Resolution for tomorrow: use the phrase "if you love America so much, why don't you go marry it?" at least once.

I'm still mad at Mel Gibson for the historical inaccuracies in Passion of the Christ. Roman soldiers didn't just flog people, they pissed on them afterwards (they believed it staved off infections and prolonged the suffering of their victims). And yet in Passion, we get 2 hours of Jesus being flagellated, but Mel…

If the murderer's residency status is the most important part of this story to you, then you are a fucking racist.

Katy Perry was doing this years ago. Now there's a pioneer.

Dogging the book for presenting what is, even in the context of the story, a fairytale that the book later shatters with actual events, is a patent grasp for iconoclastic straws. That little fable of reason triumphing over mob violence isn't meant to be convincing for people who read the whole book, and it is poignant…

@PlaysOneOnTV: Can't say I agree. I'm not a fan of Sia's mumbly vocals. For me, the Sia/Christina collaboration was the best of both worlds.

250 is still not going to rescue Bionic from flop status. However, the album's second single "You Lost Me" may do it. It is her best song by far, and one of the best songs I've ever heard. It's possible that the public has weepy-ballad-fatigue from Christina, though, what with those being her only hits in the past…

There already is a rock musical about Anne Frank. So why not? Also, I want to see a drag queen named Manne Frank do a drag show to Neutral Milk Hotel.

In "She Wolf", Shakira does a variety of dance styles, yet they are all completely her own thing. The success varies: The moves in the cage? Astounding. The interpretive jig on the roof in the last part of the video? Not quite there. But without being willing to risk looking bad, Shakira wouldn't be the innovator she…

Shakira doesn't just do her own thing, of course. In "Did It Again", she does some really fast-paced and intricate modern dance choreography. Not quite pro level, but still impressive.

There are plenty of current pop stars who are perfunctory at dancing, even great at regurgitating standard pop choreography (Usher and Beyonce come to mind). But the truly great dancers of pop stardom are the ones who bring something original to the table. The last one to really excel in that was Michael Jackson. He…

There's more makeup than woman. The makeup just hangs there for a few seconds after she gets up and leaves.

Here's the maximum weight tolerance for popular exercise equipment:

Judi Dench has still got it.

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: The Bionic album has a vast and outright dissociative collection of writers and producers. And most of it is utter, irredeemable crap. However, the 4 songs on it written by Sia (All I Need, I Am, You Lost Me and Stronger than Ever) are stunning. Not just her best work ever, but "I Am" and "You…

It's like a rain-dance on your wedding day.

@deeemer: I am of the rather radical opinion that people should be fired for what they do on the job, or if they're fired for extrinsic reasons, those reasons better indicate a great likelihood of failure on the job.

Helen Thomas, 2 weeks ago, to Obama:

I am devastated by her retirement. Yes, what she said about Palestine was stupid and wrong. She admitted it and apologized. It doesn't negate a brilliant career of necessary and humanistic rabble-rousing. She continues to be the only person in the world who regularly asks the US president the toughest and most…

Moving this to the actual post on her retirement.