Sasha Stone

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Articles

Gavin Newsom is Cooked

2 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

My friend Jim who writes said the following on Substack last night:Violent protests erupted in Los Angeles overnight as ICE raided various locations in its ongoing purge of illegal migrants, or immigrants, as the Democrats refer to them. We’ve not seen as violent a resistance before last night, but this likely foreshadows what’s to come, especially if the mass deportations continue.
A Short Note on the Pay Wall

3 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

I have been running this Substack for about five years, and until recently, I had not put anything behind the paywall. So what changed? I lost the majority of my income at my site, awardsdaily.com, after a piece about me appeared in the Hollywood Reporter. It was easy to write here for free out of passion alone. It's not so easy when you need to make a living somehow.
Three Intriguing Tucker Conversations

3 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

[The Tucker drops are optional, you can opt out in your subscriber preferences]Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:16 Why Is the New York Times Mad at Delano for Getting off Antidepressants? 4:48 Delano’s Battle With Mental Health 14:32 The Major Problem With Psychiatry Diagnoses 23:39 When Was Delano Put On Psych Drugs? 26:42 Is There Really Such a Thing as a “Chemical Imbalance” in the Brain? 30:43 How Many Americans Are on Psychiatric Drugs?
2026 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress Will be a Barn Burner

3 weeks ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

Both Sidney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are coming in hot in this year’s Oscar race. They not only star together in the suspenseful thriller, The Handmaid, but each of them is showcased in different films that might push them into the race. Sweeney will star in Americana, releasing in August.
George Clooney’s Good Night, Good Luck to Air on CNN – Right Message, Wrong Time - Awards Daily

3 weeks ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

On June 7th, tomorrow night, CNN will air its first ever play, George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck. This would be great if not for the obvious fact that George Clooney is a hypocrite and a coward. Sorry, but these are the ugly facts. He said nothing, not one word, for the past ten years as writers, teachers, journalists, actors all lost their jobs when the mob came for them. He said nothing when the mob came for me just last year.
California to Ohio: Even if You Leave the Internet, the Internet Follows You

3 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

[This is a perk for paid subscribers - if you have sent in subscription a different way and you’re not marked down as paid, let me know]My dog Jack is a herding dog. Anyone who spends time around him knows this. Once he has determined the pack, everyone must be present and accounted for before we can go on a walk or anywhere. If someone tries to leave the pack, he will try to follow them or resist moving forward.
Why I Don't Criticize Trump

3 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

I didn’t have time to read the comments from yesterday’s post, though someone wrote to say I should put up a poll to ask readers whether they agreed with Trump or Musk. You can vote in the poll below. But first, Free Will writes in the comments:Someone on Twitter also asked me why I never criticize Trump. The answer is simple. I spent four years from 2016 to 2020 not only criticizing Trump but actively trying to bring him down. I was fully on board with Russiagate. I marched in the Women’s March.
Teaser Drops for Kiss of the Spider Woman

3 weeks ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

Jennifer Lopez was the standout when the film screened in Toronto. Perhaps she’s looking at that much-desired Supporting Actress nod. DREAMGIRLS and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST director Bill Condon returns to the movie musical in this dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy. Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency.
Hell Hath No Fury Like an Elon Scorned

3 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

I was driving down the highway when the news of Elon Musk’s adolescent hissy fit hit X. It started with his first hissy fit about the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Elon called it an “abomination.”Then it went off like the last gasp of a fireworks show, where they save their loudest and brightest for the big finish. HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE AN ELON SCORNED. He also boasts that Trump would not have won the election without him and would have lost the House. That might be true, but I doubt it.
No, I Am Not AI

3 weeks ago | sashastone.substack.com | Sasha Stone

Someone wrote me a while back, saying, “I heard AI wrote your site.” I thought it was funny and didn’t take it seriously. I think I responded with “LOL.” But then I sent another email saying that no, AI does not write my site. Why would anything think that? Why would anyone say that? Bad writing, maybe? Careful writing? All I know is that I spend too much time rewriting, toiling, struggling, as any human would, to write something half as coherent as your typical AI paragraph.