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Michael Schulman

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Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of "Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep" and "Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears." www.michael-schulman.com

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 22h
Without me, there wouldn’t BE any Skydance studio!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Debut The Debut The Debut Julianne Moore Julianne Moore Julianne Moore This is my brain now.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have now seen Digger. Expected more digging tbh.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1993 called to say that the mainstream isn't mandatory and it's cool not to care about it, you sellout. Schwing!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Someone asked me “Who’s your favorite Mary?” out of nowhere tonight, and I didn’t realize he meant my favorite star of “Oh, Mary!” (duh, Cole), so I went through all the famous Marys—Tyler Moore, J. Blige, Queen of Scots—and landed on Mary Pickford. Who’s yours?
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And yet this has never happened to me once.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My pet peeve: when you’re meeting someone and they text, “Here 10 mins early.” What am I supposed to do about that? Make my subway go faster? Teleport? I’ll still be on time, but now I feel late and anxious. Just wait 10 minutes and don’t tell me! (Will repost every time this happens.)
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Duncan Sheik’s rapturous indie-rock score for “Spring Awakening” truly kicked down a door for what musicals could sound like. And he was a dreamboat. RIP youtu.be/RmKvvRAymbQ?...
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DUNCAN SHEIK Sings "Spring Awakening's" Opening on Theater Talk
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you to whoever anonymously donated $60 million to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the largest single donation in its history, so it can expand access. One of my favorite places in NYC! www.nypl.org/blog/2026/09...
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m glad that John Mulaney appreciates Frank Vincent’s book “A Guy’s Guide to Being a Man’s Man,” which I also, for some reason, own.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Bob Mackie, High Priest of Sequins, RIP! I had the most delightful conversation with him in 2018 about dressing Cher through the years. "Anything I put on her, she went, ‘Oh, that’s fun.’ It never occurred to her to wear anything ordinary.” www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
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A Lifetime of Dressing Cher
Bob Mackie’s costumes are the best thing about “The Cher Show,” a Broadway bio-musical currently running at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This was too unserious to post yesterday, but here is Zadie Smith’s short story based on the urban legend about Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Michael Jackson escaping New York together on 9/11: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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“Escape from New York”
Fiction by Zadie Smith, from 2015: “He could not get over how well he was handling the apocalypse so far.”
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From what I've heard, the veteran Muppeteers and Seth Rogen's people were at bitter odds over tone. A lot of "Gonzo wouldn't say this" kind of stuff. The special turned out great, but I'm not surprised that everyone's throwing up their little Kermit hands in exasperation.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Road Runner is an aspirational figure.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is Wile E. Coyote the last living silent-film star?
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn in "Housesitter" (1992): www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJS...
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You Can See Everything | Official Teaser HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I wrote about "Famous Last Words," the fascinating Netflix show that interviews notable figures under the condition that the episode won't appear until immediately after their death. I spoke to its creator and host, Brad Falchuk, a.k.a. Mr. Gwyneth Paltrow. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...
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The Netflix Show That Airs from the Great Beyond
The promise of “Famous Last Words”—which just released its Gloria Steinem episode—is that the show’s subjects can finally speak freely, knowing that the interview won’t come out until they’ve died.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve got two fun events at this year’s New Yorker Festival: interviewing Parker Posey on Oct. 23rd and Benito Skinner on Oct. 24th. Tix on sale now at festival.newyorker.com.
Parker PoseyBenito Skinner
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The last episode of this was beautifully haunting. Adios, Macondo!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Since when did not wanting to throw the fanciest party in the world in someone’s honor become “canceling” them?
The writer Andrew Solomon, who is a member of the Met board, plans to host a gathering at his home, where he will speak with Galliano before a group of trustees and donors. Solomon, a supporter of the scheduled exhibition, said that “confronting cancel culture is a healthier way to go forward than bowing to it.”
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Anyone with gardening knowledge have tips on how I can revive this wilting Japanese maple? She’s unhappy this summer and I don’t know how to cheer her up.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ok can we just slow the fuck down here? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/a...
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Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97
The Japanese artist’s polka-dot covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One thing about Tim Curry: though Rocky Horror made him a queer sex icon, he never publicly defined his sexuality. Not in interviews, not in his memoir. This was the most I got out of him. Which, fine?
You write about playing Frank-N-Furter, “I learned not to limit myself—artistically, professionally, sexually, or mentally.” How did that character transform your sense of yourself? Did it have to do with masculinity and femininity, exploring both sides of yourself?

I did decide not to limit myself to anything, and I believed that I could do anything. It gave me a lot of oomph—a lot of strength—to back up my own decisions about my life. And I certainly didn’t limit myself sexually, particularly. I thought that was important at the time. I swam “the warm waters of sins of the flesh,” to quote the play and the movie.
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pauline kael bot @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry, with his devil's incisors...floats against the star studded blackness, the bags under his eyes puffing out and his curly, dimply smile so elfishly dirty that it's as if he were lighted by hellfire. (1983)
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, shit. RIP Tim Curry. I got to have this long talk with him last year for the publication of his memoir, and, while he was physically weak, he was still darkly and deliciously witty. No one will ever be sexier than him as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Tim Curry Does the Time Warp
The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
[to the tune of Bee Gees' "Tragedy"] Odyssey! When the Trojan War leaves you wanting more It’s Odyssey! When you’re lost at sea and it’s Greek to me You can’t get home, You’re Matt Damon stuck in an epic poem.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I haven't seen much talk here about the Colombian miniseries adaptation of "One Hundred Years of Solitude," but the second half is on Netflix now and it's excellent. Lush, sexy, weird—and so many Aurelianos!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm a house divided and cannot stand it! www.vulture.com/article/jean...
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Smart vs. Kudrow Is the Hottest Race at the Emmys
Nobody’s ever beaten Jean Smart for Hacks. What if Valerie Cherish can?
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Never change. www.gq.com/story/jeremy...
He doesn’t tell me this until I bring it up at our second meeting, though. Before our first meeting I’ve been notified that he’ll be “in accent,” and when we meet I don’t ask him about it because I want to see how long it takes him to mention it. In the course of that first meeting, he never does.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Long live the Jellicle Ball, which has now ascended to the Heaviside Layer. And all hail Junior LaBeija. O-P-U-L-E-N-C-E. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Junior LaBeija, Master of Ceremonies
As the ballroom legend makes their Broadway début in “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” they reflect on accessorizing with raw chicken and dressing like Al Capone.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I get that classical-scholar-vs.-director is prime Odyssey discourse, but did you also know that John Leguizamo called the dog who plays Argus a PENDEJO? That's right, it's swineherd vs. hound.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For this week's Talk of the Town, I spoke to John Leguizamo about his scene-stealing role as Eumaeus the swineherd in "The Odyssey," and we made a field trip to an ancient art gallery, where he made a two-thousand-year-old impulse purchase. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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John Leguizamo Is a Noble Fellow
The “Ice Age” actor steals Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” as a loyal swineherd to Matt Damon’s Odysseus. Back in New York, he bought the director a two-thousand-year-old thank-you gift.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Wasn’t there a ghost who already showed us this dude’s backstory?
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Siren song of overpriced smoothies at Erewhon...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
An array of smart, goodhearted, and illuminating letters in response to that quite bad "I'm Gay, Not Queer" essay from the other week. tl;dr: Lighten up, Mary. But these writers are much more thoughtful than that. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/o...
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Opinion | What Do the Words ‘Gay’ and ‘Queer’ Really Mean? (Gift Article)
Readers respond to a guest essay about the labels used to describe those in the L.G.B.T.Q. community.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I enjoyed Bill Irwin as Cyclops and was amused by the camera angles employed to obscure what must be one big blue […]
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I liked "The Odyssey"! It reminded me of a Cecil B. DeMille spectacular, in the best way. But also very much about a dad who's away on a work trip and feeling bad about it.
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
You must. It is inconceivable that the show was not this all along
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“Cats: The Jellicle Ball” is closing on Aug. 8. It’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever seen on Broadway, and I do not even like the musical “Cats”! Go if you can. Now and forever. Meow.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Agreed, it’s great!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Only two for "The Comeback" is not enough!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Tonight I happened to turn on an episode of “Girls” with Louise Lasser in it. Such a lovely, sharp late-in-life performance. RIP
Still of Louise Lasser on Girls
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Time for Mr. Oysterman to go shuck himself.
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Justin Taylor @justintaylor.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
when they tell you that the past (1994) is a foreign country this is what they mean
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
New at The New Yorker: my interview with David Wain about his comedy career, from the State to "Wet Hot American Summer" to his latest film, "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass," about a woman on a quest to do Jon Hamm. (Aren't we all?) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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David Wain’s Wet Hot American Comedy
The comedian and director David Wain talks about the State, making his first film in eight years, and the challenges of creating original comedy in Hollywood’s bleak landscape.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
America may be turning 250 today, but Eva Marie Saint is turning 102 and still kicking!
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In geopolitical news: Patti LuPone and Turkey are now at war. deadline.com/2026/07/patt...
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Patti LuPone "Furious" That LGBTQ+ Cruise Ship Banned From Turkey Ports
By banning a cruise ship full of American LGBTQ+ travelers from docking, Turkish authorities have drawn the wrath of Broadway's Patti LuPone.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Finally saw “Obsession,” purely for the AC… …at an otherwise abandoned mall out of “Backrooms.”
Creepy abandoned food court
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