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Teen dramas' track record on mental health is... iffy. For , dove into how "Wolf Pack" used a brand new playbook to do better.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones wouldn't compare "The 1619 Project" to "Eyes on the Prize," but knowing it was in her mind as an ideal to aim for makes me even more excited to dig into Hulu's docuseries. spoke to her about it for :
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In this week's #LatinxFiles, I spoke with directors Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn, whose documentary "Going Varsity in Mariachi," about the world of competitive high school mariachi, premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
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They taught AI how to talk like a corporate middle manager and thought this meant the AI was conscious instead of realizing that corporate middle managers aren't
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"Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this."
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when it comes to men from Insecure, why y’all left him out of the convo?
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It's not just the Oscars that fail Black women. It's the entire awards ecosystem
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First-time Sundance attendee question: Will I ever be fully hydrated again
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Commentary: It's not just the Oscars that fail Black women. It's the entire awards ecosystem
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Everyone rewatching Girls indicates a looming recession
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Tolstoy's diary is so relatable:
December 15th — I am much dissatisfied with yesterday. Tomorrow I must rise early, spend the morning reading, busy myself with writing, attend the council, dine at home, resume my writing.
December 16th — I did everything except the writing.
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After 6 days of independent films and Oscar contenders I am simply elated to curl up with some trash TV tonight. It's good to be home.
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Following yesterday’s Academy Award nominations, for , I wrote about how it’s not just the Academy failing Black women, it’s the entire awards ecosystem.
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Grateful to for this sharp commentary on how and why the Oscars — and indeed the entire awards apparatus — continue to fail Black women, coming up on a decade since #OscarsSoWhite:
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The "love 'Columbo'?" in this headline on 's "Poker Face" review for is rhetorical. Obviously everybody loves "Columbo."
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Before waking up to 11 #Oscar noms today, #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce cast and crew gathered in Monterey Park last night, Ke Huy Quan told me this morning.
“We just wanted to show Monterey Park that we love them… this is not the time to stay away.”
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Thankyou Atlantic Seafood and Dim Sum for staying open late! ♥️🧧❤️
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Before waking up to 11 #Oscar noms today, #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce cast and crew gathered in Monterey Park last night, Ke Huy Quan told me this morning.
“We just wanted to show Monterey Park that we love them… this is not the time to stay away.” latimes.com/entertainment-
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And jobs not in journalism can be excellent training! It wasn’t until 7 years after college (spent as a HS English teacher, then a historian) that I got my first full-time journalism gig. If you don’t enter the profession right away, that needn’t be the end of the line.
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The industry is in a tough place rn but I remember in 2008 when I went to hs journalism workshop many instructors had just been laid off and industry was in similar state. College journos please don’t let it discourage you 
dms open for advice! twitter.com/SerenaPuang/st…
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Delighted for Andrea Riseborough - a brilliant talent from my hometown
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“To Leslie” is available on the flight back to L.A. from SLC. After reading @GlennWhipp on the Riseborough nom for @latimes, I can’t say I’m surprised: latimes.com/entertainment-
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What does Paul Dano have to do to be nominated for an Oscar!
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man this is incredible
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if you're on the parade route & have to pee, you can also just go to a bar or a church or a friend's house or a stranger's house if you don't feel like spending $160 to use a virtual toilet or whatever this is about
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$160 Mardi Gras bathroom pass is the perfect intro to NFT grifts for New Orleanians.
New Orleans as a NFT hub makes sense since we already have a ton of grifters down here anyway.
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Jimmy Carter tearfully confesses that he has classified documents in his heart.
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White smoke has been released at The Academy Museum to signify a new crop of Best Picture nominees have been determined.
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MAGIC SAUCE FOR GREAT PORTRAITURE = VERVE + VIBES.
Images by Mariah Tauger. Editing by Brandon Choe. Lighting design by yours truly. Representing the at #SundanceFilmFestival
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Some great nominees this year!
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WaPo gutting launcher and the NYT doing "video games: more than just for kids?" on the same day, when a video game adaptation is one of the most high profile prestige dramas on TV atm, feels like a stupidly out-of-touch view of games' importance to mainstream culture reporting
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Is it too late to become a nepo baby?
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“To Leslie” is available on the flight back to L.A. from SLC. After reading on the Riseborough nom for , I can’t say I’m surprised:
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We fixed the 7yo’s label maker and I just found this on my desk
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All the 2023 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best
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#EEAAO star Michelle Yeoh admits she was nervous on Oscar noms morning — and that awards kudos are “the cherry on the cake.” “This is where everybody comes and pats you on the back and goes, ‘Bravo.’ So thank you for the bravo. I’m taking the roses!”🌹🌹🌹
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Everyone at who made it possible to cover the Golden Globes, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Oscar nominations (plus the rest of film and TV) in the last two weeks, online and in print, at the level we did: Thank you. You make me proud.
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