Mark Harris
@markharris.bsky.social
Writer, husband, etc. Books: Pictures at a Revolution (2008), Five Came Back (2014), Mike Nichols: A Life (2021), Untitled gay cultural history (2026). Journalism: New York, NYTimes Style Mag, etc. A long time ago: EW, Grantland, younger.
Well, that's certainly one theory about what Americans will remember.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Well, that's certainly one theory about what Americans will remember.
Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Not every idea is worth airing. Not every point of view is worth hearing. Not everything that "a lot of people believe" should be credentialed by homepage space. Would the NYT editorial board run "Did Homosexuals Ruin Culture?" or "Did Black People Get Too Big for Their Britches?" I guess we'll see.
If I lived in Los Angeles, nothing would keep me from this. Not inertia or traffic or a cloud of locusts. NOTHING.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
If I lived in Los Angeles, nothing would keep me from this. Not inertia or traffic or a cloud of locusts. NOTHING.
This is a stunning political realignment--Mamdani lost Jews, Catholics, and Protestants but won by sweeping "Other" and "None."
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a stunning political realignment--Mamdani lost Jews, Catholics, and Protestants but won by sweeping "Other" and "None."
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
As a Jewish voter in the 33% I hope my neighbors (literally) in the 63%, who were flooded with dishonest mailers, social media, and texts, will now keep an open mind.
"Breaks silence"? WTF are you talking about? Diane Ladd died THIS MORNING.
RIP to a wonderful actress, and RIP, I hope, to one of the most grotesque and overused phrases in journalism.
RIP to a wonderful actress, and RIP, I hope, to one of the most grotesque and overused phrases in journalism.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"Breaks silence"? WTF are you talking about? Diane Ladd died THIS MORNING.
RIP to a wonderful actress, and RIP, I hope, to one of the most grotesque and overused phrases in journalism.
RIP to a wonderful actress, and RIP, I hope, to one of the most grotesque and overused phrases in journalism.
You think you can shame me, Netflix? BRING IT.
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You think you can shame me, Netflix? BRING IT.
You can't make this up.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You can't make this up.
I cannot tell you how much I wish that this was even one of my ten greatest fears.
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I cannot tell you how much I wish that this was even one of my ten greatest fears.
A personal note: We had to say goodbye to our wonderful little dog Loofah today. We had her for 13 years and she brought us immense joy. We tried to give her as much back as we could. She was funny, stubborn, emotional, sweet, and, at just 14 lbs., a tough little jock. We'll miss her a ton.
October 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A personal note: We had to say goodbye to our wonderful little dog Loofah today. We had her for 13 years and she brought us immense joy. We tried to give her as much back as we could. She was funny, stubborn, emotional, sweet, and, at just 14 lbs., a tough little jock. We'll miss her a ton.
Well, THIS sucks. I have tickets for One Battle After Another for tomorrow and now I don't know if I should go!
October 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Well, THIS sucks. I have tickets for One Battle After Another for tomorrow and now I don't know if I should go!
No Kings NYC. As far as the eye can see. (pls note Camryn Manheim in lower left corner!)
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
No Kings NYC. As far as the eye can see. (pls note Camryn Manheim in lower left corner!)
LOL this headline! Welcome to the resistance...People magazine?!
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
LOL this headline! Welcome to the resistance...People magazine?!
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a pioneering trans activist from the Stonewall era on and a woman who lived an extraordinary life, has died. She was one tough customer. I have always loved this quote from her and if you've ever tried to ascertain the truth about a moment in history, you may relate to it.
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a pioneering trans activist from the Stonewall era on and a woman who lived an extraordinary life, has died. She was one tough customer. I have always loved this quote from her and if you've ever tried to ascertain the truth about a moment in history, you may relate to it.
I always felt bad when we got an actor to do a concept-y cover and it didn't work. Here's one, also from the Waterworld summer, that did--thanks to a very game movie star who was up for doing a post-scandal print interview, and an excellent stunt baby!
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I always felt bad when we got an actor to do a concept-y cover and it didn't work. Here's one, also from the Waterworld summer, that did--thanks to a very game movie star who was up for doing a post-scandal print interview, and an excellent stunt baby!
When I was movie editor at EW, we came up with this idea for a Waterworld cover. We thought it was funny--he'd spent so much time shooting on water--and obv. Costner thought it was funny enough to play along. Readers and the industry HATED it and him--"He's spitting at Hollywood." You never know.
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When I was movie editor at EW, we came up with this idea for a Waterworld cover. We thought it was funny--he'd spent so much time shooting on water--and obv. Costner thought it was funny enough to play along. Readers and the industry HATED it and him--"He's spitting at Hollywood." You never know.
Democrats will have a lot of work to do to counter the casual, faux-folksy fluency with which Vance lies. He's not like Trump, veering and babbling and stumbling and digressing. He just freestyles his evil bullshit with a mechanical grin, unslakable ambition, and the utter absence of a moral core.
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Democrats will have a lot of work to do to counter the casual, faux-folksy fluency with which Vance lies. He's not like Trump, veering and babbling and stumbling and digressing. He just freestyles his evil bullshit with a mechanical grin, unslakable ambition, and the utter absence of a moral core.
I have never in my life been so certain that a prediction is wrong.
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I have never in my life been so certain that a prediction is wrong.
Hey, would any of you like the key to a lived-in and refined look?
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hey, would any of you like the key to a lived-in and refined look?
If I were a more cynical person, I might imagine that Apple thought, "What this show could really use is...
September 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If I were a more cynical person, I might imagine that Apple thought, "What this show could really use is...
Clothing store, Upper West Side.
September 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Clothing store, Upper West Side.
These are suspenseful times but the good news is, we can just ask Google AI how the next two weeks went.
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
These are suspenseful times but the good news is, we can just ask Google AI how the next two weeks went.
This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
For decades, Redford had a tortured relationship with acting--one critic described him as behaving like the handsome high school senior who'd grudgingly agreed to star in the class play. Here's some raw transcript from when I asked him about Mike Nichols directing him in Barefoot in the Park. (1/2)
![We tried out in New Haven. Now, I was not sure about my own self at that time...So, when I was called out to do the play, part of me was resisting everything, everything. My thought was, I'm going to show everyone why I shouldn't be in this play. When we opened in New Haven, I basically just laid down. I said said “Okay, I'm going to be so bad they're going to get rid of me." So I got terrible reviews. Elizabeth [Ashley] did well. They all loved her and she was great. But, my perversity had everyone down on me. I thought, well, this is good, now they'll replace me. Mike took me to lunch and said, “Look, I think I know what you're doing, and it's not going to work. No matter how bad you try to behave, I'm not going to replace you." So I said, "Well, I'm now going to get worse.” I decides I'm not gonna let him win this one, I'm going to show him. I'm going to be so bad he's gotta replace me.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zknk3rjsatent75sdbbopown/bafkreibl7flue4suctt5sytwwrhu45jpk2dpmvvi247l7ql72pftblo6ki@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
For decades, Redford had a tortured relationship with acting--one critic described him as behaving like the handsome high school senior who'd grudgingly agreed to star in the class play. Here's some raw transcript from when I asked him about Mike Nichols directing him in Barefoot in the Park. (1/2)