Tara Bennett
@tarabennett.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of 30 official books on film & TV - Marvel Studios, Avatar 2, Outlander…Bylines: SYFY, IGN, SFX Magazine, Paste, NBCInsider, Cartoon Brew & more. 🍅 Approved Critic. Otter aficionado 🦦 https://muckrack.com/tara-bennett
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Tara Bennett
@tarabennett.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Marvel Studios: The Art of Ryan Meinerding (Limited Edition)
Limited to a run of 500 copies, this deluxe edition of Marvel Studios: The Art of Ryan Meinerding features an exclusive foil stamped cloth case, a slipcase with tipped on art, and an archival quality ...
www.abramsbooks.com
Art is a great distraction. So, I offer to those who love the #MCU, our LE edition of #TheArtofRyanMeinerding only available from Abrams Books. Only 500 copies, hand-signed by Ryan Meinerding and sealed in a numbered envelope. Perfect for aspiring artists.
www.abramsbooks.com/product/marv...
www.abramsbooks.com/product/marv...
Season 2 of #StrangerThingsTalesFrom85 dropped today on @netflix.com. It remains beautiful to watch, but continues to be a snooze in terms of its narrative. My @ign.com review.
www.ign.com/articles/str...
www.ign.com/articles/str...
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2 Is a Snooze That's Beautiful to Look At
Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 Season 2 review: The animated Stranger Things spin-off still suffers from underwhelming stories and a lack of stakes.
www.ign.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Season 2 of #StrangerThingsTalesFrom85 dropped today on @netflix.com. It remains beautiful to watch, but continues to be a snooze in terms of its narrative. My @ign.com review.
www.ign.com/articles/str...
www.ign.com/articles/str...
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The contents of this report are horrifying.
A new DHS report proves Alligator Alcatraz detainees were right all along
The inspector general's findings match what advocates and families had been reporting since last summer.
www.motherjones.com
September 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The contents of this report are horrifying.
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Burnett explained that while the sketch was brilliantly written, it called for "Starlett" to "come down the stairs with the curtains just hanging" on her.
Mackie, thinking the visual element could be funnier, "came up with the idea of making the dress with the curtain rod. I fell on the floor."
Mackie, thinking the visual element could be funnier, "came up with the idea of making the dress with the curtain rod. I fell on the floor."
September 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Burnett explained that while the sketch was brilliantly written, it called for "Starlett" to "come down the stairs with the curtains just hanging" on her.
Mackie, thinking the visual element could be funnier, "came up with the idea of making the dress with the curtain rod. I fell on the floor."
Mackie, thinking the visual element could be funnier, "came up with the idea of making the dress with the curtain rod. I fell on the floor."
In their first Halloween feature film, Aardman is baaaaah-ck with their third #ShauntheSheep chapter that is a delightful love-letter to horror tropes & classic horror cinema. A fun installment that rewards generational audiences. My @ign.com review:
www.ign.com/articles/sha...
www.ign.com/articles/sha...
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom Completes Aardman’s Farm Feature Trilogy With a Halloween Treat For All Ages
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom review: The residents of Mossy Bottom farm are baaaaack for their first Halloween adventure.
www.ign.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
In their first Halloween feature film, Aardman is baaaaah-ck with their third #ShauntheSheep chapter that is a delightful love-letter to horror tropes & classic horror cinema. A fun installment that rewards generational audiences. My @ign.com review:
www.ign.com/articles/sha...
www.ign.com/articles/sha...
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Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week.
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September 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week.
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Correction: it’s not that he misunderstands it. It’s that he doesn’t understand it at all.
"Donald Trump is ruining a US economy he fundamentally misunderstands — beyond, of course, his impressive and insatiable facility for crudely extracting billions of dollars in graft for himself and his family." — @schaller67.bsky.social
Trumpflation is here
He broke it, he bought it.
www.publicnotice.co
September 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Correction: it’s not that he misunderstands it. It’s that he doesn’t understand it at all.
Season 2 of Peacock's #ThePaper is now available to stream. For Peacock Blog, I've put together when and where both #The Paper & it's sister show, @theoffice.bsky.social were filmed (Hint: It was not PA or OH).
www.peacocktv.com/blog/the-pap...
www.peacocktv.com/blog/the-pap...
A Guide to Where The Paper Was Filmed (DETAILS)
Discover where The Paper was filmed, from Universal Studios sets to LA locations made to look like Toledo, Ohio.
www.peacocktv.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Season 2 of Peacock's #ThePaper is now available to stream. For Peacock Blog, I've put together when and where both #The Paper & it's sister show, @theoffice.bsky.social were filmed (Hint: It was not PA or OH).
www.peacocktv.com/blog/the-pap...
www.peacocktv.com/blog/the-pap...
🚨 @sfxmagazine.bsky.social #409 out today! My cover story on Marvel Studios #VisionQuest w/ EP @terrymatalas.bsky.social & Paul Bettany who discuss the ties to Wandavision + my coverage of The Academy Museum's new exhibit #TheHorrorShow open 9/26. Buy a copy! magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
September 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
🚨 @sfxmagazine.bsky.social #409 out today! My cover story on Marvel Studios #VisionQuest w/ EP @terrymatalas.bsky.social & Paul Bettany who discuss the ties to Wandavision + my coverage of The Academy Museum's new exhibit #TheHorrorShow open 9/26. Buy a copy! magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
Just two weeks until @dwanimation.bsky.social #ForgottenIsland lands in theaters. FOr NBC Insider, here's everything you need to know about the original animated adventure from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish directors Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado:
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
Forgotten Island: Everything You Need to Know
DreamWorks’ Forgotten Island follows best friends Jo and Raissa on a Filipino mythology-inspired adventure before its Sept. 2026 release.
www.nbc.com
September 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Just two weeks until @dwanimation.bsky.social #ForgottenIsland lands in theaters. FOr NBC Insider, here's everything you need to know about the original animated adventure from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish directors Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado:
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
Practical Magic is not a perfect film, but it had a stellar cast & impeccable Wiccan vibes. It's surprising Hollywood magic that Practical Magic 2 was made, but it's disappointing that this even better cast is given such a messy script. My @ign.com review: www.ign.com/articles/pra...
Practical Magic 2 Brings Back Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, But It's Cursed With a Very Messy Script
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and the rest of the Practical Magic 2 cast toil and trouble to conjure up a worthwhile sequel, but they’re cursed with a very messy script.
www.ign.com
September 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Practical Magic is not a perfect film, but it had a stellar cast & impeccable Wiccan vibes. It's surprising Hollywood magic that Practical Magic 2 was made, but it's disappointing that this even better cast is given such a messy script. My @ign.com review: www.ign.com/articles/pra...
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A travesty and an incalculable loss. This man was protecting our history for EVERYONE.
September 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A travesty and an incalculable loss. This man was protecting our history for EVERYONE.
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Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself.
And yet
And yet
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
September 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself.
And yet
And yet
The all-civilian @thetraitorsus.bsky.social season starts Sept. 17 on NBC. The first seven minutes sneak peek just dropped which reveals some of the non-celeb cast, host Alan Cumming’s first fashionista look, and some early surprises. Watch now!
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
The First 7 Minutes of The Traitors: New Blood Just Dropped on Peacock (DETAILS)
See Peacock’s first 7 minutes of The Traitors: New Blood before the Sept. 17 NBC premiere with Alan Cumming.
www.nbc.com
September 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The all-civilian @thetraitorsus.bsky.social season starts Sept. 17 on NBC. The first seven minutes sneak peek just dropped which reveals some of the non-celeb cast, host Alan Cumming’s first fashionista look, and some early surprises. Watch now!
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/...
Highly recommend the stop-motion episode of Peacock's Poker Face where Phil Tippett's current work is front and center in an episode that Natasha Lyonne directed and co-wrote. The master still making magic; my SYFY WIRE interview with Tippett: www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ph...
Effects legend Phil Tippett on digging up old props & inspiring latest 'Poker Face' episode
If you grew up on '80s and '90s blockbuster and sci-fi movies, there's an outsized chance that whatever movie magic captured your particular fancy has the hands of Phil Tippett all over it.
www.syfy.com
August 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Highly recommend the stop-motion episode of Peacock's Poker Face where Phil Tippett's current work is front and center in an episode that Natasha Lyonne directed and co-wrote. The master still making magic; my SYFY WIRE interview with Tippett: www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ph...
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New @tarabennett.bsky.social book alert!
'THE MAKING OF WICKED: The Amazafying Behind-the-Scenes Magic of Wicked & Wicked: For Good' by Tara Bennett (from Dey Street Books / @harpercollins.bsky.social) is out NOV 24!
💚 Pre-order now whenever you get your books.💖
people.com/the-making-o...
'THE MAKING OF WICKED: The Amazafying Behind-the-Scenes Magic of Wicked & Wicked: For Good' by Tara Bennett (from Dey Street Books / @harpercollins.bsky.social) is out NOV 24!
💚 Pre-order now whenever you get your books.💖
people.com/the-making-o...
August 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
New @tarabennett.bsky.social book alert!
'THE MAKING OF WICKED: The Amazafying Behind-the-Scenes Magic of Wicked & Wicked: For Good' by Tara Bennett (from Dey Street Books / @harpercollins.bsky.social) is out NOV 24!
💚 Pre-order now whenever you get your books.💖
people.com/the-making-o...
'THE MAKING OF WICKED: The Amazafying Behind-the-Scenes Magic of Wicked & Wicked: For Good' by Tara Bennett (from Dey Street Books / @harpercollins.bsky.social) is out NOV 24!
💚 Pre-order now whenever you get your books.💖
people.com/the-making-o...
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Saw it last weekend - it's fantastic fun
A perfect underdog story for our times, Coyote vs. Acme is out this Friday. In @sfxmagazine.bsky.social #408, director Dave Green talks about honoring the #Looneytunes legacy, upping their hybrid animation game since Roger Rabbit & its miracle release.
Buy link: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
Buy link: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
August 26, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Saw it last weekend - it's fantastic fun
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the sheer stink put on "Orangutan" is out of control bsky.app/profile/talk...
This is a bad week. Here’s an amazing scene of Tim Curry in Freakazoid:
August 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
the sheer stink put on "Orangutan" is out of control bsky.app/profile/talk...
Thanks to People.com for officially announcing my latest book, The Making of Wicked: The Amazafying Behind-the-Scenes Magic of Wicked & Wicked: For Good from @harpercollins.bsky.social out in bookstores Nov 24, 2026 💚🩷 Pre-orders are open!
people.com/the-making-o...
people.com/the-making-o...
‘The Making of Wicked’ Book Goes BTS of Both Blockbuster Musical Films — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
PEOPLE can exclusively share the cover of ‘The Making of Wicked’ by Tara Bennett. In the book, fans can explore exclusive behind-the-scenes content from both ‘Wicked’ films, like storyboards, costume ...
people.com
August 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Thanks to People.com for officially announcing my latest book, The Making of Wicked: The Amazafying Behind-the-Scenes Magic of Wicked & Wicked: For Good from @harpercollins.bsky.social out in bookstores Nov 24, 2026 💚🩷 Pre-orders are open!
people.com/the-making-o...
people.com/the-making-o...
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What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
August 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
A perfect underdog story for our times, Coyote vs. Acme is out this Friday. In @sfxmagazine.bsky.social #408, director Dave Green talks about honoring the #Looneytunes legacy, upping their hybrid animation game since Roger Rabbit & its miracle release.
Buy link: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
Buy link: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
August 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
A perfect underdog story for our times, Coyote vs. Acme is out this Friday. In @sfxmagazine.bsky.social #408, director Dave Green talks about honoring the #Looneytunes legacy, upping their hybrid animation game since Roger Rabbit & its miracle release.
Buy link: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
Buy link: magazinesdirect.com/uk/single-is...
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Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet?
Here ya go...
Here ya go...
July 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet?
Here ya go...
Here ya go...
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dolly parton taught millions of children to read
dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief
dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life
dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine
if there was a right side of something she was on it
dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief
dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life
dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine
if there was a right side of something she was on it
August 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
dolly parton taught millions of children to read
dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief
dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life
dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine
if there was a right side of something she was on it
dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief
dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life
dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine
if there was a right side of something she was on it
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He’s going to…bomb the bond market?
Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.?
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.
August 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
He’s going to…bomb the bond market?
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"Widow's Bay" conjures up the 2026 TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy! Matthew Rhys accepts on behalf of the breakout hit. #TCAAwards #WidowsBay #AppleTV
August 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
"Widow's Bay" conjures up the 2026 TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy! Matthew Rhys accepts on behalf of the breakout hit. #TCAAwards #WidowsBay #AppleTV