Babette Hodis

La Gatta, Il Cielo in una Stanza, Sapore di Sale, and of course... youtube.com/watch?v=3p0Jh_…

Just learned of the late March passing of the iconic Italian singer-songwriter, Gino Paoli (1934-2026). His songs (many arranged by Morricone) were emotional frankness that felt like dreams.

Warwick Davis is taught how to use a bong for Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)

this was the most important Oscar speech of the night tbh "Mr. Nobody Against Putin is about how you lose your country. What we saw when working with this footage is that you lose it through countless small, little acts of complicity: when we act complicit when a government murders people on the streets of our major cities, when we don't say anything when oligarchs take over the media and control how we can produce it and consume it, we all face a moral choice. But luckily even a nobody is more powerful than you think."

Casting directors are invisible architects of a finished character's foundation, and it's about time they got their recognition. youtube.com/watch?v=A4wILR…

I just inadvertently ate a slice of pizza like Rose Byrne at the start of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and gotta say, no regrets.

Unpopular opinion but I think childfree women have put way more thought and time into deciding NOT to have kids than most parents ever did about having them.

I walked for 10 minutes in zero degrees for a calzone so I’m feeling peak East Coast right now.

Production is finally in full swing #TheMaenaderie

L.A. is losing Taix Restaurant in March. Stop in to enjoy its steak frites one final time!

Using AI isn't punk rock, AI is corporate and capitalistic as f*ck in every way imaginable. Rejecting big tech and AI is what's punk rock.

Cancel the Olympics. Cancel the World Cup. Cancel America. We are not fit to host the world

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

a video taken by the eyewitness, Emily Heller, shows agents denying a self-identified physician access to the victim and telling bystanders to “just relax.”

Renee was one of my students years ago. I held her baby. She was kind and talented, a working class mom who put herself through school despite circumstances that would’ve crumpled the pathetic rich boy politicians who sadistically abetted her murder God damn them all

🚨BREAKING: Border Patrol just illegally arrested a U.S. citizen… a TEENAGER… in Richfield, Minnesota. The teen was working at Target when agents tackled him and arrested him, while his passport was in his pocket, fully identifying himself as a U.S. citizen. None of it mattered. Why? Because he looked Latino. When a coworker asked who to call, he said, heartbreakingly: “my mom.” Think about that. Your teenage son goes to work, and Border Patrol kidnaps him. This isn’t an isolated incident. ICE and Border Patrol have repeatedly illegally arrested U.S. citizens, especially in Minnesota. And after agents murdered a U.S. citizen who tried to drive away from illegal detention, this should outrage every single American. U.S. citizens do not have to prove their citizenship. Yet, ICE and Border Patrol agents are routinely violating the Constitution, demanding proof anyway… and even refusing to accept drivers licenses or real IDs. And now? Even a passport doesn’t matter. This isn’t enforcement… it’s targeting Americans based on fear and appearance, treating citizens like criminals in their own country. When will this end? When will the government stop stripping citizens of their rights and labeling them terrorists for simply existing?

NEW: Woman shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as Renee Good, 37. According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups

The bigger story is that if ICE hadn’t been there no one would be dead. They bring death and violence with them wherever they go. They face zero consequences. They’re 100% the Gestapo.

We should all sit with this. Any one of us could be executed by ICE, and our government wouldn’t bat an eye. Instead they’d just lie about us to the world.

To those whose objection to seeing Marty Supreme is “I hate Timothée Chalamet!”: Then it’s perfect for you!