Heather MacDonald

@AriMelber Burger, fries, pint of MassMocha ice cream.

Your Election Day food and Election Night drink?…

“Be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur”

@mattzollerseitz Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott

I’m making a list of essential books to inspire writers. Here’s the rule: you can only pick one title. Any genre allowed. This is to help a family member, so joke replies will be hidden!

Steven Sotloff’s courage in captivity. Thank you Marc for sharing. time.com/7012216/rememb…

@shannonrwatts Stereophonic if it’s still running.

I’m spending the month of October in NYC. Which plays do you recommend? Getting tickets asap.

Jim was killed by ISIS 10 years ago today. Thanks to the efforts and moral courage of Diane Foley and countless others, friends and family of kidnapped Americans have a hostage policy that can bring more loved ones home. nytimes.com/2024/08/18/opi…

@SeanFennessey Ah Chevy

I’m in.

YES!

@parisreview “Journalism in January 1960 was not yet glamorous….The attitude changed once Kennedy was elected president…Kennedy brought a swarm of Ivy League swells into journalism with the idea that they were morally, intellectually, and socially superior to politicians.” So interesting.

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Lewis Lapham (1935-2024). In celebration of his life and work, we’re unlocking his Art of Editing interview from our archive. theparisreview.org/interviews/742…

Lots of fun watching Twister last night thanks to @TheRewatchables. I miss Bill Paxton and Phil Hoffman. We learned of Shelley Duvall’s passing just before starting, which gave the drive-in scene a poetic touch. Movies are magic.

Cheers to state Senator @JulianCyr filing an amendment to repeal the 40-year-old prohibition on happy hour. 🍻 “The refrain I hear most from my fellow millennials is how absolutely boring Greater Boston is, how absolutely boring Massachusetts is, Cyr told @politico.

@SeanFennessey @TheBigPic I’m here for Thelma.

This Month on @TheBigPic 7/1 The 2024 Movie Auction Pt. 2 7/3 10 Best Movies of the Year...So Far 7/8 MAXXXINE + BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F 7/12 LONGLEGS 7/16 A Very Special Draft 7/19 TWISTERS 7/23 SING SING + FLY ME TO THE MOON 7/26 DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE 7/30 Sidney Lumet at 100

@carriecourogen I felt seen (ahem)

Unquestionably one of the finest, funniest unacknowledged details in film this year is Parker Posey wearing sunglasses over a pair of prescription eyeglasses in Thelma

@meghan_daum 2

How many text threads do you have going right now? And how much of the substance of the debate are you actually taking in?

@michaelianblack 100%

Surprisingly, lack of audience is helping Trump a lot. Keeps him relatively toned-down and not playing to crowd. Much better for TV.

RIP Donald Sutherland. Less is infinitely more in this heartbreaking scene from Ordinary People youtu.be/2_SfD5cdrnw?si…

Celtics superfan in April, 1977.

Oscars international broadcast cuts '20 Days in Mariupol' win, sparking criticism in Ukraine apnews.com/article/oscars…

Gov. Healey to issue pardons for those convicted of cannabis possession wgbh.org/news/local/202…

#Oscars2024 begin the In Memorium with a clip from Navalny, last year’s Best Documentary.