1. Jeremy Brett
2. Basil Rathbone
3. Peter Cushing
4. Nicol Williamson
5. Benedict Cumberbatch

I don't hate you but I am pretty envious.

I'm guessing that picture is from the Pet Sounds cover shoot since they're obviously at a zoo and Brian is wearing that same strange coat.
As for this team-up for the Grammys, well I'm aware of Maroon 5 but have no idea what they sound like and this is the first time of even heard of Foster the People.
I'm getting old…

Even a blind pig can find an acorn now and then.

OMG I didn't notice that when I copied and pasted that dialogue!
Well at least lousy spelling and grammar is always funny.

Stephanie Plum: "They blew up our car!"
Joe Morelli: "Excuse me, who's car?"
Stephanie Plum: "Your car. You want it back?"

Not for the first time I'm a disheartened that you guys seem to have no knowledge of my country except for what you've gleaned from a 20 year old episode of The Simpsons. Although on second thought that's pretty appropriate for The AV club, I guess.
As for this story, I suppose most countries can rely on their…

I am Brian and so is my wife!

Prime Cut is sooooooo strange, what with nude girls in pens being auctioned off to the highest bidder, a car being eaten by a combine harvester, a very special order of sausages and to top it off, Hackman's character is named Mary Ann!
And of course Lee Marvin is awesome, as per usual.

Rodriguez was huge in Australia during the mid 70s and toured here twice later in the decade. He then dropped off the radar. Glad to know he's still around and performing. 'Sugar Man' seemed to always be playing on the radio when I was growing up.

oops

It's been many years since I've seen his work with Truffaut ( The Last Metro ) or Resnais ( Mon oncle d'Amerique ) but I remember they were both great. Never made it all the way thru 1900.
Does anyone have an opinion on La Dernière femme , which was…interesting, well unforgetable, anyway? It also may have given…

To me "Someone Like You" will always be a Van Morrison song.
Ballsy ( and a little confusing) of Adele to write a tune with the same title.
Of course Ralph Blane and Harry Warren also wrote a song called "Someone Like You" and that was in 1949 for the Doris Day movie My Dream is Yours.
How's that for karaoke trivia?!

Better Adele than Susan Boyle, I guess.

Meat Loaf visited Australia recently to sing at one of the football finals and managed to miss every note. He blamed it on the sound system or the acoustics or something. Sad.

A Zed & Two Noughts just edges out Prospero's Books as my favourite.

Good lord, of course! It's the obvious example yet it completely slipped my mind. And both her Oscars have come from playing characters that challenge gender roles.

While there are women who have pulled this off IRL the big problem is finding an actress to play the role. After all if you're that mannish you're not likely to have become an actress in the first place. I suppose hidden away in some theatre company somewhere there may a woman who fits the bill but no Hollywood…

[edit] Re Whovian's comment below:
This link is to an interesting discussion on the relative merits of Larsson's novel.

Sounds like Fincher may have finally made two decent films in a row.