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And democracy requires compromise, even when you are 100 percent right...You can be completely right and you still are going to have to engage with folks who disagree with you. —Barack Obama

Happy 80th Birthday, Hayley Mills!!! Here with her sister, Juliet Mills, 84, in a photo from last summer. #BOTD

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@HistoryBoomer Literally (everyone says) vs figuratively (everyone means) really grinds my gears.

There is nothing worse than hyperbole! Old joke, but people here do use too much hyperbole! "Mamdani will literally destroy New York; millions will flee!" And if challenged, they say, "Hey, it was just hyperbole!" How about saying what you mean, precisely, accurately? It's far easier to communicate and debate if we are clear about our starting positions on issues.

Lucille Ball and marvelous John Hodiak #BOTD in a publicity photo for TWO SMART PEOPLE (1946). A photo of Ball in this costume is often posted on social media and mislabeled as the dress for her wedding to Desi Arnaz. In reality, she was wearing a tailored suit at her wedding. #classicstars

@HistoryBoomer @MattWelch I love Wood’s stylization here. It was influential It reminds me of art I’ve loved since I was a child.

I’m standing inches away from Grant Wood’s “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (1931) and it’s awesome. Nobody else in this room (the American Wing is always less crowded), just me and art. (Wood’s most famous painting is probably “American Gothic, found at The Art Institute of Chicago.) “Wood, in one of his best known paintings, presents the legendary story of the American patriot Paul Revere, inspired by the popular 1863 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In a bird's-eye view, the painting depicts Revere on horseback racing through a Massachusetts town square. The artist infused his historical subject matter, which spoke to the mid-twentieth-century fascination with the colonial past, with distinctive modern elements. The houses are overly bright, as if lit by electricity, and the dramatic moonlight casts unrealistic shadows, giving the painting a dreamlike quality that would have appealed to 1930s viewers.”

Remembering Olivia Hussey on her birthday. My favorite films with Hussey are Romeo and Juliet -my favorite Hussey performance- and Death on the Nile. The film with Hussey I’d like to see the most is Lost horizon.

Remembering the great William Holden on his birthday. My favorite films with Holden are Sunset Blvd., Born yesterday and Network (Sunset Blvd. and Network are my favorite Holden performances).

Remembering the Oscar-winning WILLIAM HOLDEN — born 108yrs ago today. I LOVE LUCY (1955)

I still can't decide whether I like the book or the movie more. Let's say they're both perfect. To Kill a Mockingbird.

365 celluloid people I love. Day 107. Denzel Washington. He's become the John Wayne of modern-day movies: I’ll watch anything he’s in, good or bad, because he's there.

My favorite Schneider performance

LUISE RAINER was the first actor or actress to win multiple acting Oscars, the first to win back to back Oscars and, passing away at the grand age of 104, the longest-living Oscar winner of them all.

One of one. Marcus Miller, Lisa Fischer, and Fonzi Thornton honor their dear friend Luther’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. #LutherForever

@Raindropsmedia1 Man gave us too many classics… happy birthday to a real one 🙌🏽

April 16/Day 106 An Actor or Actress with an iconic or recognizable voice In Recognition of World Voice Day #Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge Katharine Hepburn

✨Announcing Criterion's JULY 2026 releases!✨ bit.ly/2jXMD3N

Remembering the great Claudia Cardinale on her birthday. My favorite films with Cardinale are Rocco e suoi fratelli and Il gattopardo, but my favorite Cardinale performance is Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa.

Neil Jordan’s THE CRYING GAME (1992) • Entering the Criterion Collection in July! criterion.com/films/33812-th… Jordan’s emotionally stunning international sensation overcame the barriers between independent and mainstream cinema to become one of the defining films of the 1990s.

Remembering Bobby Lapointe on his birthday. My favorite films with Lapointe are Les choses de la vie and Max et les ferrailleurs. The film with Lapointe I’d like to see the most is La veuve Couderc.