2023 Academy Nicholl Fellowship finalist | Black List Recommended. I'm just here for the cat videos.
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THE FUNNY HE-SHE LADIES! was a 2023 Academy Nicholl finalist. A dramedy based on the Boulton and Park crossdressing scandal of 1870-71. Their trial became a cause célèbre that implicated London’s high society and marked the first recorded use of the term “drag.”
Neon seriously needs to put this on the poster.
'Her Private Hell' Review: Nicolas Winding Refn Gets Lost in His Private Filmmaking Hell with This David Lynch-on-Bad-Acid Disaster variety.com/2026/film/review…
Archuleta's book--about a famed bank robber and his improbable transformation into silent-film star--is a must-read for anyone interested in that period of movie history.
I'll be on the Dusty Trails & Tall Tales Podcast.
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Spur Award-winning author dives into the wild life of Henry Starr. All episodes stream LIVE, then remain available to watch afterward. See our entire podcast here:
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Best script I've ever read.
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Do the people currently hyperventilating over Kevin Bacon's trending pro-drag video even realize that it was made a few years ago? We're talking a least a few degrees of separation from the present.
This is SO much better than the bisected version of Kill Bill that the vast majority of people have seen.
The 258-minute "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" has barely screened since Cannes 2006, but it's arguably the director's greatest work — and one of the best American movies of the 21st century.
We explain why: indiewire.com/features/comme…
If you're trying to keep your affair secret, pretty much any strategy imaginable beats "Let's go to a Coldplay concert and pose standing in an affectionate embrace while a kiss cam broadcasts people just like us on a giant screen." It's like Russian roulette with five bullets.
In 2023, I made the finals of the Nicholl Fellowships (top 13 out of 5599 entries). Let me explain how becoming a Nicholl finalist changed my life.
I got 7 agent/manager requests for my script. None followed up. Online kibitzers joked about my headshot.
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David Thomas, Founder of Boundary-Pushing Rock Band Pere Ubu, Dies at 71 variety.com/2025/music/obitu…
There are definitely easier ways to do this.
Move Over, Bonnie Blue! OnlyFans Star Lily Phillips Claims SHE'S Pregnant After Sleeping With 100 Men In 1 Day! perezhilton.com/lily-phillip… 🔗
I've got an idea for an M&M's commercial. Have your people call my people.
Seal takes his namesake to new surreal heights in Mountain Dew‘s 2025 Super Bowl commercial. The 30-second spot features the 15-time Grammy nominee transformed into a literal seal (with a realistic face).
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Luke Wintour needs to drop everything and make a Boulton and Park movie. I say this because I have an awesome script, and because it's funny when people drop stuff.
Sundance: ‘Sweetheart’ Director Luke Wintour on Secret Gay Life in 1720s England and His Aunt Anna Wintour’s Support of His ‘Queerness and Filmmaking’
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Wow, I nominated Chelsea Girls this year, so I guess this is my fault.
