This moment from the new Steve Martin documentary where he’s remembering John Candy…damn man.

Package of cover stories I did with tad friend and Jacob Weisberg (and Norman Mailer!) in New York Magazine in 1995. Still proud of the cover line and image. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The gods are displeased

“Past your jail time”—ok, I forgive Jimmy Kimmel everything.

Did not have delightful Devito Keaton Schwarzenegger byplay on my bingo card

I would def watch a morning show hosted by Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling

Worrying one of the supporting actress nominees might not have any friends who won the award in the past

Jimmy Kimmel blew through his lines at top speed. Trying to catch the show back up?

Excellent speech from a Sarasota student directed at hate group Moms For Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler for refusing to resign from her position after a threesome scandal.

Trying to decide whether to fast, gobble HGH, or stress-eat and quit shaving in order to qualify for this Utopia.

I spent some time with Norman Lear over the years and he was always engaged, energetic, and curious. In 2016 we watched a few sitcoms and then he got bored and wanted to get back to his own work:

After listening to Jack Harlow, L’il Nas X is refusing to come out of the igloo

People insist on comparing other cities to NY. It’s a fool’s errand, especially around Halloween.

17-yr-old daughter comes home from school and says, 'I think we might have discovered too much.'

Exclusive: John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump cnn.com/2023/10/02/pol…

Invite to a webinar about developing an Alzheimer's vaccine.

“You perceive what dies with you. What lasts cannot be grasped.”

— Edmond Jabès

(The Book of Resemblances, trans. Rosmarie Waldrop)

I love this bit from Peter Falk's memoir where he talks about Alan Arkin and filming the Serpentine scene from The In-Laws

I appreciate that there are reasonable arguments against the Oxford comma (I'm Team Pro-OC), but can anyone justify this abysmal example? Genuine record-scratch level of confusing.

From nytimes.com/2023/06/20/opi…

I wrote about Cormac McCarthy theringer.com/2023/6/14/2376…