Oh yes. Franco as Desi...me likey.

Yes, I think the Affleck of today is different than the Affleck of the '90s.

Oh yeah, I forgot about her height. I think I can get past that, though.

Well, the character describes himself as someone with "a face you want to punch" so...

Oh, that's cool. I just looked it up and saw she's going to be Libby in Dark Places, That works! Others in the thread have suggested Naomi Watts for Amy, and I can see that.

Witherspoon is producing.

OK, just looked it up: Nick is 34, Amy is 38.

I think they are supposed to be in their mid-30s, no? I don't think that's a stretch for Affleck (41).

I think Affleck is great casting for Nick. The beautiful boy, now hopeless and somewhat gone to seed. And I second (and third) comments that Charlize would be a great Amy.

Doesn't Nick have a twin sister? His partner in the bar? I mean, Damon is certainly versatile, but...

THIS! Laura Brown is an idiot. You think it was Vergara's idea to get a thousand dollar sundae? Think again.

Nah. Being famous might get you higher up on the wait list for a Birkin and maybe a discount. Even that is questionable though. You want Hermes, you pay for Hermes. (Exception: I imagine Jane Birkin got a free Birkin.)

Or is she simply the most honest?

If any one of these toys incorporated duct tape and a pen, I would find that more believable.

Well, that's true and it's not. They do want clothes that look good on the runway. But the important thing there is dramatic presentation (so they can get editorial coverage).

Your statement implies that function is a major concern for high fashion designers. For most, form is really all that matters (at least when it comes to what makes it onto the runway). For a few, function foes matter: Donna Karan comes to mind most readily.

Thing is, for runway presentations, designers are most interested in how the clothes look: do they have the same lines and fall with the same drape they had in their minds when they designed/sketched it? When they scale the clothes for production, they adjust to fit on real human bodies of varying sizes (so long as…

No, the lawsuit did not cause the sponsors to drop Deen. Deen's drop in value as a likable spokesperson and already flagging ratings caused the sponsors to drop Deen. This is not a result of a lawsuit, this is as a result of Deen's behavior (use of the n word, a desire to have waiters dressed as "little slaves,"…

No, I mean truly hosting, as in providing without condition.

Elsewhere on the thread I saw a post that this happened in Ontario (they read the original story a few weeks ago in their local paper). And the gift basket happened in Hamilton, Ontario. What's your problem, Ontario? ;)