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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October 6, 1963: Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show."

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have the B&B and am coveting the Wonder Woman!

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 25/09/2026

I guess that the best argument, for me, against AI is that everyone advocating it seems to be a psychopath.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I let out a wail when I saw Somebody Somewhere ranked so low on the master list

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Favorite movie that came out when I was 20 (contemporaneously, at least. I’d also consider Dazed & Confused, but I probably saw that a year later)

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Jeff Goldblum inspects a massive pile

Alt: Jeff Goldblum inspects a massive pile

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I need to be more intentional about that too

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I did! I did! Stop making ME more likely to die under piles of discs!

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Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“the AI slop ice cream on the flier for the annual ice cream social can’t hurt me” the ice cream:

nightmare AI ice cream. It’s pock marked?

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Her determination to live life on her own terms makes her a feminist icon—and my hero, too. This one's hitting me hard, but I know I'm damn lucky to have been alive while she was.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oops, not the end: Of course, that's just the professional angle. It's impossible to express what Dolly meant to me as a gay man—particularly one with an affinity for great broads and catchy music.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

But I've done hundreds, possibly thousands of phone interviews over the years. Most folks are professional. Some folks are still drunk after the previous night's bender. Some are super friendly and at least act like they remember me the next time we chat. But none were Dolly. (/end)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There's not much to the story, I know. No greater insights into Dolly's life or legacy than others have already shared more eloquently. (8/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Can I even find the article in my hard copies? Well, I could, but I just finished packing that closet up tighter than a tick, and I'm afraid that moving any box will set it all tumbling. (7/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Do I have any idea what I asked? No. Can I find the article online to share? Again, no. (All of the articles from Get Out!'s first three years—and possibly more—don't exist online at all, not even on the Internet Archive.) (6/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Finally, it was my turn. I introduced myself, and Dolly giggled, "Well hi, Chip!" like we'd known each other all our lives. Of course, I HAD known her all my life on the screen and the radio, and in those two seconds, she made me feel that it was mutual. (5/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't remember the other outlets on the call—though I'm quite certain no one from the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly or even Newsweek was on the line—but I patiently waited for my chance to buzz in with a question for the country legends. (4/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

But when a publicist from The CW included me in a mass email to TV writers at regional newspapers, offering me the chance to call into a telephonic press conference with Reba McEntire and Dolly to promote the latter's appearance on the former's sitcom, I didn't hesitate to RSVP. (3/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

By that point, we were two years into our standalone entertainment section Get Out!'s run, so I wasn't writing my weekly TV column anymore, nor was I yet writing the online-only TV reviews after I returned to the paper in 2011. (2/9)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So, here's the story of my too-brief encounter with the late, great Dolly Parton. In 2005, I was writing entertainment news for the Amarillo Globe-News. (1/9)

Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton in a 2005 episode of "Reba."

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's so weird that Dolly Parton used her money to help ordinary people in a thousand different meaningful ways *and* lived an incredibly happy fulfilled life, almost like there's some sort of connection between the two. Anyway, let me read about another AI CEO poisoning a town for shits and giggles

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Tyler Parker @tylerparker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ebert on Dolly.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s so good. Just more proof that she could do absolutely anything

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh, Dolly. 😢 I’ll never forget the way you giggled my name when I did a phone interview with you. More importantly, I’ll never forget the brilliant music you brought to the world, nor the loving, giving spirit you shared. I’m just heartbroken. youtu.be/pW2TgGy5gjY?...

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Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You (Live)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It just occurred to me that I’d never read the plot synopsis of this show, and, by Jove, it really does seem to be one long fag joke.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My worst experience was sitting through three light cycles, three false starts of Noovie, then the opening scene of Here, which was supposed to be the first movie in that theater the following morning. Missed out on The Order 😢

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Journalism is a public good. It needs to be publicly funded, for the same reasons that health care needs to be publicly funded. The privatization of public information has created a true crisis. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/paying-for...

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Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It

The consequences of privatizing public information.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Though I wasn’t AT ALL tempted to watch this mess, I’m glad it exists because it has inspired some truly delicious takedowns, this one most certainly included.

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Many, but the first that comes to mind is The Wizard of Oz (twice on VHS, once each on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K)

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I plan to start reading this soon!

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Great appreciation of a great movie

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Chip Chandler @chipchandler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I couldn’t breathe because I was laughing so hard. Timing and staging were perfection

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 16/07/2026

I suppose I can appreciate the efforts of people who will post lengthy essays on the subjects of why/how Helen of Troy or Maria Von Trapp could possibly, historically and authentically, be black; I'm happier to stop at "It's a movie"/"It's a musical." 🤷🏻‍♂️

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