I'm reminded in this situation of the woman who talked to my 6th grade class about abstinence. Her first time having sex was unprotected, with a stranger, and on drugs, and resulted in her getting herpes. The message from this could have been "don't do drugs and have unprotected sex with a stranger," but instead it…

It's not about dumb versus not dumb, it's about good movie versus bad movie. Twilight has its moments, but for the most part it's got poor pacing, awful characterization, and no real clear story trajectory.

NYT posted the obit two days before Jez posted this. Please to obtain better facts prior to snark-making.

Yo SlayBelle -

Classical/opera-style singing - or anything that requires both unnatural (forgive me that word) levels of volume and a lot of stamina - doesn't compare to the singing one does when mic'd, especially in such close (soundwise) quarters as a film recording. The same level of support simply isn't required. You still need…

I mean, hey, the hardest I've ever worked in the arts is a couple of all-nighters. But I get it when it applies to a one-time short-term commitment (a few months of poor health) in the service of what could last for hundreds of years. It's not artist as pseudo-crazy maniac. It's artist treating their body like crap…

Because for a lot of people, it's not a job. Certain roles offer once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to leave some sort of indelible mark, culturally/artistically. That's the idealistic version. The crass version is, you rarely forget the actors who went that many extra miles for roles, and the people who tend to do it -…

Yeah, I'm thinking it's pretty difficult to get a serial rapist working on the side of kinda-good.

Yeah, this sounds like some major dark passenger shit.

Best bet is to have a cop raise them with a code. Only then can they hope to reign in their dark passenger.

I was hooked by the first episode, but in general I'd say it's an incredibly worthwhile show to stick with. Part of what differentiates it from other shows is how much they're willing to play with what kind of show it is, who's the good guy, etc, according to what level of the drug business they're in. There's an…

Make a LOT of plans and get out of the house. During my last breakup I made a point to visit all my old friends, crash on a lot of couches, see concerts, the whole deal. It's the only way.

"that one episode of I love the 80's when that show was relevant"

Whoa, he has a cannon! Terrifying. I'll bet he keeps it in his canon.

I teach a lot of middle school-aged kids, and one thing I'll say is that they are really difficult to read. With high schoolers, teachers know when shit is going down, but in middle school a kid can be having major problems and barely even show it. The emotions are still new and most of them are only scratching the…

Just break up with him. Your libido is telling you that he's an asshole.

Devil's advocate here, but a lot of the comments here are just throwing out the names of blacker actresses, without consideration for any other casting considerations. I think it's perhaps worth noting that resemblance is not the most important consideration, and that you can change a person's hue, but you can't…

I don't know about everyone else here, but my issue is less with the whorish dress and more with the tasteless dress. I mean, plenty of people dress provocatively and manage to have some sense of taste or style.

I am stealing many of these costumes. You, good madame, are delightful.