Kevin Lehane
@kevinlehane.com
Writer of Grabbers and cohost of www.bestbitspodcast.com and www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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Finished this. I didn't expect to feel by the end of this breezy show that I hope they do more as I really would love to see more of Kingsley's Trevor Slattery. A lovely creation.
Wonder Man is very charming and fun. It's a lovely double-act going on with Sir Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Six episodes in, it's not really a superhero show at all. It's just a story of two desperate actors.
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Finished this. I didn't expect to feel by the end of this breezy show that I hope they do more as I really would love to see more of Kingsley's Trevor Slattery. A lovely creation.
Wonder Man is very charming and fun. It's a lovely double-act going on with Sir Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Six episodes in, it's not really a superhero show at all. It's just a story of two desperate actors.
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Wonder Man is very charming and fun. It's a lovely double-act going on with Sir Ben Kingsley and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Six episodes in, it's not really a superhero show at all. It's just a story of two desperate actors.
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> Turaco. I just learned of these magical little fellas last week. We live on an incredible planet. I wish we’d be cooler about it.
> Turaco. I just learned of these magical little fellas last week. We live on an incredible planet. I wish we’d be cooler about it.
February 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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> Turaco. I just learned of these magical little fellas last week. We live on an incredible planet. I wish we’d be cooler about it.
> Turaco. I just learned of these magical little fellas last week. We live on an incredible planet. I wish we’d be cooler about it.
I was kidding here. AI is not replacing art. It can’t. It’s like thinking a hairdryer can replace a hairdresser, and it’s actually a handgun.
I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.
a man is eating noodles with a fork and knife .
ALT: a man is eating noodles with a fork and knife .
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February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I was kidding here. AI is not replacing art. It can’t. It’s like thinking a hairdryer can replace a hairdresser, and it’s actually a handgun.
I think I’ve figured out how to get people to read something you’ve written. Preface it with, “I wrote this about us/you,” and then follow it up with, “Are you OK with me putting this out there?”
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I think I’ve figured out how to get people to read something you’ve written. Preface it with, “I wrote this about us/you,” and then follow it up with, “Are you OK with me putting this out there?”
We are in Hell
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
We are in Hell
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.
a man is eating noodles with a fork and knife .
ALT: a man is eating noodles with a fork and knife .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.
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They should've given Martin Short some sort of special Oscar for just the facial expressions he makes in this scene. bsky.app/profile/benc...
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
They should've given Martin Short some sort of special Oscar for just the facial expressions he makes in this scene. bsky.app/profile/benc...
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Once the corps and oligarchs 100% took the news mass media it was really game over wasn’t it?
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Once the corps and oligarchs 100% took the news mass media it was really game over wasn’t it?
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
Reagan killed the fairness doctrine. Clinton & Repubs then scrapped rules prohibiting media consolidation. Followed by 25 yrs of mergers, hiring careerists & firing real journalists and here we are.
I’ll be honest with you, I just had to look up what decidedly meant as I’ve always just assumed its meaning until just now. But as I only ever see it paired with mixed I let doubt creep in. Turns out I was right. Anyway…
Doing anything for lunch?
Doing anything for lunch?
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I’ll be honest with you, I just had to look up what decidedly meant as I’ve always just assumed its meaning until just now. But as I only ever see it paired with mixed I let doubt creep in. Turns out I was right. Anyway…
Doing anything for lunch?
Doing anything for lunch?
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The USA have kept an Irish guy who has every legal right to be there in a concentration camp for months.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The USA have kept an Irish guy who has every legal right to be there in a concentration camp for months.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
Imagine someone telling you this in like 2015.
I like the look of that Cliff Booth sequel, but I worry it's going to be so muddy to watch with all the compression these platforms like Netflix impose.
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I like the look of that Cliff Booth sequel, but I worry it's going to be so muddy to watch with all the compression these platforms like Netflix impose.
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With the recent success of YouTuber Markiplier's film 'Iron Lung' at the US box office, we took that notable news as a cue to chat about YouTube in Hollywood and pick our favourite content creators. There's a list of all of those mentioned in the show notes. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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February 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
With the recent success of YouTuber Markiplier's film 'Iron Lung' at the US box office, we took that notable news as a cue to chat about YouTube in Hollywood and pick our favourite content creators. There's a list of all of those mentioned in the show notes. www.bestbitspodcast.com/screen-play
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I never noticed this either.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I never noticed this either.
Bezos is worth 250 billion and he fires people from the newspaper he owns. His hourly interest alone could fund that paper forever, and his daily interest could fund ten more as vital and he’d continue to make ungodly profit. These people are psychopaths.
February 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Bezos is worth 250 billion and he fires people from the newspaper he owns. His hourly interest alone could fund that paper forever, and his daily interest could fund ten more as vital and he’d continue to make ungodly profit. These people are psychopaths.
I wonder what Reese Witherspoon is doing right now with her ape NFT…
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I wonder what Reese Witherspoon is doing right now with her ape NFT…
The most farfetched aspect of Wonder Man is that his agent texts him back as soon as he sends a message.
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The most farfetched aspect of Wonder Man is that his agent texts him back as soon as he sends a message.
All the worst people celebrated Brexit.
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
All the worst people celebrated Brexit.
Scream has gone the opposite direction of most horror franchises and become less comic the further it's gone on. Usually sequels this deep in start poking fun at themselves, and their legacy, but Scream has abandoned the sly wit of the Wes Craven era. A shame, really. That was what set them apart.
February 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Scream has gone the opposite direction of most horror franchises and become less comic the further it's gone on. Usually sequels this deep in start poking fun at themselves, and their legacy, but Scream has abandoned the sly wit of the Wes Craven era. A shame, really. That was what set them apart.
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A data-driven mosaic of our warming planet - now updated through 2025 🥵
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February 2, 2026 at 12:39 PM
A data-driven mosaic of our warming planet - now updated through 2025 🥵
Download graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Download graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
The reliance on shows these days to do flashback eps that build out the backstory of the protagonist, pausing the forward momentum of the main narrative to do so, is frustrating. I know with opinions like this there are examples of when it's worthwhile, but I'm still bored of the trope all the same.
February 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The reliance on shows these days to do flashback eps that build out the backstory of the protagonist, pausing the forward momentum of the main narrative to do so, is frustrating. I know with opinions like this there are examples of when it's worthwhile, but I'm still bored of the trope all the same.
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"There is a global wave of governments being captured by big money, whether that’s big crypto money or big tech money."
Great to talk to @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how money laundering has gone global - and it's capturing our politics
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Great to talk to @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how money laundering has gone global - and it's capturing our politics
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...
Dirty money is buying up democracy
I talk to Oliver Bullough about how corruption and money laundering have gone global - and are capturing our politics
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:12 AM
"There is a global wave of governments being captured by big money, whether that’s big crypto money or big tech money."
Great to talk to @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how money laundering has gone global - and it's capturing our politics
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...
Great to talk to @oliverbullough.bsky.social about how money laundering has gone global - and it's capturing our politics
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...