This is excellent news

Very excited to be covering the new season of Hacks for Episodic Medium! Jean Smart remains a national treasure episodicmedium.substack.com/p/review-hacks…

"we had to close the hood and put it outside"

Not to deep dive a joke, but I am fascinated by the implication that she doesn't know anything about a thirty year old tv show, but she loves gifs

Musical theater writing doesn't get any better than "I hate every ape I see, from chimpan-A to chimpan-z"

OK I was hoping the news would be a new book from Törzs but this is tremendously exciting

A lot of the QTs are aghast that a question about Friends would be asked at all, which presents an opportunity for a media literacy lesson. Actors on Actors is not journalism. It’s marketing. As such, Aniston’s team would likely be able to see and veto questions in advance! +

Jaw-dropping stuff. Amazing piece by Adam B. Vary! ‘The Blair Witch Project’ Actors Call Out ‘Reprehensible Behavior’ After Missing Out on Profits for Decades: ‘Don’t Do What We Did’ (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2024/film/news… via @variety Adam B. Vary

Excellent relaunch of this series

I think we should enact this theory into law. Impossible to call Garofalo a boomer; she's possibly one of the most Gen X figures out there

The phrase "Kim Deal debut solo album" is a powerful suggestion that we may be merging with a new and better timeline

Real chef's kiss moment on this one

Shoutout to all the friends who have sent me stories and memes about the White Sox all summer long. Just an incredible era to be a Sox fan, and to be known among your friends for it