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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · Dec 5

Gonna open an art gallery but it’s just Drew Struzan’s concept art for the RADIOLAND MURDERS movie poster.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 13h

Drew Struzan Forever

Movie poster artwork by Drew Struzan for BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986), AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986), INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) and COMING TO AMERICA (1988)

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 17h

Oh boy! A good old fashioned impersonator. Following all women…ew.

Seriously, ladies. I will NOT slide into your DMs. Do not send “me” money or lewds. I’ve reported, but multiple reports can’t hurt.

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Matt Cross @mrforklift.bsky.social · 9h

MPA Statement on Instagram Using the PG-13 Rating to Guide New Content Moderation Tool

#filmsky #moviesky

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 18h

Bold and strong like her ex-orphan mother Sonje, one afternoon, Sulwe showed her mettle when warthogs emerged from their burrow and caught the group unawares. The nannies quickly gathered the babies, but Sulwe stood her ground and blew a squeaky, shrill trumpet to chase the intruders away!

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We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 17h

Legendary artist Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78.

Thank you for sharing your artwork with the world!

Rest in Peace. 🕊

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Matt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 15h

In honor of the great Drew Struzan’s passing, I picked 15 of his best posters.

Drew Struzan’s Best Movie Posters

Celebrating the work of one of the greatest poster artists in the history of film.

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Bruce McCorkindale @brucemccorkindale.bsky.social · 15h

R.I.P. Drew Struzan. I based my Muppet version of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA off his poster art "with apologies to Struzan." Thanks for all your many inspiring works, Drew.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 16h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 17h

Drew Struzan’s immaculate gift touched every level of studio filmmaking, big and small. Beyond just the classic obvious choices, every corner of his career is riddled with timeless works of art.

Movie poster art for Harlem Nights (1989), DuckTales the Movie (1990), batteries not included (1987) and Taking Care of Business (1990)

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 16h

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 19h

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 14h

I wrote about Drew Struzan, a beautiful dreamer.

Drew Struzan, The Greatest Movie Poster Artist Of All Time, Has Died At 78 - SlashFilm

Drew Struzan, a titan in the world of illustration and movie poster art, has passed away. If you have a favorite movie poster, he's probably responsible for it.

www.slashfilm.com

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · Jun 5

Few artists’ entire body of work have meant as much to me over the course of my life as Drew Struzan’s has. With his gift every movie felt epic & important whether the artwork was framed in the movie theater lobby or sitting on the video store shelf.

Original poster artwork for ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING by Drew Struzan.

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Michel de Rooij @eightwone.com · 19h

PSA: Tomorrow, AzureAD & AzureAD Preview modules retire https://bit.ly/AADModuleRetire

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Microsoft Exchange @msftexchange.bsky.social · 19h

Support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 ends today | Microsoft Community Hub! 🦋
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Support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 ends today | Microsoft Community Hub

Support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 ends today.  

techcommunity.microsoft.com

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io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 19h

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 19h

A cero mackerel swam close by the cam today giving us one of the best looks we’ve ever gotten of this normally offshore species 🙌〰️🐟〰️ #ceromackerel #cero #mackeral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Matt Cross @mrforklift.bsky.social · 1d

Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on how they used the letters, diaries, and memories of both well-known and lesser known figures to help convey a deeper understanding of the wartime experience. Premieres Sunday, November 16 at 8/7c

#filmsky #tvsky

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Inside Look: Giving Voice to the American Revolution | PBS

YouTube video by PBS

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 1d

Flocculent spirals, like NGC 2090, seen in this #NASAWebb image, are one of the more common types of spiral galaxies. They have patchy arms that seemingly blend together and disconnect in spots.

Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy. 🔭 🧪

A spiral galaxy. There is a fuzzy, blue-white spot at the center of the galaxy, which is a cluster of stars. Two, patchy orange arms composed of dust and gas spiral outward and wrap around the central region. Brighter orange patches dot the arms. The entire structure glows with a slight blue halo, which becomes more diffuse toward the edges of the image. There are many orange, white, and blue background galaxies spread throughout.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 1d

The yellowtail parrotfish face off and throw down in the Stadium with their mohawks up 🦜🐟😤😤🦜🐟 #yellowtailparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #slowmotion #faceoff #throwdown #mohawksup #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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Astronomy and Beer @astronomyandbeer.bsky.social · 2d

First narrowband image: The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula.

25 hours of integration in the Hubble SHO palette using 6nm filters.

This one taught me how patient you have to be to see color in hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen — but when it works, it really works.

#Astrophotography #photography #bluesky #beer

A high-resolution astrophotograph of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, a vast column of cosmic gas and dust set against a deep star field in the constellation Cepheus. The central “trunk” curves gracefully upward like a celestial tornado, glowing in intricate shades of gold, green, and blue — the result of mapping sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen emissions into the Hubble SHO color palette. Wisps of illuminated gas stream away from the trunk’s rim, sculpted by intense ultraviolet radiation from massive young stars nearby. Fainter tendrils and filaments of dust fan outward into the surrounding nebula, giving the impression of motion frozen in time. Tiny pinpoints of starlight pepper the background — some crisp and brilliant, others faint and ghostly, scattered across the dark expanse of interstellar space. The entire scene feels alive, like a galactic storm caught mid-creation, revealing both the power and elegance of star formation nearly 2,400 light-years from Earth.

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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 2d

One of Calvin’s better plans 🤣 #CalvinandHobbes

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 2d

Behold the striking colors of the blue-spotted stingray! Its bright spots are a warning to onlookers that it's venomous—& if its colors aren’t enough to ward off foes, it’s equipped w/ a tail that can inject a lethal dose of toxins.
Photo: Derek Keats, CC-BY-2.0, Wikimedia Commons

A photo of a blue spotted stingray. The animal is a dark greenish gray with a multitude of vibrant blue spots. Its body is flat and pancake-shaped.

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History@Disney @historyatdisney.bsky.social · 2d

View of the Matterhorn, Skyway, and PeopleMover at Disneyland during the 1960s.

When asked why his Matterhorn had holes in it Walt Disney responded stating that it was because the mountain was Swiss.

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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 2d

Our resident Olympian turns everything into a friendly competition. First to the waterhole? Suguroi leads the charge. Best dust bathing spot? She's already claimed it. Pushing match with the bulls? She's in, and she's winning.

Adopt her: swt.bio/suguroi

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