1) IN THE HEIGHTS, while not in the same league as The Other Show, is still a really fun, heartfelt, entertaining show, with a terrific score. I think it could really work as a film.

I've been watching the Tonys for a good 20 years, and this may have been the best ceremony I've seen. All of the performances made me want to see the shows they were from (which never happens), I found Corden totally charming, the tributes to Orlando were sincere and lovely, and the speeches were great. (It helps that…

I went to college with the composer! He's quite talented, and a great guy, and I'm glad that he's getting some attention for this. I hope it does good things for his career.

If you think that being a comic book fan and watching movie studios miss the point in their adaptations is hard, you should try being a fan of Broadway musicals for a while. Because 90% of film adaptations of musicals range from "uninspired" to "hideous abomination". Luckily, the terrible movies don't wipe out the…

He looks so desperately uncomfortable in that photo.

I mean, the lack of access to pictures of naked dudes is why I watched "What's My Age Again" a few times despite having zero interest in their music.

A photo of a greyhound dressed as an AT-AT (I believe this one: http://blog.flying-hobby.co… inspired my now-husband to look into adopting a greyhound.

The complaints about the Sound Design category being eliminated are 100% valid. It was a really dumb choice.

Maybe "horror" is overstating it, but most of the responses I've seen have been closer to "that's gross and completely inappropriate" than "what a scamp".

Like Viola couldn't take care of that situation herself with one steely glare.

I assume the publicity team believed that these stories of Leto's antics would be taken as fun and charming, then were *shocked* when it blew up their faces and everyone reacted with horror, right?

Oh, I'm with you. I spend almost as much time feeling bad about all the good TV I don't see as I do enjoying the good TV I do see.

Having had surgery a few months ago and stayed home for a little over a week as a result, I can confirm that the painkillers made it very hard for me to follow even an episode of TV. I wasn't euphoric or anything, just fuzzy and stupid. I don't recommend it.

I am too. For completely non-prurient reasons.

I don't think he's a *bad* lyricist, but BABY, STARTING…, and CLOSER… frustrate me because 1) they all seem so convinced that white, middle-class, (mostly) middle-aged life is all that is worth writing about and 2) they reach for moments of deep catharsis all the time, but so rarely earn them.

I haven't seen the miniseries yet, unfortunately, so I can't compare, but I think the Oldman movie is really wonderful on its own merits.

I was certainly excited for it when it was coming, but the universal shrug it got as a response discouraged me from investigating any further.

Have there been any *bad* Le Carre adaptations? They seem to range from "certainly worth your time" to "fantastic". He's got to have one of the best track records of good movies being made of his books of anyone.

(Though after a few listens of CLOSER THAN EVER and STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW, I'm not convinced he's earned it.)

But hey, five megahits will get you an awful lot of credit.