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#screenwriter, #playwright, #author, #WGAw member, #DogLover. New coming-of-age campus dramedy PLEASE COME TO BOSTON avail via all local & online booksellers! 💙📚 🌈

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Feb 19

Listen up! The PLEASE COME TO BOSTON, wonderfully narrated by Dan Levy, is now avail from Audible. Excited to share this acclaimed 1975-set campus romance with #audiobook fans. Order @ amzn.to/3QrvOxA or scan QR code below! #BookSky 💙📚 #comingofagefiction @bostonu.bsky.social @bualumni.bsky.social

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 2h

Saw a preview of "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" and it's superb. Writer-director Scott Cooper's lovingly crafted, lyrical, deeply emotional musical-drama has an amazing lead turn by Jeremy Allen White as Bruce. If you're a @brucespringsteen.net fan (like me), don't miss it. Opens Friday!

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 1d

An outstanding performance by #EthanHawke as legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart anchors this terrific 1940s-set dramedy directed by the great Richard Linklater. Don't miss "Blue Moon." Margaret Qualley, Bobby Canavale and Andrew Scott lend superb support. #oscars2026

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 1d

Great to rally with my fellow @wgawest.bsky.social writers today in Studio City, CA! #MakeAmericaAmericaAgain

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 3d

Really enjoying "Boots" on @netflix.com based on the memoir "The Pink Marine" by Greg Cope White. Miles Heizer and the cast are excellent and the show strikes an effective tone between comedy and drama. Check it out! #newseries #streamingseries #marines

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 8d

No words, except we have lost another one of the greats. RIP Diane Keaton. 😢

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 16d

If you're a @marcmaron.bsky.social fan like me, it's a good bet you'll enjoy the new #documentary "Are We Good?," an up-close-and-personal look at the comedian-podcaster-actor. Not surprisingly, dark humor abounds. Check out my @latimes.com review: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: Marc Maron, doomy as ever, comes to richer life in the doc 'Are We Good?'

The podcaster and stand-up comic gets reflective in moments with his ailing father and late romantic partner, Lynn Shelton, that counter the swirl of crankiness he's long brewed.

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 21d

Great screening of the fine new documentary "Ai Weiwei's Turandot" last night at @laemmle.com Monica Film Center, Santa Monica. Fun Q&A after w/producer Christine La Monte & exec producer Marcie Polier. Was an honor to be asked to moderate. A beautiful, super timely doc, at the Monica thru 10/2.

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 25d

LA Peeps: Pls join me Sat. 9/27 at Laemmle Film Center, Santa Monica. I'll be moderating a Q&A with producer Christine La Monte & exec prod. Marcie Polier after the 7:15pm show of their excellent new doc: "Ai Weiwei's Turandot." Tix: bit.ly/3IiSAr0 Hope to see you! (One-week only run 9/26 - 10/2)

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · 28d

Ah, Fall! My favorite time of the year and esp. on the East Coast where I grew up and went to college. It's its own kind of character in my Boston U.-set coming-of-age novel PLEASE COME TO BOSTON. So if you want all the Fall feels, check it out: amzn.to/4b2dL8L #BookSky 💙📚 @bostonu.bsky.social

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Em @throughthelensbe.bsky.social · Sep 18

Something pretty #tb #fall #photosky #EastCoastKin

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Sep 18

Thank you, BoldJourney.com for the insightful questions for this new #interview about life and career. Made me think! boldjourney.com/life-values-...

Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Gary Goldstein of Laurel Canyon/Los Angeles - Bold Journey Magazine

Gary Goldstein shared his story and experiences with us recently and you can find our

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Sep 16

End of an era. RIP to a well-deserved icon and one of the greats. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Robert Redford, Golden Boy of Hollywood, Dies at 89

The 'Butch Cassidy' and 'All the President's Men' actor, Oscar-winning director and Sundance founder was "always about breaking the rules," he said.

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's been a great one-year journey with PLEASE COME TO BOSTON! Thanks to all who helped make it happen! And if you haven't taken the trip back to 1970s Boston U. with Nicky, Joe & Lori--what are you waiting for? Avail @ amzn.to/4b2dL8L #BookTwitter @bualumni.bsky.social #campusfiction #BookSky 💙📚

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Sep 2

L.A.Event reminder: Pls join Terri Hanauer and me for a book chat and signing in honor of her fine new novel THE LIGHTNESS OF RAIN, Tues., Sept 2, 6:30pm at Diesel: A Bookstore in Brentwood. We hope to see you! RSVP: bit.ly/45YPLmr #BookSky 💙📚

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Diesel Bookstore Hosts Santa Monica Author Terri Hanauer for The Lightness of Rain Launch Event - SM Mirror

Author Will Join Writer Gary Goldstein for a Free September 2 Discussion in Brentwood Santa Monica-based author, director, and actor...

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you liked "Slow Horses," you should enjoy "Dept. Q" now on @netflix.com. Matthew Goode and his supporting cast are excellent in this Scottish-set police thriller. Check it out!

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 15

Found this great pic of Boston U. in 1975, the year "Please Come to Boston" is set. Lots of nostalgia in this campus coming-of-age story, so if you feel like a swing back to the swingin' ‘70s, pls check it out! Available @ amzn.to/4b2dL8L #books @bostonu.bsky.social #campuslife #boston #BookSky 💙📚

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 12

LA Peeps: Please join me as I interview author Terri Hanauer for the launch of her terrific new novel "The Lightness of Rain" on Tues. Sept 2, 6:30pm at @dieselbookstore.com in Brentwood. RSVP @ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-signi... Hope to see you and thanks for the support! #BookSky 💙📚

Book Signing for THE LIGHTNESS OF RAIN with author/actor Terri Hanauer

Join us for an author conversation & book signing for the release of writer/director/actor Terri Hanauer's new novel The Lightness of Rain

www.eventbrite.com

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 11

You may now get on with your life! #mercurydirect #astrology #backtonormal

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 9

To all who celebrate--and all who may one day! Pick up a book--or audiobook today! #booklovers #BookSky 💙📚 #pleasecometobostonnovel #themotherineverhadnovel #thelastbirthdaypartybook

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you haven't caught yet THE PITT on HBO/Max, buckle up & check it out. It's a ten, all around. Amazing writing, acting, (Noah Wyle is superb as is the entire cast), editing and directing. A riveting 15-episode rollercoaster. Gory at times (it's set in an ER after all), but don't let it stop you!

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm in! #BookSky 💙📚 @brucespringsteen.net #legendarymusic #nonfiction #rocknroll

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 4

Remember "Bridget Loves Bernie" and "Welcome Back Kotter?" Was lots of fun digging into the #TV archives to compare eight current #Emmy-nominated series with their "spiritual predecessors." Check out my article in the latest @latimes.com Envelope! lat.ms/3HkNJF3

Love these 8 Emmy nominees? Here are the TV classics to watch next

Some of this year's most-lauded shows have classic TV counterparts available to watch. Here are 8 recommendations to tide you over until next season.

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Aug 1

"I'll just buy it online"

GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Jul 30

Anne Tyler has long been one of my writing influences, so I always look forward to whatever's next from her. Her latest, the wedding-weekend dramedy "Three Days in June" is a quick, short read, maybe more novella than novel, but filled with her trademark quirky charm. Fans should enjoy. #BookSky 💙📚

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GaryGoldsteinLA @garygoldsteinla.bsky.social · Jul 11

Having a great time with Tim Matheson's #memoir "Damn Glad to Meet You," a thoroughly entertaining swing back thru his 60+ years as an actor, from "Leave it to Beaver" to "Animal House," "The West Wing" and so much more. Matheson makes a funny, candid, engaging narrator. Check it out! #BookSky 💙📚

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