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Shaz Bennett

@shazbennett.bsky.social
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Director. Writer. Fighter. Queen Sugar, Billions, Bosch, Ordinary Joe, Animal Kingdom, Rescue HI Surf

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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kingmakers: Who Decides Which Women Get To Make Movies open.substack.com/pub/tedhope/...
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Kingmakers: Who Decides Which Women Get To Make Movies
An Anonymous HFF Takeover (deemed necessary as there remains real reason to fear retaliation)
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If your are so inclined! Support all our film and TV sisters and brothers level the playing field. IATSE made a simple form to easily connect with your representatives to support a federal tax credit. iatse.net/political-le...
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Fighting for U.S. Film & TV Jobs   - IATSE, The Union Behind Entertainment
H.R. 10582 S. 5552 Economic Impact of a Proposed Federal Production Incentive (PDF) U.S. Film & TV Coalition Website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fpi0XN2gg Protect a Vital American Industry from ...
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Journey well Gloria. In her words, one last time. www.newyorker.com/culture/life...
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Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
Gloria Steinem writes about what she meant when she called herself a feminist.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Are we okay with this? ‘Will Pay Any Amount’: Private Firefighters Are in Demand in L.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
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‘Will Pay Any Amount’: Private Firefighters Are in Demand in L.A. (Published 2025)
Hiring a private fire crew costs thousands of dollars a day, and most work through government contracts or with insurance companies. Some wealthy property owners are calling them in directly.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
sickening. ICE Is Reportedly Force-Feeding Its Detainees to ‘Break’ Them www.jezebel.com/ice-is-repor...
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ICE Is Reportedly Force-Feeding Its Detainees to ‘Break’ Them
Per the Guardian, ICE has been engaging in the practice of force feeding detainees on hunger strikes... through covertly obtained court orders.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Never thought I would be wishing for one less woman in film, but here we are." 🤣 Melania Is Slowly Morphing Into a Film Bro www.jezebel.com/melania-is-s...
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Melania Is Slowly Morphing Into a Film Bro
Following the “success” of her documentary, the First Lady is embarking on a new docuseries.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
love everything about Robert Jones and you!
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hap-py Birth-day to Ya, Baba Baldwin! open.substack.com/pub/robertjo...
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Hap-py Birth-day to Ya, Baba Baldwin!
The Stevie Wonder version only. If you know, you know. :)
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Journey well Glen Hansard. We loved you so. Such heartbreaking news. The Parting Glass (Live 2012) | Stage On Sixth youtu.be/sCZcJHAcAZ4?...
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Glen Hansard - The Parting Glass (Live 2012) | Stage On Sixth
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
me trying to get pictures to explain my taste in men to someone but not wanting to just google something generic like 'large guys' so i google 'husky gentlemen' and well. i don't know what i expected
a husky in a car wearing a bowtie
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Hobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026
Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Movies Keep Predicting the Future, Why? open.substack.com/pub/kellyoxf...
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Movies Keep Predicting the Future, Why?
Today I remembered Sarah Connor was in an asylum.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Well done Belgium! ha! You fought for that win! Congratulations! every damn thing Trump does only makes things worse!
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world". A day of compassion from the greatest of all time! Ali's hometown in Kentucky honors his legacy with a new holiday apnews.com/article/muha...
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Muhammad Ali's hometown in Kentucky honors his legacy with a new holiday
Muhammad Ali’s hometown is honoring his legacy on the 10-year anniversary of his death. The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville held a remembrance ceremony Wednesday morning and launched a new annual ev...
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I love this show! Yay Amy Aniobi! www.essence.com/entertainmen...
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Michelle Buteau & Amy Aniobi Reflect On ‘Survival Of The Thickest’ - Essence
Michelle Buteau and Amy Aniobi discuss the final season of Survival of the Thickest, self-love, friendship, and Mavis Beaumont’s legacy.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Aww Mikey! The Leopards Have Finally Come for the Mormon Face of Sen. Mike Lee www.jezebel.com/mike-lee-sen...
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The Leopards Have Finally Come for the Mormon Face of Sen. Mike Lee
MAGA warriors led by Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a proud Mormon, are feuding with each other over Christian semantics.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Can't wait to see Jane's latest! Such an amazing talent! Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson on ‘Embracing Desire,’ Sex and a Ton of Blood for Cannes’ Queer Horror Slasher directed by Jane Schoenbrun ‘Camp Miasma’ variety.com/2026/film/gl... via @variety
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Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson on ‘Embracing Desire,’ Sex and a Ton of Blood for Cannes’ Queer Horror Slasher ‘Camp Miasma’
The two stars of Jane Schoenbrun's Cannes film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma talk embracing desire, sex and ton of blood
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
It's the uncontrollable giggling of the set crew for me
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Oh, I know it's not cost. We don't have universal healthcare because there would be no legal way to make it white-only. White Americans used to love social programs for welfare, health, job training. Then, courts told them they had to share. Been paring it back ever since, even when it hurts them.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Probably fine
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This week another federal judge, one presumably in possession of a working human soul... The Congo Refused to Accept a Seriously Sick Immigrant. The U.S. Deported Her There Anyway. www.jezebel.com/colombia-imm...
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The Congo Refused to Accept a Seriously Sick Immigrant. The U.S. Deported Her There Anyway.
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Virginia Foxx could have ignored the letter, but a true MAGA never misses an opportunity to insult a teacher and belittle a child. myfox8.com/news/north-c...
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Greensboro mother slams NC Rep. Virginia Foxx for response to 10-year-old son’s essay
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) —A Greensboro mother is upset at a North Carolina Congresswoman who responded to a letter from her 10-year-old son. Christian Mango says he received a letter from Congresswo…
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Beautiful article about an incredible artist. Love Livi Newman! After a Fire, a Director Finds a Lifeline in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/m...
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After a Fire, a Director Finds a Lifeline in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Accurate Edit for Clarity: "He should live long enough to... be held accountable for his... crimes." Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate. 💙-mh
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
*looks directly at camera*
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 05/04/2026
Every single person who allows this late-stage dementia-addled man to continue in office for a single additional minute belongs in The Hague.
Donald J. Trump * + @realDonaldTrump
Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.
There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP
2.15k ReTruths 8.34k Likes 4/5/26, 6:03 AM
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
SURPRISE! Turns Out That Guys Who Want Tradwives Aren't fans of women.... www.jezebel.com/turns-out-th...
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Turns Out That Guys Who Want Tradwives Aren't Fans of Women
Coincidence? Probably fucking not.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Steven Spielberg has a "strong sneaking suspicion" that the aliens are already here www.avclub.com/steven-spiel...
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Steven Spielberg has a "strong sneaking suspicion" that the aliens are already here
Steven Spielberg has a "strong sneaking suspicion" that the aliens are already here
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hollywood’s Backslide Into White Male Directors Becomes Undeniable open.substack.com/pub/theankle...
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Hollywood’s Backslide Into White Male Directors Becomes Undeniable
How to chase away our future, one complacent decision at a time
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Good fucking morning to everybody except the ICE agents who kidnapped a blind man, realized they had no basis to deport him, and then released him five miles from his home. He died, scared and alone, just trying to find his way back to his house. That’s evil.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
with everything... i can't stop thinking about my friend Josslyn's book and another troubled time when art and filmmakers stood together to create change. read her book. get inspired. only 8 days in to 2026. we need the dreamers and artists to guide us and push us into the streets!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/01/2026
"FBI is leading the investigation." State and local electeds, law enforcement, and prosecutors need to come up with a plan to prosecute and charge murder by the feds because this federal jurisdiction loophole they've invented cannot hold as a means of avoiding accountability. People won't have it.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
let's go! “Ice Out For Good Los Angeles” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Ice Out For Good Los Angeles · Indivisible
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us to Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local an...
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Come on! Wordle 1,651 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Academy Members. Take note! www.forbes.com/sites/domini...
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
i love heist movies! congrats Ava! Can't wait to see this. NEW WORK IN A NEW WORLD open.substack.com/pub/avaduver...
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NEW WORK IN A NEW WORLD
An unfiltered conversation with Terry Moran about my upcoming film, his upcoming book and the responsibility we all have in this moment.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Wordle 1,635 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Love this conversation and this film! ‘They Make Genocide Jokes’ - Israeli Comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi on Racism, Zionism, and Palestinian Liberation open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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‘They Make Genocide Jokes’ - Israeli Comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi on Racism, Zionism, and Palestinian Liberation
Mehdi chats with the comic and activist about her radical upbringing in the ‘Oasis of Peace,’ her career switch from the UN to standup, and her powerful new documentary, "Coexistence, My Ass!"
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Journey well Miss Viola.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/11/2025
Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died.
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One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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Signs across Chicago mark locations of ICE arrests
Signs resembling temporary no parking notices serve as reminders for the thousands of people arrested by federal immigration authorities under "Operation Midway Blitz" and the pain left behind for lov...
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Adrenochrome is a complete invention...what’s interesting about QAnon is this belief in secret cabals and control. It’s far more chaotic...a desire to believe... a displaced faith in God, except God was more open-minded. variety.com/2025/film/fe...
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Terry Gilliam Confronts His Most Absurd Legacy: ‘I’m Responsible for QAnon’
Terry Gilliam revisits 'Fear and Loathing’s' warped legacy and his curious bond with Stanley Kubrick.
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
This is sooo good! And just a reminder to all the Academy members -- SINNERS should win all the things! SINNERS | DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC | ShotDeck: Shot Talk youtu.be/NFeAAVB3HyU?... via @YouTube
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SINNERS | DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC | ShotDeck: Shot Talk
YouTube video by ShotDeck
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Shaz Bennett @shazbennett.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Message to Michael open.substack.com/pub/robertjo...
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Message to Michael
Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 - September 6, 2021)
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Steve Jobs, for example, said “think different” and made new products often built off the best characteristics of the old ones. What he did not do is employ the hackish jazz hands, “make things go boom” approach. To be fair, this works if you are 4 years old.
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a man in a suit and tie is holding an apple in front of an apple logo and a sign that says think different
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding an apple in front of an apple logo and a sign that says think different
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