Live From Studio 60, which kind of grew on me (especially these last episodes), has not been renewed. Apparently, Aaron Sorkin’s creation just didn’t find its audience, unlike the critically-acclaimed The West Wing and the cult fave SportsNight. But there is good Sorkin news. The Farnsworth Invention, his first new play since A Few Good Men in 1989, opens later … Read More
Top 1000 Films Evah
Over the next five days, the Guardian is publishing their list of the top 1000 films ever, in alphabetical order. Keep checking back. So far, they’ve only done A through some of C. No "All About Eve". But then again, this isn’t limited to just American/English films. On the other hand, "American Pie" and "The Brady Bunch Movie" made the … Read More
The “Silent No”
From Buzzfeed: Culture Buzz: The new way to say "no" is by simply not responding. The Silent No is perfect for business, romance, and family situations. It lets you stay positive in face-to-face encounters and avoids the awkwardness of sharing bad news. Did a loser ask you on a date? Having second thoughts about a business agreement? Or just too … Read More
Citizen Kane Still Number 1
Ten years ago, the American Film Institute members voted on and ranked the top 100 American films of all time. This year, they did the same thing, taking a new vote: In the CBS special "AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition," "Citizen Kane" held the same No. 1 billing it earned in the institute’s first top-100 … Read More
Paul Potts To Perform Before The Queen
Follow-up to this post from last week…. Paul Potts won: Singing mobile phone salesman Paul Potts woke up £100,000 richer today after winning television show Britain’s Got Talent, and revealed that he will spend part of his prize money clearing debts and improving his teeth. Paul Potts, 36, won over the nation with a performance of Nessun Dorma in the … Read More
And In The End, The Love You Take….
With the general disappointment over the last episode of "The Sopranos" (I’m not a watcher, so I have no comment), the folks at MSNBC compiled a list of the "best" and "worst" endings of movies, TV shows, and books: BEST ENDINGS: Movies: The Godfather Notorious The Lady Eve The Wild Bunch The Third Man The Usual Suspects McCabe and Mrs. … Read More
People Magazine Commits A Gross Oversight For, Like, The 20th Year In A Row
It names the Hottest Bachelors, and I don’t make the list (again!): (Psssst, ladies — McConaughey is soooo not into you, if you know what I mean)
The Singing Phone Salesman
This video is getting a bit viral, so you may have seen it by now. If not, you’re in for a treat. It comes from a TV competition show from across the pond called "Britain’s Got Talent". Yes, it’s basically the same as "America’s Got Talent" and "American Idol". A bunch of contestents, three judges, etc. In fact, one of … Read More
From A Paris Hilton Fan
This epistle by someone named "Larry" was posted at a Paris Hilton fansite. It is basically one long run-on sentence — which I’ve broken up — but otherwise, I haven’t changed a letter. It seems to me that her attorneys should obtain a federal injucntion against the judge punishing Paris for the enforcement of a federal ruling. Yes, this makes … Read More
Paris Hilton Finds God
She called Barbara Walters and said that being in jail is like being "in a cage". Why, yes, Paris, it IS like being in a cage. Those metal bars going down are a dead giveaway. By the way, it usually takes some time before jailbirds find God. Paris saw the light in a couple of days: "I’m not the same … Read More
Broadway Bites
(1) From the Playbill Tony backstage blog: 11:14 PM The happiest producers of the evening have now joined the press folk: the Spring Awakening producers. When asked whether there are other productions planned of the Tony-winning Best Musical, the producers said, "Yes, we do. There’s going to be a road company. It’s already taking form now. I think we already … Read More
Liveblogging The Tonys
I’m going to enjoy this year’s Tonys more than usual, because I saw Spring Awakening (expected to sweep most musical awards) and Curtains (not expected to do well) a few months ago. Heather did the early work so I don’t have to (also because I missed it): 7:30pm – first award! The Jersey Boys present the award for best orchestrations … Read More
God Golly Miss Molly
Not a big fan of Sweet Charity — despite some good songs, it’s a bit dated. But I never saw the 2005 revival (with Christina Applegate), and the first national tour was coming through North Carolina with Molly Ringwald ("The Breakfast Club", "Pretty in Pink") in the title role. I was actually pretty impressed. Molly is, of course, far beyond … Read More
Tony Predictions
Okay, my predictions (in bold): Best Play The Coast of Utopia Frost/NixonThe Little Dog LaughedRadio Golf My understanding, from what I have read, is that Coast is a shoo-in for virtually everything. I mean, it’s freakin’ TRILOGY! I know "Radio Golf’ is August Wilson’s last play and "Frost/Nixon" has had much acclaim, but I’m going with Stoppard. Never go against … Read More
What Digby Says (or “We’ll Always Have Paris”)
Paris Hilton Edition: Right now the cable news networks are wall-to-wall in front of Paris Hilton’s house in L.A. waiting for the sheriff to show up in his white Bronco and lead them on a freeway chase. It’s truly riveting TV, watching a bunch of people milling around and listening to the talking heads speculating on when she might come … Read More