Friday Favorites – we’re back! Here we are in a brand-spanking-new year. Hope everyone’s 2020 is off to a great start. 

WHAT I READ

• I was very happy to read that Netflix will now let you disable its awful autoplaying feature. THANK YOU, NETFLIX! 
• I’ve been doing a “home edit” so I’ve been reading a lot of articles about organizing small spaces. This one with kitchen tips was great.
• The New York Times wrote a lovely profile of my next door neighboring town, Burbank. 
• Did you see Knives Out? I thought it was so much fun. I was excited to read they are making a sequel. 

OTHER BLOGGERS & INFLUENCERS

• My trailer-judging colleagues and I at The Hollywood Picture News spilled some tea on this week’s new films.
• Talk about putting in the work so you don’t have to — Greeblehaus assembled a master list of music festivals any fan will want to bookmark.
• The Kitchn put up this pizza dip recipe and I am going to try it on Sunday when some friends come over to watch the Oscars. 
• Life Hacker suggested adding pancake batter to your scrambled eggs…. How do we feel about that, kids?

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EARLIER THIS WEEK

• My favorite bookstore opened a wine shop INSIDE THE STORE. I plan to move in. Please forward my mail. 
• Trump failed at geography but Claire McCaskill won at Twitter:

• I spoke on a panel hosted by the LA chapter of PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) called “How Social Media is Disrupting PR.” It was a lot of fun! I often book engagements like this because I learn so much from my co-panelists. This was certainly the case here.

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Thank you to @prsala for inviting me to sit on their panel, “How social media is disrupting PR.” Was so great to reconnect with old friends and meet new PR pros. (Was a good excuse to put on a dress!) 😜 #prsa #prsala #publicrelations #socialmedia #prlife #losangeles #disruption

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PR & SOCIAL MEDIA

• I am proud that a film I am working on, Incitement, is earning an absolute ton of praise, including this flattering review from the LA Times’ Senior Critic Kenneth Turan. It is 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, too!!! 
• I am even MORE proud to say that Bill and Hillary Clinton attended a screening of this movie in New York. Just a couple out for a date night. Why not, right? This totally decreases the Kevin-Bacon-degrees between us all and I am happy. 

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT

• Rebel Wilson just went ahead and stole the BAFTAs. Her intro here is just genius. And the audience reactions are priceless all around. Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”) straight up cries.

• These were my favorite Super Bowl commercials: