Think of the hay Letterman could have made with "Shkreli"!

"The reveal of who poisoned Batman and his nemesis feels a little flat, a little rushed compared to the rest of the story, but it also makes a lot of sense."

He's having his bath.

Francis is busy.

Fred Willard has a cameo?

Put down the Lysol, Vachel Lindsay!

*John Phillips nods sagely*

"I doubt anyone will recall anything of the Lyne version. (I certainly do not.)"

Hocus Pocus or bust.

For some reason this conversation made me think of Henry Miller's comments in Reds (around :20): https://www.youtube.com/wat…

I half expected Dr. Clarkson's severed head, accompanied by a note, "Thus ever to traitors!"

I remember reading that Nabokov needed to shoot two author photos for this book. I wasn't able to find them online just now, but the article I read had a side-by-side comparison. He has a puckish smirk in the European edition, but a serious, tortured-artist expression for the US version.

I just caught Lolita on TCM Saturday night, and I never fail to be amazed by Mason's performance - just the right mix of sleaze and sympathy.

When I saw In the Bedroom, I wondered why they brought her in for what was essentially a cameo, and I'm glad this interview cleared it up.

I was thinking, Molesley leaving service frees up some of the payroll, so I wonder if that will be Barrow's ticket to staying at Downton. On the other hand, Carson seems pretty set on showing him the door regardless.

The Dowager Countess

Nitpick - wasn't it a Colts/Packers (i.e., football) game at which Nate called the players a bunch of queers?

Sauron didn't count as a vertical smile?

That Studio 60 sketch was hilarious!

"That's swell, Jem. But your little sister is standing in the middle of Alabama!"