I like Coppola as a director but let’s be honest. She’s always had enough money allowing her to do only the stuff she wants. I liken her to Megan Ellison. Both come from wealthy families and used their connections and relationships incredibly well. They both have excellent taste in what projects they choose make, so…

This has gone on since the beginning of the rock era. Growing up in the 80s in Wisconsin, washed up bands from the 60's would play at local fairs singing the one or two songs anyone remembers them for.

Is it a mediocre white male thing? Pretty much any artist that was a one-hit wonder keeps trying. I had to look up Joan Osborne who had the dreadful “One of Us” in the 90's, a song at least as bad as MmmBop if not worse. She’s still touring.

It’s interesting that since the beginning of film, the only technical field where women had equal or greater footing than men was editing. Of course, we all know editing is where the mistakes from the other technical fields can be fixed. :)

Kidman has also been great about working with up and coming directors, male or female. That’s something a star of her stature doesn’t have to do. More than any other star, she has the most fascinating filmography. I’m so glad she’s having a renaissance right now from Lion to Big Little Lies to these films at Cannes.…

I agree. I think that’s why the Jonah story with Ben and Kent works the best for me. It’s the best version of a team being together. But Dan anchoring the morning show has been an absolute delight.

Since the show is titled Veep, it’s crossed my mind this season that Jonah is going to be the new Veep. It definitely feels like he’s getting set up for bigger things and I love how easily and deftly he’s failing upwards. A true DC success story! But I like your idea of Jonah as Prez, Selina as Veep again, although I…

I still think Amazing Race is an incredible accomplishment as a series, just on a technical level. I’m guessing that production has alot more moving parts than any of the others mentioned.

The publicist is not wrong. To me, Mega A list means only three female singers currently: Beyonce, Adele, and Taylor Swift. I think Gaga and Perry have been downgraded because they just aren’t selling like they used to.

That was the lazy shorthand to get the son from upset with his father to suicidal in 3 minutes of screen time. It still felt like a pretty big jump like we missed something about his emotional state during the scandal.

This is an interesting situation. I think Katy took this gig just before her career was so in the dumpster that she needed to take this gig. I view this more as a win for the Idol reboot than Katy. I thought they would have a much harder time landing a big name.

Nope, it happened. It was pretty good. I had super high expectations because it was written by Jane Anderson. The previous Anderson/Hunter pairing was the sublime Positively True Adventures of the Texas Cheerleading Murdering Mom, one of the greatest TV movies ever. When Billie Beat Bobbie was kinda dull from what I…

There have been a few. The most famous is Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby. She still looked incredible (and ripped) in a full backless dress the night she won her Oscar for the role.

I watch this every time it’s offered in the film library on a flight. No joke I’ve seen it at least 15 times. Blanchett is great, but Dench is an absolute delight, especially when she reads from her journal entries. So wonderfully brutal.

Her accent in Carol felt like she was rehashing her far superior Blue Jasmine character.

I wonder if she considered or pitched to HBO. She has enough cache as an actress that it would feel like prestige TV movie. These days projects like The Bell Jar have a much better chance of succeeding on TV or streaming services. Even if she gets it made as a feature, the distribution will be so small that most…

But at least ARod has a net worth that makes with comparable with the sharks. I know Betthenny has a few businesses, but her net worth is an order of magnitude smaller than ARod. How much money could she actually invest in a company?

There’s a simple answer to your question: David O Russell. He keeps casting her in his movies even when she’s not age appropriate (too young). And yet, for me she was the best part of those otherwise mediocre movies.

Yes and no. I work in television in Hollywood. I imagine that big national news networks aren’t much different. There’s an entirely different standard of appropriate behavior in this town. I don’t mean sexual harassment and illegal things like that. I just mean, boorish obnoxious asshole behavior that really wouldn’t…

Rose Byrne delivers so many incredible lines in that scene! “Premium Economy? It sounds like a pen for dirty animals.” “When I first saw you in that abortion of a dress...” SO GOOD!