Barry Blitt, whose 138th New Yorker cover was published this week, lets @newyorknico into his studio to discuss his vast archive of work and his “passive-aggressive” comic style. Watch the full short film: https://t.co/6Mw3VafAll
"Sure, The Borg have been a problem. Their tendency toward mass assimilation and the stripping of individuality and personal freedom doesn’t exactly jibe with our idea of what makes a great leader. But let’s be honest. Kathryn Janeway hasn’t been perfect."
https://t.co/rZraEg07TB
James Cameron says he has "a lower cringe factor than, apparently, a lot of people do around the dialogue that I write."
"You know what? Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness.”
https://t.co/U3MtVVtR8H
I saw BLUE VELVET for the first time as part of a ~masterful~ gothic lit class at UCSC. Blew my mind, of course. I later transferred to UCLA, where lit curriculum was snoozy to say the least. Proud of my degree and opportunities, but this is hypocritical, sad...and unsurprising.
Laura Dern Says She Had To Quit College To Film 'Blue Velvet' After Ultimatum: "If You Make This Choice, You Are No Longer Welcome At UCLA" https://t.co/0uzymObFoi
"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them."
https://t.co/SYRRfa74Ii
Late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny told 60 Minutes in 2020 that “even if I would be dead ... nothing [would] change.” https://t.co/3v1yff40XI
Signed, sealed, delivered... with a touch of the cosmos.
The @USPS has issued two new Priority Mail stamps celebrating @NASAWebb, the largest, most powerful, and complex telescope ever put in space. https://t.co/5jYjLQKuTT
Matt and I have been co-parenting a Tamagotchi and it just morphed into its final form. We're both very icked-out and disappointed in the thing we've raised.
grinch | noun | a grumpy person who spoils the pleasure of others
When Dr. Seuss wrote ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ in 1957, he probably had no idea that ‘grinch’ would soon enter the general lexicon of English.
The first known use of the meaning defined above was in 1966.