💔 Goodbye to Robert Benton, beloved friend of many decades. And give him as much credit for “Kramer vs. Kramer” as “Bonnie and Clyde.” In its own way it was much more radical. Arriving not long after Roe and women’s legal right to own credit cards, it had genuine shock value.

Kramer vs Kramer is just one of the best.

Dear TCM , your outstanding programming these past 6 months has been superb. It is a brilliant way to use your unique artistry. Thank you for standing up.

Ryan Gosling learned to play the piano and both he and Emma Stone had to learn to sing and dance for six original tunes. Director rented an L.A. warehouse, and for three months, Gosling practiced piano in a room while Stone worked choreographers in another

Rosalind Russell with good friend Cary Grant who said at her funeral, “I know of no one better qualified to enter paradise.”

Coco Gauff being serenaded by the Roland Garros ball kids as she walks down the stairs with her trophy. “COCO COCO COCO COCO” 🥹

The moment she realizes it is unforgettable ✨

Spanish national team watching Alcaraz battle it out one hour before playing a Final of their own. Incredible photo. 🇪🇸

Life is not perfect but there are perfect moments.

I am going to print this, put it up on my wall, and look at it when any situation looks utterly hopeless.

🎥 Brian Wilson plays a solo version of 'Good Vibrations' live for SNL. He's doing with a piano and a damaged voice what 20+ musicians and singers did on the original song. RIP to a genius.⁠

The maestro has passed - the man was a open heart with two legs - with an ear that heard the angels. Quite literally. Love and Mercy for you and yours tonight . RIP Brian. nytimes.com/2025/06/11/a... Brian wrote down the lyrics of love and mercy for me -

happy father’s day to her

Europeans: “this email is unmonitored over summer. good luck” Americans:

A month in Italy has halved my will to work and doubled my desire for money

One of my all-time favorite type of videos is pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known. A thread of some examples: Bastille playing Pompeii in what looks like someone's living room:

SENTIMENTAL VALUE. Joachim Trier's masterful story of family, love, and the power of cinema. Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning. In Theaters 11.7.

#RIP Hollywood power lawyer Skip Brittenham. “By telling the truth, and always telling the truth and always saying exactly what I thought, it distinguished me a bit from some other people," he said in 2012. “And clients learned to expect it.” hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Son who lives abroad returns home and video calls his father 🥹❤️

Larry Sanders premiered on this day in 1992. Jim Carrey gives a brilliant, unsettling performance, singing of his love for Larry, until the cameras switch off and he instantly becomes hostile telling Larry he's just used him for publicity. It's the true face of celebrity.