Richard Lawson

Ok

Announcement on the loudspeaker here just said “Savannah Hilton Head Airport supports the fight against human trafficking.” I should hope so!

OK I laughed

Amy Adams on the set of BIG EYES

In case you or your kid wants to see a crow gouging out someone's eyeballs . . .

In case you or your kid wants to see a crow gouging out someone's eyeballs . . .

Just saw POSSIBLE LOVE for the second time. It really is such an exquisite movie and you must see it

Talking Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder, and creepy Billy. Listen!

They’re gonna kill this guy

“Oh so it’s just naming random things” - me about four times during every episode of The Floor

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I have bad news about Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Broadway debut, I'm afraid

I have bad news about Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Broadway debut, I'm afraid

Which studio merger can get me “Law & Order with swears”

Zacharia’s quick job departure can mean only one thing, it’s 2009 and she’s going back to Gawker

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“That’s the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the last press secretary simply freezes to death.”

Watched the old Law & Order in which Michael McKean bombs a helicopter

“So it says here on your resumé that your last position was… ambassador to Greece?”

Fun fact: the Magician’s Nephew is the Time Traveller’s Wife’s brother

I know they’re not building a massive pickle store under the Brooklyn Bridge but I wish that’s what it was

The GIRLS news is potentially exciting, though I am concerned that I recently saw a casting notice for a "Late-30s Brooklyn Poochie-type"

Interesting

It really is weird that Nicole Kidman has been on a Paramount+ series for three seasons

A friend just told me that his first boyfriend’s job was “publicist for the cemetery his family owned” and I can’t stop laughing.

I watched all of Mike Flanagan's CARRIE so you don't (?) have to. The first three episodes are excellent and then it falls off . . . Well, not a cliff. Maybe an embankment. That and more in today's newsletter!

I felt very lucky to be invited on this week's Critical Darlings to discuss Digger--both bc it's a great podcast (the sister show of the justly beloved Blank Check) & bc while Digger was an ordeal to sit through, it is a delight to write & talk about. @alisonwillmore.bsky.social @rilaws.bsky.social

I watched all of Mike Flanagan's CARRIE so you don't (?) have to. The first three episodes are excellent and then it falls off . . . Well, not a cliff. Maybe an embankment. That and more in today's newsletter!

Unfortunately OTHER MOMMY is nowhere near as good as its trailer. Chastain innocent, tho!

Just canceled all my plans

What's worse is Guilfoyle was also hosting an illegal high-stakes poker game for the likes of Tobey Maguire

All the news about psycho rich people stuff that’s fit to print

Does anyone have any idea why I woke up with “Through Heaven’s Eyes” from The Prince of Egypt in my head this morning