Trayvon Martin’s mother is running for Miami-Dade County Commissioner. Please donate if you can. Spread the word if you can’t. Get this right, Florida.
A reminder that this time four years ago, Hillary Clinton was ahead in the polls and everyone was laughing at the idea that Trump could actually win. Don’t get complacent.
One of the many reasons that the box office of BLACK PANTHER and WONDER WOMAN is important is that no one can ever say again a superhero who is a woman or superhero is a person of color doesn’t make money. Go to the movies. Change the conversation. Representation matters.
18 months ago I almost gave up on my dream of being a writer. I decided that if I was going to, I couldn’t before I tried to write the story I’d wanted to write for years. This is that story. Dreams really do come true. If you don’t believe me, just look in a theater near you.
As a complete sidenote (not because I'm rewatching the entire series from minute one) I've always loved that Roman was married with a kid in the pilot and they just ignored it forever going forward.
I was rejected from the Warner Bros. TV writers’ workshop after four years of not selling a single thing. 2 months later I sold THE POST.
#ShareYourRejections
Not to sound too much like a broken record but here I go again: dreams come true. The film I was afraid to write, the one I thought would be the last thing I wrote, got nominated today for two Academy Awards. Don’t ever let anyone, most of all yourself, stop you from believing.
Say what you will about the Marvel universe. The fact that they landed “Avengers Assemble” in the last hour of the last movie is standing ovation worthy.
Just a friendly reminder that if you don’t like something? Please don’t @ the makers of it and tell them that. Not everything is for everyone. And no one went into making something with the intention of letting people down. And on a human level it just feels super shitty.
Making a movie is really hard. Making a good movie is nearly impossible. And every single person who contributed to the making of said movie should be celebrated for their efforts in it.
I can’t express this enough. Fuck everyone involved in
@TheBearFX
. It’s so fucking good it makes me mad. It doesn’t bait. It doesn’t pander. It doesn’t take the easy road. It doesn’t explain what doesn’t need to be explained. Just. Fuck. Yes Chef.
Things we can’t forget bc they’re not in the news: His refusal to denounce white supremacy (and a call to action to the Proud Boys). He payed NO federal income tax for 10 out of 15 years starting in 2000. He PERSONALLY owes over $400M in loans that are due in the next 4 years.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think expanding public imagination is a “new style.” It is a return to the Democratic Party that went to the moon, passed the Civil Rights Act, + strove for the Great Society.
It’s the politics of courage vanquishing fear;aspiration over desperation.
Weaponizing the strike as a way to cancel a beautiful, joyful series is flat out disgusting. The creators, cast, crew and amazing fan base deserved so much more.
#ALeagueOfTheirOwn
Due to the strikes, production on both A League Of Their Own and The Peripheral was delayed and could not start before 2024, pushing the Season 2 premieres to 2025. That would create a logjam in Amazon’s 2025 pipeline and would stretch the gap between A League Of Their Own's
This is the greatest thing I've seen in 2020. McConaughey nodding along with a smile. Julia laughing. Morgan Freeman having to SAY THESE WORDS. BRAD. AND. JEN.
jennifer aniston and brad pitt’s full “spicy” scene as linda barrett and brad hamilton on “fast times at ridgemont high”s virtual table read.
THIS WAS WAY TOO FUNNY 😂
#FastTimesLive
FYI - all the outlets that are reporting "full list of nominees" but not including the writing nominees... that's not a complete list. You're literally writers... writing a list... that doesn't include the writers... cool. cool cool cool.
And FYI the only reason I had the confidence to do it was because of the people in my corner. Particularly my husband,
@bmillikin
, who was the one who told me to sit down and write the thing. Find your tribe and hold onto them. Nothing matters without them.
Rewatching GoT and every time Jon Snow makes a decision I hear Steve Zahn’s voice “there he goes - off to write that hit song ‘Alone With My Principles.” This tweet will only be understood by like five people and I’m OK with that.
I love making original movies but they can be really hard to get off the ground. The second weekend and word of mouth is VITAL. So if you haven’t seen
#LongShot
- maybe check it out? If you have - maybe tell someone about it? I’m here for an
#AMA
if anyone’s got questions!
To everyone in Los Angeles staying home for the holidays because our infection rate is the highest it’s ever been and there are no more ICU beds: THANK YOU. I know it’s hard. But it also means we get to double down on the party next year.
When I was a young grad student living off of student loans, I had to sell my cherished
@Criterion
collection one month in order to pay the rent. I just bought back most of the titles I had sold. I'm weeping.
I’m thrilled to announce that the female showrunner panel will be hosted at
@TwitterLA
next Wednesday evening! More details about live-streaming and invites to come soon. I can’t thank everyone enough for their passion for this!
Here's the thing, guys: it doesn't matter how many scripts you've written, when you're staring at a blank page it's like every lesson and good habit you've ever learned is completely out the window.
This exchange in the pilot - Shiv "Woah what is that? Date Rape by Calvin Klein?" Roman "Yeah you wish" then Shiv looks directly at the camera, then around the room: "You wish?" - feels like the moment they clicked as siblings and top 5 funny lines on the show.
When I was a young grad student living off of student loans, I had to sell my cherished
@Criterion
collection one month in order to pay the rent. I just bought back most of the titles I had sold. I'm weeping.
I'm not saying someone should leak the movie but if someone leaked the movie maybe we could watch the movie that was leaked and tell the people who didn't want it leaked that the movie that was leaked was great and they were dumb for not releasing the movie before it was leaked.
Announcement! Tomorrow evening at 7pm PST you will be able to live-stream this event! It will be here on my profile, as well as various other places that we will alert you to tomorrow before the event. Really looking forward to hearing from these incredible showrunners!
Ok but peak
#QueerEye
is Antoni buying a premade rotisserie chicken to make chicken salad and Bobby redoing an ENTIRE. HOUSE. to be completely accessible for a man in a wheelchair.
"The failure of the AMPTP to negotiate in good faith for a fair and equitable deal causing the actors' and writers' unions to strike could disrupt the entertainment industry in fundamental ways... " There. Fixed your headline for you, NYT.
The ongoing actors’ and writers’ unions strikes could disrupt the entertainment industry in fundamental ways, putting the 2024 box office and the fall broadcast lineup in jeopardy. Here’s how.
*taps mic*
HEY! DEMOCRATS! I don’t care who you support right now but if you don’t support whoever the eventual nominee is in 2020 then you are actually helping to elect HIM.
Thank you for enjoying my Ted Talk.
The AMPTP will spend the next few weeks trying to fracture the WGA and prey upon division. Do NOT listen to the chatter. Stay strong. The studios are the ones refusing to come to the table. They are keeping this strike going. They started it in the first place.
I couldn’t have less interest in this “billionaire space race” that is doing nothing to actually educate, investigate, illuminate anything about space but is rather a really great way for billionaires to light money on fire in the faces of starving, dying children.
My utter disappointment and disgust in 47% of this country is directed almost entirely at white people who saw everything that happened in the last four years and said “yeah it’s good for me so I don’t care.” Fuck all of you.
Preparing for the Succession finale it’s interesting to note that the first time the theme is played in the pilot is when GREG appears on screen. Leaving this here for later…
There’s nothing stranger than watching John Lennon talk to a documentary filmmaker about the tension in his relationship with Paul McCartney while Paul McCartney plays on the piano in the background and finds the melody to “Let it Be”.
This has been a LONG time coming. Can’t wait to bring these amazing women into your lives with
@ryrussoyoung
and the OG bad girl herself,
@anndanger
!
After this video (which you should watch bc I’m still laughing) went viral,
@RyanAbe
used the attention to post about the crowdfund for victims of the Christchurch shooting. All class. What a guy.
Having a tough day over here. It’s easy to beat up on ourselves when this happens - to feel weak. Doing my best to give myself a break and remember that tomorrow is another day. Posting about this bc I think it’s important to be open about the good AND the bad. It’s a process.
"I've been at this game far too long not to acknowledge the writer first and foremost. The writer is the thing," says
#Succession
star Brian Cox. "In the U.K., we're much more respectful of the writer than the U.S. is."
He knew that his presence would be intimidating and threatening. Not his size. Not his words. Because he’s white. And male. And wearing that hat. Fuck this shit. Fuck him. Fuck his parents. Fuck anyone who believes this is what makes America great again.
LEE is a true passion project and my first movie to get into TIFF. I would love to attend and celebrate with my collaborators, but I would love a fair and equitable deal for the WGA and SAG more. I’ll be supporting in solidarity from home.
California friends! Please do not be complacent about the recall! Newsom isn’t close to perfect but he is far better than the alternative. Please please please vote.
Hey guys - if I don't know you, please don't message me or DM me to read your screenplay. I immediately delete those messages for liability reasons, and it's also just not cool. I love doing AMA's and sharing but I can't continue to do that if this keeps happening. Thank you!
When asked what advice Amy Poehler had for young female directors she said: “Do it even if you don’t think you’re ready... a lot of women wait until they think they’re really really ready for something. And I’ve worked with a lot of guys who aren’t ready for what they’re doing.”