Jeremy Smith
@mrbeaks.bsky.social
Freelance entertainment journalist. Going through it. I've been to Prague.
Harvey Pekar contributed more to this world than either of you assholes could ever hope to muster. He was a brilliant writer who plugged away at his Cleveland VA job, battled cancer *multiple times* and raised a beautiful family. He was an anti-establishment icon. Fuck all the way off.
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Harvey Pekar contributed more to this world than either of you assholes could ever hope to muster. He was a brilliant writer who plugged away at his Cleveland VA job, battled cancer *multiple times* and raised a beautiful family. He was an anti-establishment icon. Fuck all the way off.
Here comes Mason Adolf!
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Here comes Mason Adolf!
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Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
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bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Fractured Mirror: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
Nathan Rabin's Happy Place's Definitive Guide to American Movies About Filmmaking
bookshop.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some bad news. The great film and culture writer Nathan Rabin was in a serious car accident. He is expected to recover, but he has a rough path ahead. Now is a great time to buy his new book (I just did, looks cool!) - a thorough investigation of movies about movies.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Get the feeling we're going to find out the new KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR features AI enhancements.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Get the feeling we're going to find out the new KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR features AI enhancements.
THE INVENTION OF LOVE in 2001. Lovely production with actors who could make his dialogue sing. I'll cherish that forever.
The first playwright I properly studied (after Shakespeare) was Tom Stoppard. When I went to New York the first thing I did was buy a ticket to Leopoldstadt on Broadway, unable to believe that you could simply go see a new work from an old master. It was glorious. Vale to one of the all-time greats.
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
THE INVENTION OF LOVE in 2001. Lovely production with actors who could make his dialogue sing. I'll cherish that forever.
Go to therapy, Louis.
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Go to therapy, Louis.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
To believe anything they say requires a complete suspension of common sense.
www.publicnotice.co
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“To believe anything about Epstein coming from Trump and his cronies requires a complete suspension of common sense, which is why it’s good to remember that the simplest explanation is often the correct one: they’re lying.” — @justinglawe.bsky.social
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Vintage Stoppard as performed by Oldman & Roth. Delightful stuff. youtu.be/u3xIs0aajN4?...
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) - Playing Questions Scene (2/11) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Vintage Stoppard as performed by Oldman & Roth. Delightful stuff. youtu.be/u3xIs0aajN4?...
I cannot bring myself to refer to Tom Stoppard in the past tense. He is my favorite writer, and that will never change. "The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it." Godspeed, sir.
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I cannot bring myself to refer to Tom Stoppard in the past tense. He is my favorite writer, and that will never change. "The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it." Godspeed, sir.
And I would anywhere be anywhere else than here today.
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
And I would anywhere be anywhere else than here today.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
10 Better Choices for the National Anthem Than the Actual National Anthem:
10. This Land Is Your Land
9. Cosmic Slop
8. Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young
7. Lido Shuffle
6. Fuck tha Police
5. Close to the Edge
4. Stigmata
3. Erotic City
2. Makin' It
1. The Super Bowl Shuffle
10. This Land Is Your Land
9. Cosmic Slop
8. Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young
7. Lido Shuffle
6. Fuck tha Police
5. Close to the Edge
4. Stigmata
3. Erotic City
2. Makin' It
1. The Super Bowl Shuffle
10 Better Choices for the National Anthem Than the Actual National Anthem:
1. Seven Nation Army
2. Fight the Power
3. Piano Man
4. We Can Work It Out (Stevie Wonder Version)
5. Back on the Chain Gang
6. The Chain
7. Runnin' Down a Dream
8. Let's Go Crazy
9. I Love Rock 'n Roll
10. Believe
1. Seven Nation Army
2. Fight the Power
3. Piano Man
4. We Can Work It Out (Stevie Wonder Version)
5. Back on the Chain Gang
6. The Chain
7. Runnin' Down a Dream
8. Let's Go Crazy
9. I Love Rock 'n Roll
10. Believe
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
10 Better Choices for the National Anthem Than the Actual National Anthem:
10. This Land Is Your Land
9. Cosmic Slop
8. Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young
7. Lido Shuffle
6. Fuck tha Police
5. Close to the Edge
4. Stigmata
3. Erotic City
2. Makin' It
1. The Super Bowl Shuffle
10. This Land Is Your Land
9. Cosmic Slop
8. Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young
7. Lido Shuffle
6. Fuck tha Police
5. Close to the Edge
4. Stigmata
3. Erotic City
2. Makin' It
1. The Super Bowl Shuffle
The new BEATLES ANTHOLOGY goes deep.
The Dana Carvey Show - Leftover Beatles Memories (1996)
YouTube video by stephenaltobello
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The new BEATLES ANTHOLOGY goes deep.
Mini-thread.
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Mini-thread.
I'm sure a war with Venezuela, which has a disapproval rating lower than Trump, will fix things for him.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm sure a war with Venezuela, which has a disapproval rating lower than Trump, will fix things for him.
The Blob?
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Blob?
This is heinous.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is heinous.
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It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Air Supply
Ministry
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pantera
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Air Supply
Ministry
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pantera
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Bowie
Iggy
PJ Harvey
Jane’s Addiction
Little Jimmy Scott
Bowie
Iggy
PJ Harvey
Jane’s Addiction
Little Jimmy Scott
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Air Supply
Ministry
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pantera
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Air Supply
Ministry
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pantera
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
MARGARET
What movie are you most thankful for? (not necessarily your favorite!)
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
MARGARET
The NYT never faced a serious reckoning for Judith Miller's misdeeds, which played a huge role in getting hundreds of thousands of people killed. There is no higher journalistic power that will hold Nuzzi and her ilk accountable. There's only us. And I fear we're just screaming into the void.
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The NYT never faced a serious reckoning for Judith Miller's misdeeds, which played a huge role in getting hundreds of thousands of people killed. There is no higher journalistic power that will hold Nuzzi and her ilk accountable. There's only us. And I fear we're just screaming into the void.