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Maureen Lee Lenker

@themaureenlee.bsky.social
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Critic/Journalist, Novelist, Musical Theater nerd, Hopeful romantic, Classic movie lover, and Bruce Springsteen super-fan

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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Far and away my favorite look of the night. Mostly because it’s giving the green dress from Atonement with some modern flourishes
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
You know you live in LA when the sports bar has the nfl playoff on one TV and the golden globes red carpet on the other
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Fellow cinephiles who’ve seen Marty Supreme — is this an acceptable movie to take your mom to over the holidays or will she be traumatized/hate it?
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SCREAM Drafts @screendrafts.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
One of the all-time greats this week at the Draft Table! SIDNEY POITIER mini-MEGA Drafted by @oriananudo.bsky.social, @themaureenlee.bsky.social, & Imani Davis Listen everywhere! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Screenshot of Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Thank you so much for following along as we selected our winners and runners-up for this year. You can see our complete results here: www.lafca.net/Years/2025.php
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We will be giving a Special Citation to Judy Kim of Gardena Cinema, a historic 800-seat, single-screen movie palace that has operated as an independent cinema and beacon of community since the Kim family took ownership in 1976. #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Picture, Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Film Not in the English Language, Winner: THE SECRET AGENT #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
New Generation: Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Director, Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Director, Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Screenplay, Runner-up: Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Screenplay, Winner: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Lead Performance, Winners: Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, and Ethan Hawke, BLUE MOON #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Lead Performance, Runners-up: Timothée Chalamet, MARTY SUPREME, and Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Supporting Performance, Winners: Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, and Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Supporting Performance, Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, and Andrew Scott, BLUE MOON #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Film Editing, Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
We are also awarding a Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Special Award to Thom Andersen for his body of work. #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Film Editing, Winner: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, MARTY SUPREME #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Production Design, Winner: Hannah Beachler, SINNERS #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Production Design, Runner-up: Tamara Deverell, FRANKENSTEIN #LAFCA
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Music Score, Winner: Kangding Ray, SIRĀT
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Music Score: Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, SINNERS
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association @lafilmcritics.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Best Cinematography, Winner: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS #LAFCA
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
LAFCA is choosing our award winners for best of 2025 this year!!!
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Joshua Rothkopf @joshuarothkopf.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We ugly-cried through SONG SUNG BLUE — Neil Diamond is only the doorway in. The film is a scrappy, Demme-like tale of American dreamers at their highest and lowest. @themaureenlee.bsky.social chatted with stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, both revelatory. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson chase a dream in 'Song Sung Blue,' the year's stealth Oscar contender
Based on the ups and downs of a real-life Neil Diamond tribute act, the movie, directed by Craig Brewer, required charm, realness and vocal firepower to spare.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"Fantastic Four: First Steps" is a lot of fun, if also messy -- and it particularly delivers for any fans of the 1960s. ew.com/the-fantasti...
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'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' review: Pedro Pascal leads the team back to the retro-future
In 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' Marvel Studios tries to reboot the notoriously difficult-to-adapt comic book series. Read Entertainment Weekly's review.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
A very Old Hollywood evening 💖🎞️🎬
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thrilled to see Harrison Ford got a nomination, gutted that Diego Luna, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, etc. from Andor didn't get nods for their incredible work. #emmys
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I love covering #DancingWiththeStars for @ew.com and it was extra special to get to travel back 20 years in time to the very first season and speak to the people behind it: ew.com/dancing-with...
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Sequins, wardrobe malfunctions, and a dance-off: An oral history of 'Dancing With the Stars' season 1
'Dancing With the Stars' crowned its first champion 20 years ago. Read our oral history of the risky, exciting first season.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I was so excited for the new #Superman because the cast is stellar (and that remains true), but its script really disappointed me. ew.com/superman-rev...
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'Superman' review: David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan soar, but the script is kryptonite
Despite 'Superman's' pitch-perfect casting of David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult, the film can't rise above its overstuffed plot.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
As Pride month draws to a close, I wanted to share a lovely, wide-ranging conversation I had with Gideon Glick (and some input from Michael Mayer too): ew.com/gideon-glick...
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How Gideon Glick became one of the most fascinating talents in Hollywood
Gideon Glick, who both wrote and starred in 'Étoile,' talks his career evolution from 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway at only 17 years old to his dual identity as writer and performer in the world of t...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
An elected U.S. Senator was forcibly removed and manhandled for trying to ask a member of the cabinet a question (which is her job!). This is fascism plain and simple.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Ball of Fire The Big Combo The Divorcee A Star Is Born (1937)
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I'm obsessed with everything Taylor Jenkins Reid writes & ATMOSPHERE is no exception, so it was a true joy and pleasure to chat with her about it: ew.com/taylor-jenki...
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Taylor Jenkins Reid's new book 'Atmosphere' takes readers to space — even if she'll never go herself
Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of 'Daisy Jones and the Six,' is back with 'Atmosphere.' The writer tells EW what transfixed her about space, and why she wanted to write a book set at NASA.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
As always loved hosting the annual @ew.com Tony Roundtable — this year we welcomed Darren Criss, Daniel Dae Kim, Megan Hilty, Kara Young, and Conrad Ricamora. ew.com/tony-nominee...
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Darren Criss, Megan Hilty, more nominees talk unique roles, challenges, more on EW's Tonys roundtable
Darren Criss, Megan Hilty, Daniel Dae Kim, Conrad Ricamora, and Kara Young join EW's 'Awardist' Tony nominees roundtable, revealing insights into their unique performances, history-making nominations,...
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 14/05/2025
'Bridgerton' is officially getting a fifth and sixth season. What might that mean for the plot and the future love stories?
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With 'Bridgerton' renewed for seasons 5 and 6, what does this mean for the plot?
'Bridgerton' is officially getting a fifth and sixth season. What might that mean for the plot and the future love stories?
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
DOGS. PLAYING. POKER. Obsessssed.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Every CEO in America needs to read this and then actually take its message to heart. Stop treating us like children who didn't prove a million times over that we're extremely productive wfh: hbr.org/2025/05/the-...
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The Workplace Psychological Contract Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
It’s easy to view the debates between company leaders and employees over return-to-office mandates as overreaction on both sides: out-of-touch senior executives who don’t understand that the world has...
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 06/05/2025
831 Stories is a romance fiction company that is trying to build a new type of community for readers. Founders Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo explain how.
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How 831 Stories is building a romance fandom community that goes beyond books
831 Stories is a romance fiction company that is trying to build a new type of community for readers. Founders Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo explain how.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Update: Journalism was just purchased by a hedge fund, and will no longer be competing because the new owners have sold off two legs already
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 24/04/2025
The new ballet dramedy 'Étoile' hails from musical theater lovers Dan Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino — but even the biggest theater nerds might've missed a subtle Sondheim joke in episode 6.
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The hilarious Stephen Sondheim joke in 'Étoile' you might've missed
The new ballet dramedy 'Étoile' hails from musical theater lovers Dan Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino — but even the biggest theater nerds might've missed a subtle Sondheim joke in episode 6.
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 24/04/2025
With all of the first season of 'Étoile' dropping on Prime Video on Thursday, we were left with a lot of questions. Luckily, creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino were ready to answer them.
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'Étoile' creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino answer burning season 1 questions
With all of the first season of 'Étoile' dropping on Prime Video on Thursday, we were left with a lot of questions. Luckily, creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino were ready to answer them.
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Maureen Lee Lenker @themaureenlee.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
About a month ago I had the chance to visit the set of NCIS: ORIGINS while they were filming their season 1 finale. Here, a preview of an episode that will truly change everything. ew.com/ncis-origins...
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'NCIS: Origins' cast and creators tease an 'unsettling, terrifying' season finale (exclusive)
'NCIS: Origins' is about to wrap up its first season, bringing Gibbs' murder of Pedro Hernandez to a head. Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at our set visit and what to expect from the season f...
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Leah Marilla Thomas @leahmarilla.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I don’t even need to click (but I will) @themaureenlee.bsky.social ew.com/etoile-steph...
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The hilarious Stephen Sondheim joke in 'Étoile' you might've missed
The new ballet dramedy 'Étoile' hails from musical theater lovers Dan Palladino and Amy Sherman-Palladino — but even the biggest theater nerds might've missed a subtle Sondheim joke in episode 6.
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 18/04/2025
Even though Carey Mulligan is married to Mumford & Sons frontman, Marcus Mumford, she jokes that the singer-songwriter was "useless" in her preparation to play a former folk singer in her new film, "The Ballad of Wallis Island."
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Carey Mulligan jokes that husband Marcus Mumford was 'useless' in her prep to play a folk singer
Even though Carey Mulligan is married to Mumford & Sons frontman, Marcus Mumford, she jokes that the singer-songwriter was "useless" in her preparation to play a former folk singer in her new film, "The Ballad of Wallis Island."
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Entertainment Weekly @ew.com · 17/04/2025
Josh Duhamel indulges his rugged side as Staten Kirkland in 'Ransom Canyon.' The actor walks us through his season 1 arc, Staten's relationship with Quinn, and just how much trouble might be coming for Staten and his ranch.
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Josh Duhamel discusses saddling up for 'Ransom Canyon' and inhabiting Staten's grief
Josh Duhamel indulges his rugged side as Staten Kirkland in 'Ransom Canyon.' The actor walks us through his season 1 arc, Staten's relationship with Quinn, and just how much trouble might be coming for Staten and his ranch.
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