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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

when i was a kid i wanted one of those ghost traps so badly. relatedly, one big problem with ghostbusters as a franchise is that it has gotten entirely too far away from “these guys are low-key shady exterminators”

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 21h

On Lear deBessonet’s “Ragtime” revival at Lincoln Center Theater. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/t...

‘Ragtime’ Review: Checking the Status of Our American Dream

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 22h

Bridget Everett at the Beacon tonight: the perfect medicine. Made my face hurt. One of my favorite shows of the year.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 1d

On Jordan E. Cooper’s “Oh Happy Day!” at the Public. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/t...

‘Oh Happy Day!’ Review: And God Told Keyshawn to Build an Ark

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

My mum died this year. And the glut of apples from her tree has brought with it a new kind of grief | Zoe Williams

Every year, I refused the crates of fruit she tried to palm off on me each autumn. Now I wish I’d taken them, writes Zoe Williams

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Elisabeth! ❤️

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 3d

On Jen Tullock’s solo performance of the multicharacter “Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God,” at Playwrights Horizons. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...

Jen Tullock Multitasks in ‘Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God’

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 3d

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

SARAH. You are so lovely. Thank you.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

A 2012 stroke has largely kept Tim Curry from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

Tim Curry’s Memoir “Vagabond” Recalls an Exciting Career Interrupted by Illness

A 2012 stroke has largely kept him from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite line from “Vagabond,” about his character in Jean Genet’s “The Maids,” cracks me up every time: “She was a grubby girl, Solange.”

Another, about “Muppet Treasure Island”: “I never had any issues with viewing the Muppets as equals.” His unabashed Muppet adoration is utterly charming.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

My reporter’s cut of this story would include what Curry — rooted in L.A. since the Reagan-Bush era — said when I asked how his adopted country is feeling to him lately: “Tough. It’s not good to be an immigrant. It’s a little nervous-making.”

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

Over lunch in Hollywood last month, Tim Curry talked about his terrific new memoir, “Vagabond,” not being ready to pack it in as an artist and, because the chef asked, when he last saw “Rocky Horror” in a movie theater. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b... (gift link)

Tim Curry Isn’t Done Yet

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

You absolutely will. It’s so well done, and the voice in your head will be 100 percent his.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 4d

Read it! SO GOOD.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 5d

Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay. The Village is the Village, but you know that the east and west sides are somehow bizarrely different all up and down this narrow little island. I will never acknowledge Clinton as a real place (come on — ucch), but East Village and West Village, sure. Each part of a whole.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 5d

I was at Two Boots in the West Village today for a slice. I can’t vouch for their regular-people pizzas, but their vegan pizzas are outstanding. Definitely not sleeping until noon.

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Laura Collins-Hughes @collinshughes.bsky.social · 6d

NYPL for the Performing Arts, coming through once again with exactly the stuff I needed and the absolute best service. A human-made NYC miracle.

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 6d

Tribute at the 79th Street 1 train station. Thanks for the lox.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

I don't argue with anyone who won't watch a Woody Allen movie; it's a personal choice, different for everyone. But Diane Keaton is a big reason I almost never say "[Movie X] is dead to me." My argument isn't "Separate the artist from the art"; it's that movies are never just one person's legacy.