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David Mack

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cnn senior pop culture writer/reporter. noted idiot Ex-BuzzFeed News + ABC News (Australia) Writing in Slate, Rolling Stone, NY Mag, NY Times, Bustle, The Daily Beast. Yahoo, MSNBC. Signal: davidmackau.07

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 6h
i think i really liked DIGGER? i hesitate bc it's unlike anything i've seen before & i also can't really share *why* that is bc of spoilers. go see for yourself. for better or worse, it's not what you think
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
wrote this preview of tonight's emmys! www.cnn.com/2026/09/13/e...
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This year’s Emmys frontrunners are just trying to get by | CNN
Powerful antiheroes once dominated our screens. But in our new age of political strongmen, TV is full of tales of average people grappling with fracturing worlds.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hard day. Once a year, I really sink into this and it always destroys me. But I think part of why I moved here is connected to the sense we all had after: this city belonged to you, too.
It still does.
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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@davidmackau.bsky.social wrote about the best show on television www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/e... [skip the last graf to avoid a finale spoiler]
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The women are furious: a hit show tackles the Epstein era | CNN
With Hulu’s “Furious” and other works, Jeffrey Epstein-inspired stories about billionaire predators probably aren’t going anywhere.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
i love ADULTS but baby that is the most "filmed in toronto" show i've ever seen
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(extremely Australian voice) i interviewed Raygun: www.cnn.com/2026/08/25/e...
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Raygun has made peace with the Paris Olympics — after a lot of therapy | CNN
Time heals all wounds, according to the Australian breakdancer Raygun, even ones inflicted by strangers online when you suddenly find yourself the subject of global mockery.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
this worked for other people so lemme try: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov this tree fell in a storm six months ago on the corner of Bedford and Park in crown heights and the sidewalk had been disrupted ever since for anyone in a wheelchair. A new tree even appears to be growing!
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
wrote about the Sex Purge movie — and 2026 horniness edition.cnn.com/2026/08/07/e...
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Horniness is having a moment. A new romcom is seizing it. | CNN
Entertainment can often be a way for us to switch off. This year what’s on our screens has frequently been aimed at turning us on. A new movie, “One Night Only,” encapsulates the trend for titilation.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
icymi i wrote last month about classics dpt nerds getting ready for their MOMENT IN THE SUN. well, it's HERE and it's definitely THEIR MOMENT IN THE SUN www.cnn.com/2026/06/28/e...
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Classics nerds are frantically prepping for Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ | CNN
Fans of the ancient world are seizing their moment with the release of this summer’s blockbuster.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
girl i’ve been following for months on tiktok as she rode her bike down all of africa finally made it to cape town 🥲🥲🥲🥲
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
anyway else see the odyssey as nolan’s response to trumpism & our crumbling body politic/social contract??
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
for those who’ve already seen THE ODYSSEY, i wrote about why we’ve never had a trojan horse sequence like this before www.cnn.com/2026/07/18/e...
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The scene from Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ that will have people talking for decades | CNN
Nolan’s new film depicts the famed Trojan horse in a way not seen before on screen. It takes viewers inside the horse’s grueling conditions in a sequence that’s thrilling — and horrifying.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
bf sent these pics of his flight above the smoke in nyc 🤢
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
this show is,,,,good??? young elle is a star!
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
june diane raphael looks INCREDIBLE in the elle woods prequel
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
someone on twitter has made a whole fan fic thread where ilya from heated rivalry starts dating zohran mamdani x.com/yakassiii/st...
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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The actor who played the dying mom on The Pitt thought she deserved an Emmy nom so she went out on her own and got one. “Nobody’s got your back but yourself,” she told @davidmackau.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/e...
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She submitted herself for an Emmy. Now she’s a nominee | CNN
Brittany Allen, who portrayed a mom with terminal cancer on “The Pitt,” ran her own awards campaign after HBO declined to submit her. On Wednesday, it paid off.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
this song was just nominated for an emmy btw
deborah vance trying for an egot by singing "mis figuritas"
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
every subway ad now is like USE AI to make a DECK for your WEIGHT LOSS PILL COMPANY
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
no one will believe me but i swear to god i am watching an hour-long special of the simpsons where they do a riff on the netflix version of ripley with andrew scott
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
neighbour’s kid with a sparkler last night kept coming up to me and my friends and saying “avada kedavra”
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
a massive storm hitting NYC right as the taylor wedding news lands. the universe is off center!!
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
a cool update from me: this week i started a new full-time role at cnn as a culture features writer!
my new cnn badge at the officeview of manhattan from the office
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
im putting together a team
Store sign that says Let’s Get a Bottle Tonight Queen Store sign that says Let’s Go Buy Sell Trade
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
the gods have spoken, just as the fates predicted slate.com/life/2026/04...
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The U.K. Perfected a Certain Kind of Political Photograph. Why Don’t We Have Them Here?
Once a photograph is published of a politician looking sad or distraught in a car, the countdown clock to their resignation starts ticking.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
as someone who had to spend a lot of time in san antonio over the last year,,,, i have no idea where they are gonna go to celebrate
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
New York City!!
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
you all enjoy this on the regular?
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
disclosure day question: How were they building her house before they knew she was chosen??
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
this is great digital and really shocking www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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$1 Trillion and Counting: See How Your Net Worth Compares With Elon Musk's (Gift Article)
We used physical dollar bills to see just how far $1 trillion could go.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
i was satisfied-ish with disclosure day. emily blunt was having a ball and was great, but honestly the performance by this actress is what i’m still thinking about!
news anchor from disclosure day
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
not joking when i say rupaul should be in the oscars conversation for stop that train. for what she does with her face alone! comedy is so hard and she’s a pro. you watch her in a movie full of drag queens and realize why she’s the queen of drag
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
JFK Terminal 8 last night when Knicks took the lead. (via Renny Gong) #NYC 🏀
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
went to the national museum of catalonia in barcelona and tell me why is timmy chalamet in this 1889 piece???
drawing of a foppish twink reclining on a chair and he looks like Timmy with a big stache
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Miriam Elder @miriamelder.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
@davidmackau.bsky.social spoke to a drag historian for this and I think that’s great www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/e...
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The director of ‘Stop! That! Train!’ doesn’t want you to think about drag queens | CNN
RuPaul’s new film asks: What exactly is so scary about a bunch of glamorous clowns?
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Got to interview Richard Gadd from Baby Reindeer about the ending of his latest show, Half Man. slate.com/culture/2026...
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Half Man Concludes With a Shocking Twist, but Richard Gadd Always Knew It Was the Only Ending
The show’s creator and star, Richard Gadd, on the finale’s big twist, how he feels about your fan fiction, and the one question he gets most.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I spoke with two of the creators about that perfect finale for Hacks, a perfect show. slate.com/culture/2026...
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Hacks’ Finale Was Sublime. It Was Always Supposed to End That Way, According to Its Creators.
Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, two of Hacks’ creators, on how they planned that conclusion for years.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Tomorrow I’m interviewing the team behind HACKS about the final season (and finale). What should I ask them??
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m interviewing Richard Gadd from Half-Man and Baby Reindeer today. What should I ask him?
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Unfortunately, this is the correct decision. The clerk of the court really did engage in "shocking jury interference," openly pressuring jurors to find Murdaugh guilty. That's a massive due process violation. www.sccourts.org/media/opinio...
Toward the end of the trial, after the Presidents' Day break
but before Mr. Murdaugh testified, the clerk of court,
Rebecca Hill, told the jury "not to be fooled" by the
evidence presented by Mr. Murdaugh's attorneys, which I
understood to mean that Mr. Murdaugh would lie when he
testifies.
She also instructed the jury "to watch him closely"
immediately before he testified, including [to] "look at his
actions" and "look at his movements," which I understood
to mean he was guilty.
Juror Z testified that when the jury began deliberations, Hill told the jury, "[T]his
shouldn't take us long." In addition to referencing Hill's statements, Juror Z averred
in her affidavit, "I had questions about Mr. Murdaugh's guilt but voted guilty because
I felt pressured by the other jurors."
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
wowza www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
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Murdaugh Murder Conviction Overturned by South Carolina’s Top Court
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
last night i met a guy who lives in soho and owns a car and drives it to see his bf in chelsea. INSANITY
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
no one is forcing you to watch euphoria btw
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
we know sia!
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
wrote about a weird cultural difference: american men's fear of the speedo!! and yes, i visited a swim brief factory in sydney for research 👀
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It’s Almost Swimsuit Season. American Men Are Missing Out on the Best Part.
In other countries, people call baggy swim trunks “curtains of shame.”
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Wrote about last night's episode of Half Man, which has been described as “real doomed toxic obsessive yaoi" but which I've dubbed "Heated Rivalry for sickos" slate.com/culture/2026...
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HBO’s Violent New Show Is Like Heated Rivalry for Sickos
Half Man is a fascinating cocktail of sex and violence, desire and fear. Episode 3 makes it especially clear.
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
wrote about a weird cultural difference: american men's fear of the speedo!! and yes, i visited a swim brief factory in sydney for research 👀
slate.com
It’s Almost Swimsuit Season. American Men Are Missing Out on the Best Part.
In other countries, people call baggy swim trunks “curtains of shame.”
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
when did The Pitt fandom become crazier than even the Heated Rivalry fandom
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
there is a moment in the new devil wears prada where meryl wears what can only be described as an RBG-Inspired Disco Smock. anyway, my take comes out saturday
Devil wears prada 2 poster at a movie cinema
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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
after a lot of viral jokes last week about this starmer pic, i wrote about the history, and symbolism of, that great british tradition: the unflattering backseat photo of politicians—and why it doesn't exist in the US slate.com/life/2026/04...
slate.com
The U.K. Perfected a Certain Kind of Political Photograph. Why Don’t We Have Them Here?
Once a photograph is published of a politician looking sad or distraught in a car, the countdown clock to their resignation starts ticking.
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