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Fox News

“Fox News on Tuesday fired the political editor who was tasked with defending the network’s election night decisions that especially angered President Donald Trump and his allies. Politics editor Chris Stirewalt’s exit from the network coincided with the sacking of at least 16 digital editorial staffers, including senior editors. People familiar with the situation said the layoffs—a “blood bath,” as multiple Fox News insiders described it—were perpetrated by Porter Berry, the Sean Hannity crony now in charge of remaking Fox’s digital properties in the image of its right-wing opinion programming.”

There’s no such thing as cancel culture

“There’s no such thing as cancel culture: “The collective and unwavering moral scorn of a society pushed to the limits of its tolerance—censure from a crowd more inclined to give power-players a pass—is a fearsome thing for people who commit foul deeds…It is, in fact, what they fear the most.”

SAG

SAG-AFTRA May Expel Trump

Gwynnie Ecology

The Study of Gwyn Ecology: “Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina-scented candle explodes into flames causing an ‘inferno’ in a North London woman’s living room”

Jean-Pierre Bacri Was 69

Jean-Pierre Bacri Was 69

Smith Fox News

Ben Smith Media-Equates Fox News And Its Actionable Lies, As Well As Its Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Lou Dobbs And Sean Hannity Pattern Of Lies About The Late Seth Rich, Which Was Embargoed Until After The Presidential Election

Napoleon

As Part of Its Support of Cinémathèque Française, Netflix Will Contribute To The Two-Million Euro Restoration of Abel Gance’s Napoleon

Spector

Wall of Silence: Convicted Murderer Phil Spector Was 81

Remember Lana Jean Clarkson

Micro Cinemas

Nicolas Rapold: “Like other theatrical exhibition spaces, many microcinemas—which exist across the world, supported by engaged local audiences—have not been able to hold physical screenings. But they have been better positioned than larger venues for navigating the upheaval of the pandemic shutdowns through a variety of means: streaming, special projects such as publications, and drive-in screenings. What’s more, the rubric of microcinemas need not always require a single physical location, though usually there’s some kind of settled home or two. Financially, it’s helped that they’re more flexible, less beholden to the strictures and budgetary scale expected of traditional institutions, and, sometimes, inherently transitory. These endeavors grow and flourish on the margins and between the cracks.”

Apple parlor

“Asked by Fox’s Chris Wallace whether Apple’s booting of Parler, which had become popular among Trump loyalists as an alternative to Twitter and Facebook, would only serve to drive the app’s users “underground,” Cook responded, “Well, we’ve only suspended them, Chris. And so, if they get their moderation together, they would be back on there.”

No Trump books

“More than 250 authors, editors, agents, professors and others in the American literary community signed an open letter this week opposing any publisher that signs book deals with President Donald Trump or members of his administration. Former DC Comics president Paul Levitz, journalist Sarah Weinman and “Little Fires Everywhere” author Celeste Ng are among signatories to the letter, written by novelist Barry Lyga and titled ‘No Book Deals for Traitors.’”

FYC Screenplay2021

FYC Screenplays 2021
Antebellum
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
The Climb
Da 5 Bloods
The Father
Herself
I Carry You With Me
I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
I’m Your Woman
The King Of Staten Island
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
On The Rocks
One Night In Miami…
Palm Springs
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Saint Frances
Sound Of Metal
The Trial Of The Chicago 7

Gatsby

Wesley Morris: “Why do we keep reading ‘The Great Gatsby’? Why do some of us keep taking our time reading it? F. Scott Fitzgerald kept it short. A week is unwarranted. It should be consumed in the course of a day. Two at most. Otherwise, all the mystery seeps away, leaving Jay Gatsby lingering, ethereal but elusive, like cologne somebody else is wearing. I have read ‘The Great Gatsby’ four times. Only in this most recent time did I choose to attack it in a single sitting. I’m an authority now. In one day, you can sit with the brutal awfulness of nearly every person in this book—booooo, Jordan; just boo. And Mr. Wolfsheim, shame on you, sir; Gatsby was your friend. In a day, you no longer have to wonder whether Daisy loved Gatsby back or whether ‘love’ aptly describes what Gatsby felt in the first place. After all, ‘The Great Gatsby’ is a classic of illusions and delusions. In a day, you reach those closing words about the boats, the current, and the past, and rather than allow them to haunt, you simply return to the first page and start all over again.”

International Feature

“The Academy concluded that holding the International Feature’s executive committee online deliberations via Zoom or a similar platform would leave them open to leaks or hacks. This year’s shortlist will be determined by the preliminary committee. Additionally, in a decision unrelated to the pandemic, the shortlist will be expanded from 10 slots to 15. The latter decision may be more reflective of the strain being felt by some preliminary committee members about having to sift through a record 93 submissions in less than a month.”

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck: “I started drinking too much around the time of Justice League, and it’s a hard thing to confront and face and deal with. I’ve been sober for a while now, and I feel really good — as healthy and good as I’ve ever felt. And the process of recovering from alcoholism has been really instructive. I think it’s great for people who aren’t alcoholics, you know? Like, ‘Be honest. Have integrity. Take accountability. Help other people.’ It’s a good set of things that they teach you. If you knew how many actors and directors and writers were alcoholics or compulsive in some way — I mean, it’s the most ordinary thing in the world in Hollywood. I’ve worked with actors who showed up drunk! And that was not me. I drank, like, alone in my living room and just passed out, like, with Scotch. But I got sober.”

James Murdoch

James Murdoch: “The damage is profound. The sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very much so. Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years… Spreading disinformation — whether about the election, public health or climate change — has real world consequences. Many media property owners have as much responsibility for this as the elected officials who know the truth but choose instead to propagate lies. We hope the awful scenes we have all been seeing will finally convince those enablers to repudiate the toxic politics they have promoted once and forever.”

NRA

The NRA Is Bankrupt

Willie

Willie Nelson Got The Vaccine

Canonthink

Lillian Crawford In “Little White Lies”: “A century on, the precedent of taste D. W. Griffith established hasn’t been shaken off. Hollywood studios have always catered to the assumed interests of Western audiences, leading to the dominance of cis white heterosexual narratives in film which continues today. Of course, this bias was embedded in Western art and literature long before the birth of film. However, canonical cinema started from conservatism rather than moving with changes in other art forms.”

HAMPTON

“His assassination was a robbery,” says Ryan Coogler. “More than just his life and family. It was a robbery for all of us.”

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