Have you heard the song "Beyond The Sea" sung in French? "La Mer"? In English it's nice enough, but "La Mer" can be perfection.

I feel bad for 'em, I guess, but to each his own. I don't like when people say they don't like her without having actually watched any of her movies, but that's true of anyone. It's just a thing people do, I guess.

I've pulled up that number on YouTube and paused it at various times, just to marvel at the breathtaking realness of Marilyn Monroe's performance. God…god.

John Updike was a fan of the show, and of Rosanne in particular - or at least Rabbit Angstrom was, which I took to be the same thing in this case.

Yes, I think her mother's coming out was part of the imaginary season. And from what I recall, the character of Jackie was originally conceived as a lesbian, but the producers or the network got cold feet about it, and it was scrapped - it's one of the first major battles behind the scenes of the show, and it's one…

She was quoted saying that dating him was about as exciting as a dirt sandwich. Not much class, that one, but Yoakam was very gentlemanly about it.

You know what? You know what? Ok. It's time I saw "Hedwig & the Angry Inch". I haven't really avoided it, exactly, I just didn't feel the time was right before.

Made from real gorilla chest? How 'bout your loafers?

When I was about 12, my father very nicely asked me to please stop singing "Moses Supposes" (repeatedly and obsessively) on Sunday mornings before church. I did not even realize I was doing it.

Once, just once.

I had to think for a second and stop my fingers from typing "Rip Torn"

I swear I caught this pilot totally by accident on network tv many years ago. I guess that's my whole story - it was awfully funny, though (the show itself, not my non-story).

And Richard Simmons. And Rip Taylor. Ah, they just acted like that because they liked having fun! And "fun" is just another word for "gay".

One of his memoirs is titled "It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here", which is what he and Candice Berg…ah, read the book.

One of his memoirs is titled "It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here", which is what he and Candice Berg…ah, read the book.

In Hollywood, though, aren't clones often begun at the same time? In other words, Batman and Dick Tracy were conceived as competitors. Ideas seem to spring up at the same time - remember two versions of "Dangerous Liasons"? and more recently, two Truman Capote projects? I believe the thinking would be "Warner Bros is…

Apparently, in Chicago. Might be there still is. Even the phrase Chicago Police Censor Board gives a shiver, doesn't it.

This is one of my favorite writings about this movie - the image of a bunch of kids being dumped at the theatre, and expecting a silly "scary" movie is very vivid http://rogerebert.suntimes….

You know, you're right about Madonna being everywhere in 1990. Even that early in her career, it was almost shocking that not only was this person still making music and having hit songs, but that most everything she was doing (and it was a LOT) just kept getting more and more interesting. It's almost more impressive…

He even won his first Oscar for playing a (very well-written and directed) version of "Jack Nicholson".