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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I spoke to Courteney Cox about directing the wonderful EVIL GENIUS, about the 2003 pizza delivery man bomber and the pretty insane story behind it. And how FRIENDS played an unlikely role. (I really enjoyed this one.)

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Courteney Cox Had a Vision for Her ‘Evil Genius,’ and ‘Friends’ — Surprisingly — Played an Important Role

Cox's first directorial outing didn't pan out how she wanted, but her spin on the shocking real life "pizza bomber" story is her new calling card.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Kenneth Branagh says Robin Williams was constantly “fireworking,” Christopher Nolan has an eerie way of bending time in real life, and Robert De Niro has no patience for other method actors. All this and lots more for #filmsky people in search of a longread this fine Sunday:

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The Many Lives of Kenneth Branagh

The legendary actor and filmmaker reflects on it all: Shakespeare, Thor, Agatha Christie, Christopher Nolan, Frankenstein, Harry Potter, and his latest role alongside Ryan Reynolds in ‘Mayday.’

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The secret to Kenneth Branagh's legendary Shakespeare adaptations ...? He styled them like the American movies and TV shows he worshiped as a kid in Belfast. Henry V, he tells me, is actually shot like a cowboy movie. There's more here in this sprawling Q&A:

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The Many Lives of Kenneth Branagh

The legendary actor and filmmaker reflects on it all: Shakespeare, Thor, Agatha Christie, Christopher Nolan, Frankenstein, Harry Potter, and his latest role alongside Ryan Reynolds in ‘Mayday.’

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Always loved Miss Dolly Parton. Only got to interview her once, alongside Queen Latifah, when they made a gospel comedy called "Joyful Noise" in 2012. (This was for EW.) Dolly called her by her real name, Dana Owens, and these two were hilarious together. Here's how the conversation STARTED...

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s WITNESS week on Ford Focus: A Harrison Ford Podcast and @kphipps3000.bsky.social and I are joined by @brezwrites.bsky.social who comes prepared with his own personal Harrison Ford stories

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'Witness' with Anthony Breznican

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Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 22/08/2026

optimist: the cup is half full pessimist: the cup is half empty archaeologist: that cup belongs in a museum

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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In February, 1924, Ray Bradbury’s Mother, Esther Bradbury, a cinema aficionado, took her three-year-old son to see Lon Chaney in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. It changed his life forever. The film had a six-day engagement at Waukegan’s Elite Theatre. Here is the ad. #RayBradbury #RayDay

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Mike Ryan @mikeryan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We actually recorded our first Patreon member movie request this week. @brezwrites.bsky.social was our guest and we changed the movie to fulfill the request because those are the rules. Also here’s the sticker you get.

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 12/08/2026

If you found this intriguing, you can find this story, and a whole lot more, in my biography of Seuss, BECOMING DR. SEUSS: THEODOR GEISEL AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN IMAGINATION, available from fine booksellers everywhere.

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Allan Trautman @allantrautman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pleased to announce my completely redesigned website. Lots of behind-the-scenes photos from over 50 years in the industry. At allantrautman.com

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Allan Trautman — Puppeteer

Allan Trautman — Emmy-nominated puppeteer and puppetry instructor. Fifty years of bringing impossible characters to life. Los Angeles.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Farewell to Ben Jones. I knew Cooter had served in congress after Dukes of Hazzard, but I did not know he was a Democrat or that he had helped rid us of Newt Gingrich. 👍 RIP

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My favorite 007. (And an incredibly kind man in real life.)

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Stephen Root remembers lying flat on his back with fake blood on his face and a real monkey licking his forehead. 🐒 It was his first onscreen role, almost 40 years ago. In many ways, Root has been training for the weirdness of #WidowsBay ever since. Now he might just get an Emmy for it.

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Stephen Root on training his whole life for the weirdness of ‘Widow’s Bay’: ‘Becoming an actor was an adventure’

The Apple TV hit has delivered his second-ever Emmy nomination — but it’s the culmination of the veteran actor’s own long, strange trip.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is the day of “There Will Come Soft Rains” 🌧️ To Ray Bradbury in 1950, August 4, 2026 was once the distant future.

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Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 03/08/2026

If you enjoyed the movie that kicked the Avengers off the top spot, do I have the book for you! (shameless self-promotion) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/815923...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ugh, no, don't. A hardcore antisemite. What a giant unforced error.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Let’s not get angry at people about their movie opinions. Someone didn’t feel the same as you? I think it’ll be okay. I loved The Odyssey. Emily Wilson didn’t. I still like her, and I still like the movie. Let’s heed this wisdom about disagreement:

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The Big Lebowski: That's Just Like Your Opinion, Man

ALT: The Big Lebowski: That's Just Like Your Opinion, Man

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Spaceballs: The Clickbait I spent Comic-Con with the gang from Spaceballs: The New One, shadowing them as they orchestrated the return of Rick Moranis after 30 years. Then ... they lost him. Here's what happened behind-the-scenes at Hall H. 🚀

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Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 25/07/2026

They let me tell Star Wars dad jokes at the SDCC Lucasfilm Publishing panel and I’ve never been so happy to be booed. Also look at these amazing panelists!!

Ashley Poston, Kiersten White, Mike Siglain, Kristin Baver, Ahmed Best, Anthony Breznican, and a dork who tells dad jokes

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Got a little dramatic at Comic-Con to show off the scale of my new Darth Vader book.💥 No tables were broken, but I think this demonstrates the physical weight of 50 years of Star Wars storytelling.

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Michael Siglain @msiglain.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thank you to all the fans--and to all the authors, artists, and editors--who came to our three Star Wars publishing panels at SDCC. Thank you for reading, supporting, and creating all of our books & comics--it means the world. Enjoy the rest of the con, happy reading, and may the Force be with you!

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Would you like to take a private tour of an ancient city with Tom Hiddleston? Come, join us… But the Loki actor has a word of warning: “Don’t anger the gods…”

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Tom Hiddleston Is Time-Traveling for Real Now

We explored ancient ruins with the ‘Loki’ star, whose Marvel antihero inspired the chronology-bending new doc ‘Pompeii: Out of Time.’

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Christopher Nolan made something truly rare and special with The Odyssey. It’s not hyperbole. This movie resurrects what makes the ancient epic relevant now and always. It is easy to go astray in life. So, how do you find your way back to what matters?

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Might Just Change Your Life

The Oscar-winning ‘Oppenheimer’ director has richly adapted the ancient Greek epic into a modern search for meaning.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“Most Star Wars fans assume they know everything there is to know about the Jedi Knight turned Sith Lord. Think again.” Thank you, @germainlussier.bsky.social for that introduction to my new book. @io9.com features the intro to #StarWars Icons: Vader 🖤

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Peek Behind the Mask of a Stunning New Darth Vader Book [Exclusive]

io9 has your first look at 'Star Wars Icons: Vader' by Anthony Breznican, which is out in October.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

You may see many reviews of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey today. Here’s mine. This is not just a superb action epic, but a warning: Nolan’s uses the ancient story to explore the many ways we can go off track, wait too long, and find ourselves mired in regret. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Might Just Change Your Life

The Oscar-winning ‘Oppenheimer’ director has richly adapted the ancient Greek epic into a modern search for meaning.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Emily Wilson is my kind of academic. She can go deep about the recurrent geopolitical forces that resurrect interest in The Odyssey over millennia. And she also says things like: “The eye sizzling on the stake. Love that!”

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How One Woman Conquered ‘The Odyssey’

Emily Wilson’s best-selling translation of the Greek epic, which was praised by Christopher Nolan, brings the wisdom of ancient times to the present.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'm the voice you hear at the start of this video saying, "Let's talk about your open shirt..." That opened the door for Sam Neill and Laura Dern to mercilessly torment their Jurassic Park pal Jeff Goldblum later in the chat (It made fun tease for the opener.)

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The world may remember Sam Neill from the landmark blockbuster Jurassic Park, but there is another performance by the actor that will chill me forever. This performance remains haunting and powerful, even though it debuted almost 40 years ago and is now largely forgotten. 1/

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Sam Neill Knew What Truly Mattered

The joy of watching the ‘Jurassic Park’ actor—who died yesterday at the age of 78—was watching the cracks appear.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Great title. :) I’ll be listening for sure.

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

One more thing on The Odyssey (for now) … All the Internet grumbling and griping about this casting choice or that casting choice is not just close-minded, it’s often factually off base and will be revealed as completely idiotic. We have to stop feeding the trolls by listening to these dummies.

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Wearing My Helmet Odysseus

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’ve only seen Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey once, so I’m not sure I can weigh in on the full scope of it. The film is magnificent. But it’s so textured and provocative that it will only deepen and grow in esteem with future viewings. This for sure: He didn’t let us down.

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The Odyssey Jon Bernthal

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I love how Flavor Flav has become the hype man for women’s sports. ⏰ This piece from @forbes.com captures what @flavorflav.bsky.social and his manager @audrhi.bsky.social are up to with SHE Weekend. ⛹️‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🚴‍♀️ They are doing good things in the world. 🌎 We need more of that.

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Why Flavor Flav Is Betting Big On Women’s Sports With ‘SHE Weekend’ In Las Vegas

Flavor Flav has quietly been building a reputation as an advocate for equity in women's sports. This Summer he's hosting SHE Weekend in Las Vegas to honor female athletes

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Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Robert Eggers talks Werwulf for the first time 🐺 The Nosferatu filmmaker reveals the first look at Aaron Taylor-Johnson and explains the medieval history that inspired this gritty, bloody tale. #filmsky

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Esquire First Look: Robert Eggers Reveals Aaron Taylor-Johnson in ‘Werwulf’

The filmmaker behind ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘The VVitch ‘explores the historical inspiration behind his tale of a man struggling with his inner beast.

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STARLOG @starlogmedia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.

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