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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 5h

This is lovely. Bonus points for him giving credit to Mr. Mustache for introducing them! www.thefp.com/p/woody-alle...

In The Free Press, Woody Allen remembers Diane Keaton. “When we first met,” he writes, “I thought she was so charming, so beautiful, so magical, that I thought: Was it possible to fall in love so quic...

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 5h

"You know why people say something’s wrong with this guy? Because it appears something is wrong with this guy."

It makes me crazy when I agree with Peggy Noonan, but she's 100% right here.

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Opinion | The Embarrassing Pete Hegseth

The Pentagon needs sober, judicious leadership, not a drama queen who makes things jarring and fevered.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 6h

@evincentelli.bsky.social Really enjoying The Daily podcast. Disagree about one London cast - the OLC of My Fair Lady - Rex is even funnier, plus it's in stereo!

It's one of my essentials.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sure they shopped at some of the same stores!

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 17h

"If she'd been what?"

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 17h

There is nothing like an Abbott musical.

jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 18h

Total coincidence: as I started to read this wonderful piece, I happened to be listening to this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGBy...

It's as if Keaton was a modern Jean Arthur who could sing.

Diane Keaton - There's A Lull In My Life

YouTube video by Tamlin Nicholl

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

Why? They're both clearly the work of the same director and both just wonderful.

jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

Really funny.
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‘SNL’s Weekend Update Reunites Amy Poehler, Tina Fey & Seth Meyers For Joke-Off

'Weekend Update' Reunites Amy Poehler, Tina Fey & Seth Meyers For Joke-Off Against Colin Yost, Michael Che

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

I wish she had sung more. I had no idea she was in "Radio Days" and all of a sudden she appeared on that gorgeous nightclub set singing Cole Porter and I stopped breathing.
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Diane Keaton: "You'd be so nice nice to come to"

YouTube video by Ricardo Leitner

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

65 Years Ago Today On October 11, 1960, "The Bugs Bunny Show" Debuted On ABC. Now and forever my favorite cartoon character.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 1d

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 2d

What goes on behind closed doors...

jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 2d

Lara Lea Trump singing the greatest hits of the Village People is sure to be a ratings smash. abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/...

Turning Point USA announces counterprogram Super Bowl halftime show

Turning Point USA announced a counter-programming Super Bowl halftime show, set to air during Bad Bunny's official halftime performance.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 2d

🎭🥿🎂Happy Birthday, Jerome Robbins!

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 2d

🎞️🎂Happy Sig Ruman's Birthday!

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 3d

Not 100% convinced that a Fran Lebowitz 🎄 tree ornament is the ideal thing to get one into the proper Christmas spirit.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem has arrested the two founders of Antifa.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 3d

Dame Penelope has been wondering who bought hers at the bring and buy sale.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 3d

The level of bonkers is beyond the beyond. And that does not begin to include the idea that Trump studied anything.

Talk about bad for the Jews!

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 3d

www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-ties-...

RFK Jr: "Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol."

Trump: "There's a tremendous amount of proof or evidence. I would say as a non-doctor, but I've studied this a long time."