A few years ago, my daughter got to interview Steven Spielberg as part of a junior reporting article for the New York Daily News. She prepared her own questions.
For the last one, after she got the info she needed, she opted... 1/5
...to ask something that has personally bothered her from the first time she watched JAWS. To this day, every time she sees the movie, she cries when the dog, Pipit, disappears, presumed to have ended up an hors d'oeuvres (hors d'og?) for the shark... 2/5
May 5, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Having been blessed to work in the @NYDailyNews newsroom for 20 of the 102 years that the paper has been a New York institution, it hurts to read @lmcshanenydn's devastatingly poignant editorial begging for a savior to keep the presses running ... 1/
nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
The erosion of local newspapers and the rise of "alternative facts" has left a gaping void in information in communities across the country. The reporters that have been laid off in successive waves were the ones shining a light on local corruption... 2/
Apr 28, 2019 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
As #AvengersEndgame rightfully celebrates all the great @Marvel heroes on screen, I just wanted to tip my (ahem) Cap to the actors who play them… many of whom take seriously the responsibility of portraying champions of goodness. I got to see that up close over the years. 1/8
…putting together charity screenings with Disney and @NYDailyNews. Back when the effort was just a cocktail napkin idea to honor kids who did volunteer work after Hurricane Sandy, @RobertDowneyJr volunteered: . He did a second one a few years later. 2/8