Shawn Levy
@shawnlevy.com
Author: CLINT, The Castle on Sunset, Paul Newman: A Life, Dolce Vita Confidential, &ct/Film guy/Soccer nut/Burner/Poet/Portlander/Board member @opipdx/Dad/Grandad/Grouch
AND: NOT THE SHAWN LEVY WHO MAKES MOVIES/SHOWS!!!
https://shawnlevy.com
AND: NOT THE SHAWN LEVY WHO MAKES MOVIES/SHOWS!!!
https://shawnlevy.com
And one more before the long holiday weekend: A chat about CLINT with the Facts Verse video-cast (complete with a deeply unfortunate and inaccurate title). It's a full survey of the life and the work and some little-known truths. Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLG...
Clint Eastwood Biographer Reveals the Ugly Truth of His Private Life | Shawn Levy
YouTube video by Facts Verse
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And one more before the long holiday weekend: A chat about CLINT with the Facts Verse video-cast (complete with a deeply unfortunate and inaccurate title). It's a full survey of the life and the work and some little-known truths. Enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXLG...
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Cancer remission.
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Cancer remission.
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
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At the Broadway Books event for my novel, when @shawnlevy.com told me he pictured my character Four the Door as played by the classic film actor Mike Mazurki, it got me thinking about the ways the film Murder, My Sweet had influenced my book. So I put together a post about it....
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At the Broadway Books event for my novel, when @shawnlevy.com told me he pictured my character Four the Door as played by the classic film actor Mike Mazurki, it got me thinking about the ways the film Murder, My Sweet had influenced my book. So I put together a post about it....
JFC
The teenager told officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer broke the car’s driver’s side window and detained him. In a video, the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.
This is great news. 📚
A regulation-size NBA court fits inside a regulation-size soccer penalty box.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A regulation-size NBA court fits inside a regulation-size soccer penalty box.
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The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
I recently chatted for a lengthy bit with Deirdre Lorenz for her UPGRADED pod-/video-cast, and our conversation went LOTS of places. It was terrific fun. You can watch at the YouTube link below or catch the pod at
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
youtu.be/LHHd4P7wGi8
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
youtu.be/LHHd4P7wGi8
Ep17: 🎙️🎬Shawn Levy is a New York Times Best Selling Author, His New Book CLINT, & Hollywood Gems
YouTube video by Upgraded With Deirdre Lorenz
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I recently chatted for a lengthy bit with Deirdre Lorenz for her UPGRADED pod-/video-cast, and our conversation went LOTS of places. It was terrific fun. You can watch at the YouTube link below or catch the pod at
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
youtu.be/LHHd4P7wGi8
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
youtu.be/LHHd4P7wGi8
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Books with Pictures is an irreplaceable part of the comics community! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Books with Pictures is an irreplaceable part of the comics community! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
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Remember 2021, when MTG tried to start an America First caucus, dedicated to “common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and had it rejected by her own party as racist and nativist?
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Remember 2021, when MTG tried to start an America First caucus, dedicated to “common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions” and had it rejected by her own party as racist and nativist?
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Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fox News ran video that it said were shot in Portland, Oregon, in September to gin up support for deploying the National Guard there. In truth the images were shot 5 years ago. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/port...
Yes, he is my dear old chum, but Marc Mohan doesn't owe me money or even favors, so I reckon this interview he did with me about CLINT and other things I've done and am doing is legit. Thanks to the folks at @orartswatch.org for the opportunity.
www.orartswatch.org/clint-the-ma...
www.orartswatch.org/clint-the-ma...
‘Clint: The Man and The Movies’: Shawn Levy’s latest celebrity bio is his most successful yet • Oregon ArtsWatch
The Portland author's 560-page biography of the Hollywood icon has received rave reviews in The New York Times and The New Yorker.
www.orartswatch.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Yes, he is my dear old chum, but Marc Mohan doesn't owe me money or even favors, so I reckon this interview he did with me about CLINT and other things I've done and am doing is legit. Thanks to the folks at @orartswatch.org for the opportunity.
www.orartswatch.org/clint-the-ma...
www.orartswatch.org/clint-the-ma...
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Peanuts from November 11, 1998. Charles M. Schulz pays tribute to veterans (and Bill Mauldin) by featuring Mauldin's characters, Willie & Joe.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Peanuts from November 11, 1998. Charles M. Schulz pays tribute to veterans (and Bill Mauldin) by featuring Mauldin's characters, Willie & Joe.
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Franz Kafka : Amerika, 1955
Cover art : Edward Gorey
Cover art : Edward Gorey
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Franz Kafka : Amerika, 1955
Cover art : Edward Gorey
Cover art : Edward Gorey
Sally Kirkland
1) was actually Sally Kirkland *Junior*
2) was escorted to her prom by Ted Koppel
3) introduced Robert De Niro to Bob Dylan
4) punched me in the arm -- hard -- and told me amazing stories at a film festival in southern Oregon
RIP to a one-and-only
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
1) was actually Sally Kirkland *Junior*
2) was escorted to her prom by Ted Koppel
3) introduced Robert De Niro to Bob Dylan
4) punched me in the arm -- hard -- and told me amazing stories at a film festival in southern Oregon
RIP to a one-and-only
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
Sally Kirkland, Oscar-nominated actor of film and television, dies at 84
The actor has over 250 screen credits, including Anna, The Way We Were and JFK, and collaborated with Andy Warhol
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Sally Kirkland
1) was actually Sally Kirkland *Junior*
2) was escorted to her prom by Ted Koppel
3) introduced Robert De Niro to Bob Dylan
4) punched me in the arm -- hard -- and told me amazing stories at a film festival in southern Oregon
RIP to a one-and-only
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
1) was actually Sally Kirkland *Junior*
2) was escorted to her prom by Ted Koppel
3) introduced Robert De Niro to Bob Dylan
4) punched me in the arm -- hard -- and told me amazing stories at a film festival in southern Oregon
RIP to a one-and-only
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Judge says again, louder this time: No National Guard deployment in Oregon.
@maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:
@maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:
‘Exceeded his authority’: Judge issues injunction blocking Trump from sending National Guard to Oregon
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut's decision followed five days after she issued a brief, preliminary injunction.
www.oregonlive.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Judge says again, louder this time: No National Guard deployment in Oregon.
@maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:
@maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:
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Look, I'm not saying the economy has rebounded yet, but all I know is I've only had to work 87 days so far this year and I've made as much money as I did last year. That's the kind of progress I want to see.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Look, I'm not saying the economy has rebounded yet, but all I know is I've only had to work 87 days so far this year and I've made as much money as I did last year. That's the kind of progress I want to see.
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NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I'll probably catch this on Hulu the next day so I can fast-forward through the boring parts. You just know they're going to drag it out like an American Idol finale.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I'll probably catch this on Hulu the next day so I can fast-forward through the boring parts. You just know they're going to drag it out like an American Idol finale.
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Step up to claim your prize if you had "Dick Cheney" as the answer to "Over whose dead body will New York elect a Muslim mayor?"
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Step up to claim your prize if you had "Dick Cheney" as the answer to "Over whose dead body will New York elect a Muslim mayor?"
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November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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