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Dad, Writer, Critic. Cofounder of @philafcc, member of @criticschoice Words: @phillyinquirer @JTANews @broadstreview @splicetoday2022 @substack
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Happy to introduce my new @substack newsletter, The SS Ben Hecht: open.substack.com/pub/stephe…
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Jessa a MAHA freak, Shosh on new RHONY, after escaping the Ryan Murphy universe Elijah now dating Pedro Pascal, Hannah caught plagiarizing her series of children’s books nominally inspired by her “gifted” son and Marnie wouldn’t sell a $15k animatronic bird to Kelly Clarkson
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Hannah runs into her frenemy from Iowa, the author of a clear "Cat Person" stand-in, who's now taking GLP-1s; Marnie bonds with her glamorous work galpal, but she turns out to be a Zionist; Shosh wears zit stars to appear young, despite not having acne; Jessa polycule nightmare
Lena Dunham is officially reviving "Girls” at HBO for a five-episode season.
• Dunham will return alongside original cast members Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet and Andrew Rannells all returning.
• Production is set to begin in 2027, 10 years after the Season 6 finale.
• Lena Dunham said in a statement: “We always said we would only return to GIRLS if there was a specific story we were burning to tell. I've missed these characters, but for a long time I couldn’t quite picture them in the present day. Then, right around my fortieth birthday, they started talking to me in the shower. And, as you may remember, once this fivesome starts talking it’s pretty hard to get them to stop… It’s rare that you get the chance to return to something that changed your life with the gift of hindsight and a whole new level of gratitude and understanding. I love these girls (and boy), our friends at HBO, and all the people who have continued to discover the show and remind us afresh why we do this, which is the joy of being together… and the chance to wear yellow mesh…."
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‘Girls’ is coming back.
HBO has ordered a limited run of five episodes of Lena Dunham’s hit comedy with the majority of the original cast confirmed to return.
Dunham will reprise her role as Hannah, Allison Williams returns as Marnie, Jemima Kirke is back as Jessa, Zosia Mamet comes back to play Shoshanna, and Andrew Rannells, who recurred as Elijah in the first three seasons before joining the cast as a regular in season four, is also back.
Full details here: deadline.com/2026/10/girls-h…
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I remain amazed and mystified that some of the most powerful people in the world think "James Talarico seems gay!!" is a compelling critique. I bet it goes so hard with JD Vance's 9-year-old. It's so desperate and small.
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I reviewed five documentaries that were at NYFF (and are coming to PFF): MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART II, 14th, NAZA, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM, and MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE stephensilver.substack.com/p… @philafcc @OFCS @CriticsChoice
This is like finding out the Jafar Panahi cake story wasn't true
Ben Affleck says David Fincher lied about shutting down Gone Girl for 4 days over a Yankees hat
“He's such a lying mf. That is such a f**king lie. I don't know why he loves to say shit like that”
“I'm friends with him and I adore him, and he'll f**king lie if he thinks it'll get a reaction. He's got a very dark sense of humor. I know he thought, ‘I'll make Ben suffer for this for many years.’ The truth is, I don't think anyone had ever said no to him about anything”
“It was probably all of 20 minutes that we talked about it. Eventually it was like, ‘What about the Mets?’ And I was like, ‘All right, sure, man.’ That was it. Then he's like, ‘Yeah, it cost us $40 million while Ben Affleck wouldn't wear the f**king hat.’ I didn't take that long arguing over whether to be naked in the movie”
Guilfoyle would be a hilarious converted resistance lib. She could even campaign for her ex-husband in 2028
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The only reason Metallica don't do politics on stage is they all massively disagree on politics.
They're a redneck libertarian hunter, a liberal hyper-capitalist, a lefty arty-farty vegan nerd and a vegan punk.
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x algorithm eating up this guy's posts. as far as i can tell, these tweets don't match any real reporting out there...
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Grateful to Netflix for continuing to pump out trash with big stars like Ben Affleck, who then have to go on 400 podcasts and give genuinely great interviews for two weeks straight
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Not "Kazan Stans," just people who care about art, and can't imagine proscribing Elia Kazan's great post-HUAC work like Baby Doll, Splendor in the Grass, A Face in the Crowd, Wild River and On the Waterfront. Also, even the Puritans didn't believe in familial inherited guilt.
FBI Philadelphia is warning parents, guardians, and caregivers about the sharp increase in the activity of nihilistic violent extremists (NVEs), “764” and other violent online networks targeting and exploiting children and other vulnerable populations across the country, including our region.
Read more at: fbi.gov/contact-us/field-off…
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I reviewed five documentaries that were at NYFF (and are coming to PFF): MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART II, 14th, NAZA, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM, and MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE stephensilver.substack.com/p… @philafcc @OFCS @CriticsChoice
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SCOOP: @nytimes reviewed time-stamped security camera images showing @jamestalarico was, in fact, at his home in Austin on Oct. 1-8.
Gift link ➡️ #TXSEN
nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/po…
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I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day.
And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
