I don’t know if you did what I did — mentally inserted a hyphen in order for kiddie-fiddler to make sense — but, honestly, my first thought was, huh, how does a child prodigy fiddle-player fit into this, contextually? And why would he/she be running for mayor? ;=)

Same here. Same. here.

Slight correction: not to take away from Kristen Stewart’s achievement — which is damn impressive and well-deserved — but she’s the first American actress to win a César Award, rather than the first American. While I don’t know how many American actors have won, I know that Adrien Brody took home a César for The…

Spring’s answer of Summer’s Eve.

Vodka it is and vodka it shall be. You supply the tomato juice and I’ll bring the Clamato, for the Bloody Caesar-loving Canadians in the crowd. ;=)

I’m in the but-I-don’t-have-to-like-it-camp, too. Even more so now that I’ve discovered that the unperturbed secondary meaning has come to be regarded as North-American usage.

Jezebel-married? Oooh! I’m raising a glass to you both — the one directly in front of me — but am fretting because I have no brown rice to toss at the happy couple and my badass lentil casserole won’t be ready for the reception, in your backyard (or so I’m already hearing).

You’re welcome and, yes, the official word now seems to be that Joni Mitchell is not in a coma.

I haven’t the foggiest idea why this piece of really good news is being presented in such connect-the-dots fashion but the bottom line is: TMZ fucked up royally earlier this afternoon when it broke the story that Joni Mitchell was in a coma and was unresponsive. It was everywhere — trending very high on Twitter, too —…

It also makes me think of Northern Ireland and The Troubles. “Papist” has a very Rev. Ian Paisley-esque ring to it.

Agreed about the stereotyping: besides being ridiculous, it’s cheap and dumb. To complicate matters, she’s relying way too much on the sledgehammer as writing tool and when you do that, well, everything looks like a nail.

I agree with your idea, wholeheartedly, but I’m also thinking of the scads of ordinary people from all over the world who’ve visited Nepal for purposes of climbing the base of Mt. Everest. It’s definitely a thing and if even one-quarter of people who’ve ever done that trek got out their chequebooks and did something,…

Grosser and greasier, in my estimation. (Obviously, I agree).

I seized on that, too, envisioning Bruce muttering: is that a promise, Kris, and can I get that threat in writing, please and thank-you?

There’s also a case to made for:

I’ll second you on that. Emphatically.

Rita Ora’s not black, though. She’s a Brit of Kosovar-Albanian parentage.

Dead eyes. Dead, soulless eyes.

Karyn, echoing another commenter’s observation, I just wanted to point out that the interview is scheduled to air on Friday, April 24th rather than this Friday (April 17th). Or at least, that’s what the Page Six link is telling me. Ditto for the ABC promo video. Thanks.

You’re right. And the cynical side of me is saying it makes sense that ABC has got until April 24th to milk this possible big reveal for all its worth.