I write about TV, celebrities, food, parenting and tech. Reviews @decider, other stories @nytimes, @billboard, @rollingstone, @vanityfair and more.
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This is the type of thing that drives me crazy: Listening to @TMKSESPN and for some reason, @RealMichaelKay sounds fine on TV but on radio he has an echo like he's broadcasting from an airport bathroom. Can anyone who is experienced in doing radio and TV simulcasts explain this?
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I wish more players would show their personalities to the media like Luke Weaver does. You see shots of them taking in the dugout and they look expressive and are having fun, but then they talk to the media and sound like cliche-spewing robots.
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I didn't binge the entire third season of #TheBearFX for my @decider review, but watched the first 3-4 episodes. People might get tired of the show's non-comedic, artsy-fartsy approach, but I'm completely on board with it... decider.com/2024/06/27/the-b…
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Great interview with R.E.M. -- their first one together in about 30 years -- about being inducted into the @SongwritersHOF, but damn.... time comes calling for all of us, doesn't it?
R.E.M. is being inducted into the @SongwritersHOF — an honor Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry say means a great deal: “We lived or died on the strength of our songs.”
They sat down with @AnthonyMasonCBS for their first joint interview in nearly 30 years.
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I talked to @Deejaycar, the director of #BronxZoo90, the docuseries about the awful '90 Yankees. I also spoke to NY Post baseball columnist @Joelsherman1; his 2020 columns about the '90 Yanks are the basis for the series. The resulting feature is @decider. decider.com/2024/05/16/bronx…
Here is my @decider review of @jonstewart's return to #TheDailyShow. It did feel like he never left, but in the review, I wonder if his center-left viewpoint and desire to skewer both sides will play well in 2024's extremely divided landscape. decider.com/2024/02/13/the-d…
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A personal milestone passed last week: 20 years ago, the first piece of writing I was ever paid for was published. It was an opinion piece in @Salon about IT unionization (I was still with IBM at the time). So I've been a professional writer/journalist for 20 years. Wow. (1/2)
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Interesting detail in season 15 of @letsmakeadeal in its new studio... It's a slightly bigger audience but not huge, but... the contestants aren't pre-miked anymore. Interesting... Thoughts, @buzzerblog ?
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So I guess @25WordsorLessTV is permanently using the pod / no audience format? Any ideas why they made it permanent, @buzzerblog?
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Love watching the #AllStarGame2023 and not knowing at a glance who's playing because they're all wearing generic uniforms. Merch dumps must outweigh fans connecting with the players. Tagging @UniWatch because I know he hates this.
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Even if you hate the idea of @RyanSeacrest as the new host of @WheelofFortune, you have to admit he's perfect for the show, mainly because of his vanilla persona. My thoughts @decider. And I even bring up @RolfBenirschke!
decider.com/2023/06/27/ryan-…
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Season 2 of #TheBearFX isn't as frantic or intense as Season 1, but we get to know the characters better this season -- and the show is still hilarious. My @decider review is linked below.
The pressure is on both the zeitgeisty show and its characters in #TheBear Season 2. Read @joelkeller's review on DECIDER to find out if you should stream it or skip it: trib.al/EwPN5AL
ALT THE BEAR
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.@dankois and I are brothers in fat-fingering. This drives me nuts, too. slate.com/technology/2023/06…
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Joel Keller retweeted
Well, the time has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all. (If nothing else, it’ll keep the clickbait sites busy!)
I'm starting to wonder if all the TikToks and IGs we GenXers are making about the stuff we used to do that millennials and GenZers will never understand is becoming a modern version of "I walked both ways to school uphill in 2 feet of snow."
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.@SamuelAAdams pretty much sums up the frustrations I've been having with Ted Lasso this season. It's still funny, but the episodes are too long, the storylines too spread out, and many of those storylines get abandoned before they can really get going. slate.com/culture/2023/05/te…
