Jonathan Fischer

Bill Maher was chosen to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize, people familiar with the selection told @Jon_Fischer and @AshleyRParker—he’ll accept it at the Kennedy Center, “a building widely associated with one of his favorite punching bags,” they write: theatlantic.com/culture/2026/0…

NEWS.

From a source, here's the agenda for today's Kennedy Center board meeting at the White House. If you know anything about goings-on at the KenCen, DM me.

I am absolutely thrilled to join The Atlantic, working on the intersection of arts and politics.

@calllmenadira @Slate Woooo

officially promoted to staff writer @Slate! i promise i won't stop writing about freaks and weirdos and teen soaps and black art and the next heartthrob taking over the internet 🥹

Out of here for a while, at least. Find me on the butterfly app. Better yet, find what I work on in the Washington Post Style section.

Must-read from @karavoght: wapo.st/3YRCmdM

This is cool:

🧵 Here are all the ways you can follow election results tonight with the @washingtonpost. Some fantastic new things this year.

@mathitak Choose chaos

good day to pitch editors y/n

@JHWeissmann You knew the answer

A great list of the 10 essential Jones tracks — containing at least 3 contrarian picks — from @themikewest washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

A sharp appreciation from our critic on Jones’ particular studio genius — as evidenced by “It’s My Party”: washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

Our Quincy Jones obit. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Our Sunday section is dystopian.

@kristoncapps Finally, @PhilipKennicott on the show of the season -- The Met's magical exhibition on 14th century Siena washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

Read @kristoncapps on the inaugural show at the Frary gallery -- an essay on art, democracy, the avant-garde and the anti-democratic avant-garde washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Three great art reviews in @washingtonpost -- first, Sebastian Smee on an Osgemeos show at the Hirshhorn that's "squirming with energy" washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

The Met’s magical show of Sienese painting is the must-see of the season wapo.st/4f0gRgo

New reporting from four ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ colleagues: “For Jeff Bezos and his businesses, Washington has become more important” washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10…