Jen Chaney

Jen Chaney

@jenchaney.bsky.social

Current: TV and film critic free agent. Former: Vulture, WashPost. Prev bylines: NYT, Vanity Fair, others. Literally wrote the book on Clueless.

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What the FUCK?

Alexa Philippou@alexaphilippou.bsky.social

BREAKING: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be held Thursday at 12:30pm ET at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, sources told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. It will be a double-header with the Atlanta Hawks’ game, which will be moved to 8pm.

POLTERGEIST was the horror movie that ruined my childhood. I just rewatched it with my son, and my God, what a film. Its scares are so scary because the Freelings are so relatable and the themes are so rooted in the mystery/horror of death. The rare entry in the genre that is truly moving.

Tom Skerritt was such a natural and was so good in so many things that everyone will, rightly, associate him with different films/shows. For me, it's TOP GUN and STEEL MAGNOLIAS. He was so likable, largely because he wasn't trying to be. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

variety.comTom Skerritt, ‘Picket Fences’ and ‘Alien’ Star, Dies at 93Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series "Picket Fences" and appeared in movies like "MASH," "Alien," "Top Gun" and more, has died. He was 93.

The audacity of hope = me thinking I could just run over to the Harry Styles pop-up store, buy something and leave.* *There is a three-hour wait to get in.

In two days, I will see Harry Styles at MSG. In three days, I will see Harry Styles at MSG again. You can't tell from the tone of this post, but I am very excited. Just trying to be cool about it, like a total Dakota Johnson.

Can we just stop shitting on U2? It's low-hanging fruit but it's also just not warranted! They're one of the best bands to ever exist. Sorry about the iPhone thing, it was dumb, but also: *all you had to do was delete it.*

There is currently a wait time just to access the Met's website.

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

I agree with pretty much all of this, especially the Saul and Lost comments.

Phillip Maciak@pjmaciak.bsky.social

My hottest NYT "Best Shows of the 21st century" takes: - Better Call Saul should be higher Breaking Bad - Somebody Somewhere = top 20 show - Lost should be in top ten consideration, if not top 5 - Succession should be in the 20s, not the top ten - if Bluey isn't in the top 20, everybody's lying

To clarify: Michael J. Fox is very much alive, he was just presented with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award during tonight's Emmys. Sorry for any confusion!

Jen Chaney@jenchaney.bsky.social

Tributes to Michael J. Fox, Dolly Parton and Catherine O'Hara in one Emmys telecast is a lot for this Gen Xer's heart to handle.

Saw the news about Bob Mackie's passing (RIP) and this is the first image that came to mind. It's the first image that comes to mind whenever I hear his name, tbh. Cher was such a badass for wearing this.

At the University of Maryland for a comedy show and it’s all college students so I feel very “Hello fellow kids” but OTOH they’re playing “Pump Up the Jam.” So.

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David Sims@davidlsims.bsky.social

It is extremely thrilling to see Coyote vs. ACME holding so well at the box office this weekend after years of cynical reporting basically suggesting the movie never had a chance at making a buck. Particularly looking at the annoying slew of box office "experts" who seem geared towards cynicism

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Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that