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I have mixed feelings about Dune (not the hugest fan of the original plot, I like Villeneuve's movies but I don't know if he can redeem this story for me), but I'll probably watch for Oscar.

GOD this is a great photo. I love him so much. The beard! The stare! it's hot asf (the man is fine asf in general tho)

OSCAR ISAAC “Dune” — 2020, dir. Denis Villeneuve

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Christmas Playlist

Here's a little playlist of music to fill your ears and souls with Christmas nostalgia and joy. Yes, a few songs are repeats by other artists because they're really good and very different versions. Mostly soul and R&B centric. Wishing everyone a stress-free Christmas filled with merriment, shenanigans, and all that you could wish for going into the new year (and eggnog).

Merry Christmas!

It Feels Like Christmas - "The Muppets Christmas Carol" Soundtrack

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) - Nat King Cole

Run, Run Rudolph - Chuck Berry

"Well, well, well. What have we here? Sandy Claws, huh? Ooh, I'm really scared"

Christmas Rappin' - Kurtis Blow

Christmas Time in Hollis - Run DMC

Every Year, Every Christmas - Luther Vandross

Christmas Without My Girl - Gerald Levert

What Do the Lonely Do At Christmas? - The Emotions

Give Love On Christmas Day - Johnny Gill

Sleigh Ride - TLC (one of my favorites)

"Let's have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, filled with love and joy and happiness and lots of good cheer"

White Christmas - Otis Redding

All I Want 4 Christmas - TLC

Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding

Sleigh Ride - Ella Fitzgerald

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Kenny G

"I believe in dreams again, I believe that love will never end....cause I believe in you and me. But maybe I'm a fool, to feel the way I do. I would play the fool forever just to be with you forever. I believe in miracles...baby you're a dream come true."

"Christmas Carolers? I hate Christmas Carolers." -Mrs. Deagle

Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - Darlene Love

Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes

My Favorite Things - Luther Vandross

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Lou Rawls

Who Would Imagine A King - Whitney Houston ("The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack")

Silent Night- The Tempations

Do You Hear What I Hear? - Mahalia Jackson

The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Luther Vandross

Someday at Christmas - Mario ("Best Man Holiday" Soundtrack)

Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano

Little Drummer Boy - Pentatonix

Andrea Bocelli AND Mary J. Blige

Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Celine Dion

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Look at hiiiim 😭❤️

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Bong Joon-ho on the specificity and universality of Parasite (2019)

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Been wanting to watch this again for awhile. Bong Joon-Ho is a fantastic filmmaker and I can't wait to finally see Parasite.

The Host (2006) dir. Bong Joon-ho

(requested by @chanw00kpark​)

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it’s october 3rd so mean girls as a 90’s anime 💋💄💖✨

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A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter...

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THIRST AID KIT | S4E01 | DAN LEVY, SMOKESHOW EXTRAORDINAIRE

Thirst-buckets…

WE MADE IT BACK FROM THE THIRST WILDERNESS!

Some quick housekeeping: we now live at Slate Podcasts, and we are settling in nicely, thank you for asking. We also have a new producer, Cher Vincent (hi!), and between the three of us we have A LOT planned. But let’s get into Dan Levy the smokeshow RIGHT NOW.

So, you may have noticed that we were away for nine months, thirst-buckets, and it turns out that’s the perfect length of time to gestate a precious thirst-baby… and we named it Dan! We have lots to talk about: his forever-coiffed hair, his intense eyebrows, his smirk that makes us want to share secrets with him… 

What to love about Dan Levy, a brief list:

His excellent eyebrows, as inherited from his fine daddy, Eugene 👀

His superb sense of humor, as exhibited in Emmy-nominated comedy Schitt’s Creek, of which he is co-creator, showrunner and star (hello, competency kink!)

His kind eyes. It’s a thing; look it up, and seek it out IRL.

His commitment to telling stories that acknowledge the prejudice in the world and then actively choose to portray LGBTQIA lives in a way that does not centre that pain as the only tenet of identity. (that’s hot)

He fine. Like, look at him, FFS.

Some other stuff we discussed in a segment we like to call Hiatus Schmiatus:

The astonishing multi-strand hotness contained in Crazy Rich Asians

Our uncredited cameo in Avengers: Endgame. Also America’s Ass™:

The Hulk’s spectacles-and-sweater situation in Avengers: Endgame aka “Professor Daddy” (™ Nichole Perkins, 2019)

The moment Marcus (Randall Park) pushed Sasha (Ali Wong) against the wall in Always Be My Maybe and we felt the air whoosh out our collective lungs… *bites fist*

You can listen to the whole episode RIGHT HERE (more ways to listen are listed below).

SOME STUFF TO WATCH AND READ, IF YOU LIKE!

Dan explains why there’s no homophobia in Schitt’s Creek

A little bit about the radical queer vulnerability of the Schitt’s Creek characters

That time Dan explained pansexuality to Larry King. Sigh/LOL.

He told Stephen Colbert he loves giving his dad shit. Don’t we all, eh?

This GQ profile, and also this interview in Esquire.

This lovely interview with friend-of-TAK E. Alex Jung where they go clothes shopping.

These photos of him in Out. Bitch.

TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW

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We’re on Twitter at @bimadew and @tnwhiskeywoman; the show is on Twitter at @thirstaidkit. Send us your (short! please!) drabbles at thirstaidkit@slate.com. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, please, because we’re asking nicely and we were told politeness counts? Thanks! 

Also: if you’re in the New York area, come thirst out loud with us at a Thirsty Movie Night! On Monday October 7 at the IFC Center, our Thirsty Movie will be is Point Break, starring one of our patron saints, Keanu Reeves, and one of our Sadly Dead Baes, Patrick Swayze. All tickets come with a free large soda, and Slate Plus subscribers get $5 off. More details here. Buy tickets here. 

We’re so glad to be back. Thanks for sticking around. 💜🥤💦

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There’s like tent-pole moments throughout the show where we know that something more emotional is gonna happen. And as a writer’s room, for us it’s really about building the momentum of that, so that when the emotional moments happen, the audience feels like they’ve earned it. // Dan Levy at 92Y

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Jharrel Jerome wins “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie” for When They See Us.

He highlights by name The Exornated Five in his acceptance speech. 🙌🏾

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Jharrel Jerome + The Exonerated Five (Raymond Santana, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, & Korey Wise) at the 71st Annual Primetime Emmys (2019).

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I ❤ them and Schitt's Creek so much.

Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy attend the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards!

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To see this day, James Baldwin said…

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THIS! This beautiful moment right here! Jharrel EARNED that Emmy and I'm so happy Korey and the rest of the Exonerated 5 (Antron, Yusuf, Kevin, Raymond) got to be there to see it and celebrate together (what should've been a sweep: Ava should've won Best Director and Part 4, Best Writing, and more. That's a story for another time). Jharrel and Korey's bond is beautiful to see, it's a kinship. The cast, Ava and the Exonerated 5, everyone is bonded for life. Korey and Jharrel exchanged a look during his acceptance speech of shared happiness and pride. Him winning, his speech and shout out, the whole thing just made me so happy. Best moment of the broadcast!

Congrats Jharrel!

Jharrel Jerome wins OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES for his Lead Role as Korey Wise in When They See Us and Korey Wise tearing up at his win

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Laverne Cox attends the 71st Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California (September 22, 2019)

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge accepts her Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series