If you think there's going to be a response to this other than Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere until midterms, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is, people seem to be sick of it.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
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President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you think there's going to be a response to this other than Little Reichstag Fires Everywhere until midterms, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is, people seem to be sick of it.
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
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“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
After laughing at these always wonder about the people used in the photos.
Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After laughing at these always wonder about the people used in the photos.
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In the not-too-distant future—well, right now, actually—Joel, Mike, Jonah and the Bots are gathered around for the annual MST3K Turkey Day Marathon, featuring the best episodes across all the eras of the show: pluto.tv/live-tv/mst3...
a man is holding a gumball machine and says " really makes you think "
Alt: Joel, Crow, and Tom Servo:
“Really makes you think, doesn’t it?”
“No.”
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In the not-too-distant future—well, right now, actually—Joel, Mike, Jonah and the Bots are gathered around for the annual MST3K Turkey Day Marathon, featuring the best episodes across all the eras of the show: pluto.tv/live-tv/mst3...
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
Incidentally, if you don’t agree with someone on who the nut is at your Thanksgiving gathering, there’s a good chance it’s you.
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Thanksgiving Table Tactics
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Incidentally, if you don’t agree with someone on who the nut is at your Thanksgiving gathering, there’s a good chance it’s you.
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For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Thanksgiving Table Tactics
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
www.status.news
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
For those dreading their annual go-round with that crazy uncle, media pros discuss how they get through the holidays and partisan times with minimal drama.
Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Read their advice in @status.news: www.status.news/p/thanksgivi...
Goodbye.
The M*A*S*H series finale aired 42 years ago and its still the most watched episode of scripted TV in history. It used to be the most watched show in television history but Super Bowl XLIV beat it in 2010.
two men and a woman are standing in front of a tent and one of them is wearing a pink sweater
ALT: two men and a woman are standing in front of a tent and one of them is wearing a pink sweater
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Goodbye.
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The New York Times fires back at Donald Trump's complaints about its story on his declining fitness and age-based slowdown, which included Trump calling reporter Katie Rogers "ugly."
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The New York Times fires back at Donald Trump's complaints about its story on his declining fitness and age-based slowdown, which included Trump calling reporter Katie Rogers "ugly."
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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Mr. Trump was so eager to indict his enemies, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was so quick to go along, that it all unraveled at the pull of one legal thread.”
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November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Mr. Trump was so eager to indict his enemies, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was so quick to go along, that it all unraveled at the pull of one legal thread.”
@wsj.com @jamescomey.bsky.social
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Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
Shorter from ABC/Academy: “Please watch our show.”
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Now Officially Eligible in Animated Feature Category for 2026 Oscars
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Now Officially Eligible in Animated Feature Category for 2026 Oscars
'Kpop Demon Hunters' is now officially eligible in the animated feature category at the 2026 Oscars, with nominations to be announced on Jan. 22.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Shorter from ABC/Academy: “Please watch our show.”
In honor of the "Everybody Loves Raymond" anniversary special, that time when I brought Doris Roberts over to meet my mother, Doris. RIP x 2>When Doris met Doris www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
When Doris met Doris
Seeing similarities between a sitcom mom and his mother, a reporter sets up lunch, and the topics include ageism, sexism, corned beef and comedy.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In honor of the "Everybody Loves Raymond" anniversary special, that time when I brought Doris Roberts over to meet my mother, Doris. RIP x 2>When Doris met Doris www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
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Pulling back the curtain on the Fox News machine in the latest Smartmatic lawsuit dump:
In wake of the 2020 election, Fox PR acknowledged "problematic" and "crazy" interview, with execs "screaming at @brianstelter.bsky.social" and declaring @oliverdarcy.bsky.social "dangerous" and an "absolute ass"
In wake of the 2020 election, Fox PR acknowledged "problematic" and "crazy" interview, with execs "screaming at @brianstelter.bsky.social" and declaring @oliverdarcy.bsky.social "dangerous" and an "absolute ass"
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Pulling back the curtain on the Fox News machine in the latest Smartmatic lawsuit dump:
In wake of the 2020 election, Fox PR acknowledged "problematic" and "crazy" interview, with execs "screaming at @brianstelter.bsky.social" and declaring @oliverdarcy.bsky.social "dangerous" and an "absolute ass"
In wake of the 2020 election, Fox PR acknowledged "problematic" and "crazy" interview, with execs "screaming at @brianstelter.bsky.social" and declaring @oliverdarcy.bsky.social "dangerous" and an "absolute ass"
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Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything wrong with political journalism in one graf. This is not a policy proposal that exists but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that someone “won” by asking it bsky.app/profile/larr...
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Family Worried Where Grandma Going With Conversation On Low-Income Housing https://theonion.com/family-worried-where-grandma-going-with-conversation-on-1819578444/
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Family Worried Where Grandma Going With Conversation On Low-Income Housing https://theonion.com/family-worried-where-grandma-going-with-conversation-on-1819578444/
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Scoop: As questions swirl around Olivia Nuzzi, I’ve learned she’s been relatively absent in the day-to-day at Vanity Fair, as the magazine continues to weather the storm the controversial hire brought through 1 World Trade Center
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Condé’s Nuzzi Conundrum
Inside Condé Nast's media drama: Gabriel Nuzzi's revelations spark controversy, exposing internal tensions and unfolding newsroom dynamics with dramatic flair.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Scoop: As questions swirl around Olivia Nuzzi, I’ve learned she’s been relatively absent in the day-to-day at Vanity Fair, as the magazine continues to weather the storm the controversial hire brought through 1 World Trade Center
www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
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2022 vs. 2025. 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
2022 vs. 2025. 🤡
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‘Expecting a thin-skinned man like Trump to be respectful to those who ply him with questions about his failures — especially when they are women — is a recipe for disappointment.’
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
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Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
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Column: Trump's decades-long pattern of attacking women crossed a new line
Angry about election losses, the Epstein files and a faltering economy, the president once again resorts to sexist slurs.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘Expecting a thin-skinned man like Trump to be respectful to those who ply him with questions about his failures — especially when they are women — is a recipe for disappointment.’
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Via @rabcarian.bsky.social
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This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The President Is Losing Control of Himself
Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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We’ll say it: Trump’s attack on ABC News journalist Mary Bruce was un-American.
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Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/rcW4JJ0WHz8?...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We’ll say it: Trump’s attack on ABC News journalist Mary Bruce was un-American.
Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/rcW4JJ0WHz8?...
Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...
Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/rcW4JJ0WHz8?...
Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...
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Republicans crafted an entire midterm strategy around making Mamdani the face of the Democratic Party and portraying him as the most dangerous political figure in American history. Called him a jihadist. Introduced a resolution in the House condemning socialism. All gone now.
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Republicans crafted an entire midterm strategy around making Mamdani the face of the Democratic Party and portraying him as the most dangerous political figure in American history. Called him a jihadist. Introduced a resolution in the House condemning socialism. All gone now.
David Zaslav once told a colleague that unlike stars, execs were "nothing" without their jobs. As the WBD auction unfolds he's taken a step toward padding an already sizable portfolio, and maybe, in his eyes, nothingness
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Zaslav’s Merger Melodrama
The Warner Bros. Discovery chief has become a lightning rod for controversy, but as he seeks to navigate the sales process, questions loom on whether he’ll stay in the picture.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
David Zaslav once told a colleague that unlike stars, execs were "nothing" without their jobs. As the WBD auction unfolds he's taken a step toward padding an already sizable portfolio, and maybe, in his eyes, nothingness
www.status.news/p/david-zasl...
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He’ll find a way.
Looking forward to Scott Jennings going on CNN tonight and defending (checks notes) swastikas and nooses as being symbols of anything other than hate.
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
He’ll find a way.
Suspect this is one of those times when the younger Ellison wants to take the remote control away from the older one.
Orbanization:
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Suspect this is one of those times when the younger Ellison wants to take the remote control away from the older one.