Tomorrow is World Polio Day Last 10/24, I had the honor to join @RAMESHFERRIS on Roosevelt Island to show clips from our polio movie which featured an interview with @BillGates Bill profiles Ramesh below and his tireless efforts to end this disease. gatesnotes.com/heroes-in-the…

I just submitted "Jack and Jukebox " to Singapore Film and Script Festival via FilmFreeway.com! -

Honored to speak with GPEI. With measles in PA at a decades-long high, we must keep telling the polio story—and remember what we can do together to defeat a common enemy. @KentPage @EndPolioNow @WHO_Polio @UNICEFPolio bit.ly/4jrJrfI

It's a bit surreal as a friend just emailed that that the Today Show reported on Dennis Haskin's passing and Rob Lowe talking about a St. Elmo's sequel. The Best Principal Ever? Mr. Belding Was the Guiding Voice on ‘Saved by the Bell’ today.com/popculture/tv/denn… via @TODAYshow

Good to see these folks together. A very different experience that when we made our movie "St. Elmo's Fire." I saw Judd last summer which I wrote about in this piece on Rick Hansen, the man who inspired "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion.). filmobsessive.com/film/film-…. .

Today is the last day of the @TIFF_NET where Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story premiered. Rick inspired "St. Elmo's Fire: Man in Motion" from the movie I wrote with Joel Schumacher. I went fishing with Rick and a confession below. @RickHansenFdn carlkurlander.substack.com/p…

On this labor day, a podcast From Akron and Beyond, and why jukeboxes are resonating in this age of A.I. Indie music, vinyl records, goes back to a battle between tech giants Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell @jacquibiery @Slowdown_Sounds jukeboxstories.substack.com/…

Once in his life, a man has his time— only Rick Hansen, the man who inspired “St. Elmo’s Fire” has kept going. How Fishing with the Real-Life “Man in Motion” Showed Me Anything Is Possible carlkurlander.substack.com/p… @rickhansenfdn @rickhansenofficial @EndPolioNow @RAMESHFERRIS

@JasonHillerman Wish you would have mentioned character actor Jim Handy who gets talked about more for his death than his great work. #JamesHandy deadline.com/2026/06/remembe… 5 Best One-Scene Film Performances nofilmschool.com/best-one-sc…

America's 250th proved why, from Francis Scott Key to Robert Frost, our collective songs matter, as I was reminded by stumbling across JFK's remarks opening the Robert Frost Library which matched the kalediscope of images we saw amidst the fireworks open.substack.com/pub/carlku…

Frank Sinatra "The House That I Live in" ("That's America To Me.") which seems timely today #America youtu.be/O0jzIDJWcP0?si=OjSW… via @YouTube

our movie "The Shot Felt Round the World about the development of the Salk polio vaccine was recently a clue on Jeopardy. Wondering if infeclious disease will be more than just a trivia question distrust, low vaccine rates threaten post-gazette.com/news/health… via @PittsburghPG

Before the AI wars, Edison and Alexander Bell duked it out over the invention of the jukebox —and it would change the way we listen to music, and the music we listen to. How it all connects to Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, and Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love." open.substack.com/pub/jukebo…

Frick Park Market Still Wants to Feed The World... but on Friday someone threw a rock through their front door. #macmiller #pittsburgh #frickparkmarket @RostrumRecords open.substack.com/pub/carlku…

Tragic. A wonderful man whose NY apartment I sublet when I was coming up as a screenwriter and so happy to see is success with The Verdict. RIP Jim ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Actor James Handy Killed by Girlfriend’s Son variety.com/2026/film/news/j… via @variety

Is the #Colbertreport @Colbert_Fans back? Do we have to subscribe?

This kind reminds me of @StephenColbert #stephencolbert Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026 youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?si=GK39… via @YouTube

As co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire, I watched Joel Schumacher predict at our table read that Demi Moore would be the biggest star of them all. On opening day of I Love Boosters, I wrote about why he was right — and who the real Jules was.@justdemi filmobsessive.com/film/woman…

Barney Frank came out as a gay congressman 1987 when I was working with Joel Schumacher, an openly gay director. But watching @DianeSawyer Richard SImmon's special reminded me of our LA Neighbor and the love and creepy doll he left us open.substack.com/pub/carlku… #richardsimmons