Today's #ActorsOnActors Cover: Julia Roberts and Sean Penn Bond Over Paul Thomas Anderson, Luca Guadagnino and 'Cancel Culture': 'Shame Is Underrated These Days' Watch the full episode on the CNN app and read the conversation now: wp.me/pc8uak-1lGDQF

grier, pacino, harvey keitel, michael mann, baz luhrmann... everybody was there. the check cleared, the shoulders were rubbed, the ballots are in the mail, the noms and the wins are coming

For The Continent ✍️ about Adekunle Gold's FUJI album. Is it Fuji or isn't it? continent.substack.com/p/review-strik…

Good choice.

‘My legacy is not Charlie Kirk’: the university president building a culture of peace after violence theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…

HOLY shit, Rosalia's LUX is massive. AOTY stat!

This is actually fire

As someone who goes to the movies three or four times a week I can tell you, it’s basically only young people going. Even (especially) at rep shows. The over-40 set is staying home and blaming the industry’s decline on the kids. Typical boomer shit.

Paramount, run by David Ellison, said it will offer $30 per share for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. and slammed the $27.75-per-share Netflix deal as offering "inferior and uncertain value." forbes.com/sites/maryroel… (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking News: Honduras has issued an international arrest warrant for its former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump. nyti.ms/44C6QTJ

Didn't have Nancy Mace praising Nancy Pelosi on my bingo card. nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opi…

I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 224 of The Continent We celebrate people whose purpose and passion shine through a tumultuous 2025, embodying Khalil Gibran’s words that “work is love made visible.” Meet our Africans of the Year: bit.ly/224_TC

Jay Kelly meets Ella McCay

the most sensitive male strippers in all of the Catskills

The year in movies, as chosen by Wilfred Okiche, The Continent’s film critic. continent.substack.com/p/the-year-in-…

Heated Rivalry is my new guilty pleasure.

We used to let movie stars cook.

I get bored by writing that engages with the Berlinale in terms of proximity to the Oscars. Yes, big premieres are nice but the Berlinale has a different value esp for indie indie films. And that's ok. Oscars aren't the only game in cinema. nytimes.com/2025/12/15/mov…

Obsessed with the Big Little Lies book so now I have to watch the show. Who knew messy white school moms give great drama.