Franklin LeonardVerified account

@franklinleonard

. founder; Story, politics, and football (soccer) fan. IG:

Los Angeles, CA; elsewhere
Joined March 2009

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    I did a talk last year for . It’s about and representation and how conventional wisdom is usually all convention and no wisdom. It is now available for your viewing pleasure (or dismay.)

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    I’ve already lost count of how many people is bringing with her, and she’s just getting started.

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    5 hours ago

    "the music icon hired the first black photographer to shoot a cover in the publication’s 126-year history." 👀 "

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  4. So, is super smart and thoughtful and I’m constantly learning from her. Bless yourself and do the same.

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    Ppl keep incorrectly saying is the 1st studio movie in 25yrs w/an all Asian cast. It isnt! Theres crouching tiger, Memoirs of a Geisha. But it IS the 1st w/Asian AMERICANS in lead roles. Key words: American & Lead. This is an imprtnt distinction.

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  7. I’ve already lost count of how many people is bringing with her, and she’s just getting started.

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    11 hours ago

    They’re selling bootleg Juventus jerseys in Atlanta. This timeline is WILD.

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    15 hours ago

    To date, 3 of the top 5 highest-grossing movies from Sundance 2018 are documentaries: 1.) HEREDITARY ($43.6MM DBO) 2.) WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR ($19.3MM DBO) 3.) RBG ($13.2MM DBO) 4.) SORRY TO BOTHER YOU ($12.3MM DBO) 5.) THREE IDENTICAL STRANEGRS ($5.5MM DBO)

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    Jul 29

    I wasn’t aware that was enjoying a concert on the same night that he should’ve been saving the Democratic Party. Or that after an admittedly flawed presidency during which he managed to rescue the country from recession, he is not allowed to dance to Beyoncé. Got it.

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  12. Sounds like someone’s about to have a rough week.

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  13. At this point, why not just go all in and say your poll numbers are higher than Jesus, the first Republican President?

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    Jul 27

    Ask Dak the right time and venue, millions want to know?

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    Jul 27

    the last thing the food world needs right now is Gordon Ramsay going to foreign countries showing “locals he can cook their cuisines better than they can”

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    Jul 27

    This is soo much better than that New York Times map making the rounds. Instead of filling in entire precincts with blue or red, it uses dots to represent each vote, accounting for population density.

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    Jul 27

    tacos forever, and Jonathan too. His funeral songs were The Germs “Forming” and Dr. Dre’s “Nothing but a G Thang,” and he served Kogi, Mariscos Jalisco, Guerrilla Tacos and Zacatecas-style burritos (La Palma) after his service. We truly did lose a great one.

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  21. Could not be more relevant to the marketplace for writers and writing in Hollywood.

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