I read a fascinating take on this a few years ago. The boiled down version is this: (1) Some people believe that intelligence is fixed: you’re smart or dumb, and it’s an innate trait that can’t be changed. Other people believe that intelligence can be improved through hard work. (2) Over time, everyone experiences a…

Circa 1983 I was on a tour at Universal Studios, and snuck into the studio that filmed “Hart to Hart.” Someone mistook me for a stuntman, who apparently was a no-show, so I just went along with it. It was a non-speaking role of a henchman in a short fight scene with THE Robert Wagner. The cheesy `80s fight…

I sometimes pretend that I’m GhostofCourtneyStoddensBoobs’ friend IRL.

My husband’s story:

I sometimes pretend that I’m GhostofCourtneyStoddensBoobs. But who here doesn’t?

I swear to Dad, I am so over being everybody’s object.

It’s not gross, or scary, or harmful to the spiders. You’ll laugh.

All love and respect due, but these comments are not people being rigid about nontraditional relationships, honey. This is a bunch of women who read your description of this man’s behavior, recognized it from past mistakes, and are telling you what a strong, independent woman learns to do in response to the all too…

You’re asking for advice and then rejecting what you get. A lot of us have been where you are, and we’re trying to spare you. Frankly, this sounds like self destructive behaviour. I’m not a professional, but I’m seeing someone who has constricted themselves for a very long time out of fear and now you’re looking for…

You’re not the one that’s having an affair, you’re single. The words, power, balance, tips, tricks in your post scream red flags. I think you know in your heart this won’t end well, for you. I don’t judge you, I could give two shits about the moral aspect. You’ve said you’ve had some screwed up relationships, this…

First off, it’s ‘advice’ with a ‘c’. Secondly, stop fucking married men. You’re not nearly as in control as you think and this is going to end badly

Maybe it will be okay? Maybe he doesn’t want to be a crime guy anymore. Maybe he wants to be a landlord. Maybe he will be a crime guy and a landlord, but he will do his crime stuff somewhere else.

More news out of the music world, except this time it kind of sucks:

You’d recognize him as a former costar and IRL lova to one Jennifer Garner - let’s just say that he REALLY likes his dog.

I know that was kind of dickish of Real Person Edward James Olmos, but it just makes me feel so much better about it to picture Admiral Adama walking through Galactica thinking “my son’s a whiny asshole and my boo is mad at me about martial law UH-GAIN and is Starbuck even in this dimension anymore and.... get out of…

I have absolutely no idea what to think about any of this - yet, I need to digest it - but it’s a hell of a story, and beautifully told, and I sincerely hope you’re writing a memoir because I would like to buy it.

In my early 20s, I was a little hollywood club rat. This was pre-social media/camera phones, so the celebs were out a lot more, and I’ve acquired stories that run the spectrum (once turned to yell at the asshole who jostled me at the bar, only to find a very gorgeous very apologetic Heath Ledger...oops)... My most…

It’s the late-aughts and I am living in the Hollywood Hills. It’s a Saturday night and my friend is super sick. She’s asked me come over and take care of her but first pick up some cat food and juice. No problem, I say, I’ll just hit the liquor/convenience store across the street from my place. Do I need to change out…

“A brief poll of our staff unearthed uncomfortable and bad encounters with, among others, Usher, Louis C.K., Jane Lynch, Oliver Stone, Aziz Ansari, Kanye West, [redacted], [redacted], and [redacted]”