"He's a menace ... I WANT SPIDER-MAN!" J.K. Simmons is at the Mets game tonight and ran into a familiar face 😂

David Burke died on May 10 at age 91. He was the first Dr. Watson opposite Jeremy Brett as #SherlockHolmes in the 1984 Granada TV series. #davidburke #drwatson #sherlockholmesanddrwatson @IHearofSherlock @HolmesMagazine @masterpiecepbs @StrandMag @EdgarAwards

LAS VEGAS (AP) — 4 freshman goalies will take the ice before a packed T-Mobile Arena on Thursday for the semifinals of the #FrozenFour, something so unusual that the #NCAA can’t find another such instance. @AP_Sports @devilslakenews #hockey devilslakejournal.com/sports…

Lake Region Curling Club held its year-end #bonspiel this weekend. I joined colleagues Louise Oleson & Mojo Hill for the prime rib dinner on Sat, as a silent auction was held next to the rink. #Curling season resumes in November. #devilslakend @devilslakenews @lrcurl @curling

In INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, Spielberg stages the perfect “handoff”: young Indy puts on the fedora, and the film smash‑cuts to Harrison Ford lifting his head into frame years later.

All the President’s Men turns 50 today. This famous “six‑minute shot” is a masterclass in phone acting and pure technical nerve. Director Alan J. Pakula and cinematographer Gordon Willis pull off a single, unbroken slow zoom: from a wide, humming newsroom to a tight close-up on Redford. No cuts. No safety net. Tension builds in real time. Redford carries it with typical quiet confidence. Six minutes of note-taking and talking into a phone, no flashy “Oscar clip.” He even flubs a name (“McGregor” for “Dahlberg”), corrects himself naturally, and Pakula keeps it because it feels authentic. The background is part of the story. As Woodward hones in on his phone call, everyone behind him huddles around a TV watching Senator Tom Eagleton resign. The contrast is deliberate: they chase the “obvious” headline, while the camera drifts past them to Woodward, and the real story. To hold Redford and the busy background in focus early on, they used a split‑diopter lens, then had to ease it out as the camera moves in. A technical tightrope. The timing of both actor and cinematographer is spot on. As Woodward closes in on the truth, the world literally falls away: the newsroom blurs, the noise fades, and we lock into his obsession. It’s one of cinema’s great moments: Redford doing almost nothing—and somehow everything at the same time. What makes this shot brilliant is the contrast it carves between Redford and the newsroom around him. The visual language does the talking: he’s locked in, disciplined, driven, all focus and fire. He stands apart because the work matters more than anything else.

"One of Connery’s final films featured what might have very well been his most complex & emotionally resonant performance, one that many still feel should have earned him another Oscar nomination." cbr.com/sean-connery-always-…

Happy National Laughter Day! #nationallaughterday #laughing #laughter #makeemlaugh

Remembering my friend Chris Aldridge in honor of what would’ve been his 64th birthday. #markchristopheraldridge devilslakejournal.com/opinio…

The surreal sketch comedy TV series ‘The Dana Carvey Show’ starring Dana Carvey, Steve Carell, and Stephen Colbert premiered on ABC on this day thirty years ago 📺 🎭 🤣

TRIVIA: A running gag on ‘The Dana Carvey Show’ was that the title of the show would change based on the presenting sponsor of that week’s episode. The episode titles included ‘The Taco Bell Dana Carvey Show’, ‘The Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show’, ‘The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show’, ‘The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show’, ‘The Pepsi Stuff Dana Carvey Show’, and ‘The Szechuan Dynasty Dana Carvey Show’. (Wikipedia) 🖤

I just heard about the passing of actress #JenniferRunyon at age 65. Most may remember her roles in the sitcom “Charles in Charge” and “Ghostbusters,” but I remember her most for her appearances in the 1984 comedy “Up the Creek” and the 1989 pilot episode of “Quantum Leap.”

This is heartbreaking. RIP Catherine O’Hara. abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/a…

Suiting up for the comic book store tomorrow.

In 40 years, it had never rained during the Super Bowl. On the day of 41st the heavens opened up and poured down hard. Because everything on the stage were live instruments and the stage floor was slick with water for he and his dancers, they asked Prince what did he want to do about the performance. Prince replied, “can you make it rain harder?” Long live Prince. The greatest halftime performance in Super Bowl history.

RIP Sal Buscema. 👑👑👑

BRIAN BLESSED explaining the advice he gave Max Von Sydow for the character of Ming The Merciless in Flash Gordon (1980).

Tina Turner dancing to Prince is all you need to see to start your day.

Spirit Lake Tribe PR Specialist Vicki Alberts hosted an event in Minneapolis, to help tribal members get IDs. With the #immigrationcrackdown, #NativeAmericans are being detained, mistakenly identified as undocumented immigrants. @devilslakenews devilslakejournal.com/news/1…

Veteran comics artist Sal Buscema (Jan. 26, 1936-Jan. 24, 2026) has died at age 89. He worked at Marvel Comics, where he had a 10-year run on The Incredible Hulk and an 8-year run on The Spectacular Spider-Man. May he rest in peace. #salbuscema #marvelcomics #comicsartist

T.K. Carter, the actor known for the horror classic “The Thing” and the television series “Punky Brewster,” has died. He was 69. #tkcarter  variety.com/2026/film/news/t…