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You people are f*cking obsessed! OBSESSION is on track for another $20M weekend in its 5th week of release—$190M total. Curb-smashing the box office. Again.

Art can't be a luxury made by and for the few. But the cost of living has made it impossible for so many New Yorkers to create the culture that makes this city beautiful. I joined Mayor @ZohranKMamdani at MoMA PS1 to talk about my journey in the arts and keeping NYC vibrant.

Why Making a Living as a TV Writer in Hollywood is Harder Than Ever and Why the Old Way was Better for Everyone: A Crash Course. Don't worry, I'll include pictures so no one gets bored! 🧵

DGA Responds to Production Slump by Limiting TV Actors From Taking Director Jobs variety.com/2026/film/news/d…

Generation Z has the lowest levels of interpersonal trust of any generation we've ever polled. And although the data is time limited, the velocity of their decline in trust already far exceeds any previous generation.

The Octagon has made it to the White House. #UFCWhiteHouse is LIVE SUNDAY JUNE 14 at 8pmET on @ParamountPlus! [ UFC Freedom 250 is presented by @CryptoCom and @RamTrucks ]

unfortunately don't think it'll have a scene anywhere as good as this

Perspective: Rittenhouse walked. Anthony got 35 years. The cases differ—but America judges fear by tribe, not law. newsweek.com/karmelo-anthony…

The greatest part of this Karmelo Anthony verdict is that it is an undeniable litmus test for where people stand in this country: Firstly - there are good moral black people out there calling this one down the line, and rightly so. Nothing presented in this case was anything other than damning for Karmelo. Not even a SHRED of evidence to present the possibility of doubt for the jury. The black people defending Karmelo; holding him up as some civil rights martyr will NEVER place anything over being black: not right or wrong; not facts; not truth - NOTHING. These people are so blinded by a worldview of black victimhood that they believe they’re always under attack therefor their violent outburst are always “justified.” That is just incompatible with civil society, and there’s WAY too much of it.

Is there an actor/actress whose political views you so vehemently abhor that you can't watch anything with them in it?

This bitch lost her own district and then had a huge influx of voters from SKID ROW in the last hour. You expect voters to believe she can't win her own community but the homeless randomly love her?

Writers Guild Foundation, USC, and More Join Partner Program for Academy’s Nicholl Fellowship Submissions indiewire.com/news/general-n…

Does Hollywood create culture or just reflect it? I'd say a little of both. It's a cycle – and if anything Hollywood is always a little behind. They're trying to hit a moving target. For a typical film it takes anywhere between 2 to 5 years between greenlight and release. But if you take a snapshot of what's happening in entertainment it's a fairly accurate reflection of mainstream society at any given time. Studio movies are almost by definition meant to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Which means trying to be inclusive but not alienate anyone – a difficult balance to be sure. But if anything, most studio bosses would rather err on the conservative side. Why? Because movies cost millions upon millions of dollars and these people are by nature risk averse. Maybe things were different in the 1960s and '70s when they took big swings on untested filmmakers with movies like EASY RIDER and TAXI DRIVER, but now they have quarterly earning targets to hit. I think some of these "Hollywood is too woke" folks are simply mistaken about what the people want. They are one person. These companies on the other hand are using every tool at their disposal: data analytics, focus groups, test screenings, etc. Of course, they're not always right. Maybe you think you know better. Or maybe, just maybe you don't have your finger on the pulse the way you think you do. Social progress moves slowly and even slower in Hollywood. I'm old enough to remember when WILL & GRACE was considered to be a groundbreaking show. Now people are raving about HEATED RIVALRY – and not just folks in the LGBT community. Here's the TL; DR. Hollywood wants your money. And yours, and yours, and yours. If there's an appetite for it, they will serve it to you. And it's their jobs to know what goes on the menu.

I wrote about the growing push to organize politically (and explicitly) around white identity (gift link below). While I don’t agree that’s a productive way forward for America, it’s clear that business as usual, where every group except one is encouraged to do just that, is broken. Thanks to @realJeremyCarl, @epkaufm, @justindeanlee and @L0m3z for speaking with me.

Jimmy Kimmel and 'Obsession' star Inde Navarrette break their own One Wish Willows "Is he still president?" (via @JimmyKimmelLive)