I honestly didn’t know this connotation at all, but it’s a word I know from longtime use in gay slang, in which it means someone a step down from houseboy - i.e. a pretty young thing around for only one reason, and it’s neither his intellect or utility. The prime example of the type who springs to mind is that hideous…

praying for exactly the opposite

AND Mattel made a custom Barbie of her (she’s third from left, in the flowered chiffon). If it went into production, I’d have to get it, although not until I’d scored the Ava DuVernay.

My only takeaway on this is that Joan Baez is 74 and she looks amazing.

I was a childhood Peanuts fan but drifted away before it all fell apart and eventually ended. I don’t know about this 3D version - to me it just looks a much glossier version of the low-rent, but kind of charming, ViewMaster sets I had as a kid. I’d probably like the movie better if they did it with stop-action, and I…

Having a registry is okay. Ever mentioning it is not. That’s the job for your mother, your maid/matron/best man, anybody. Not you, unless begged by an oldest, dearest friend because they’re desperate not to get something stupid, and even then I’d be happier if your response was, vaguely, “Oh, I don’t know - we’re just…

I don’t think she phrased it beautifully, but I read this not as a slam about television or her fellow performers/crew, but rather about the position of being so publicly (and by others in the business) perceived as a “former” movie star now doing a guest shot, and not even one where she gets the star (non L’Eggs, I…

The producers of the Westworld reboot begged Fox for a quick loaner, as the tech that went into her is out of production but of its kind not easily reproduced. With a quick facial resculpt and a black wig, she’ll be in production there for the two weeks, then they’ll restore her and put her back on the air.

We Netflixed 9 to 5 recently, and it was as good as remembered - but amazing how Tomlin and Fonda - who are terrific in it - have only gotten better and better. I’m sure the same is true of Parton.

Oh, God, no - don’t buy the punchbowl. Don’t put the punchbowl on your register. Avoid the punchbowl. Because I promised her, I have now carted my grandmother’s cut-glass punchbowl and accompanying two-dozen tiny glasses around with me for 20-odd years now. In those years, I have served punch exactly twice. And would…

He’s fabulous, but his outfit only proves one thing: he’s a genius - when it comes to women’s clothing.

Well, as of Thursday morning, like a good little martyr she’s already turned down her first SS marriage-licence application. As usual, dear Mr. Bunny says it best:

In amongst the tranwreck/horror show/camp ultrafest that is Mommie Dearest, there are a few moments when Dunaway (who’s mostly not even trying a real impersonation, just amping up her own inner Crawford to 11) really does hit the nail on the head - the opening sequence, the climactic Pepsi boardroom scene, and…

There’s something uniquely satisfying in saying, in one’s thickest Col. Klink accent, “ge-schrumpft!”

I am always fascinated by overseas titles of movies, and that one feels like a really odd choice.

IF CHILD HAVE PUNISHMENT THIS NOT HAPPEN!

What’s going on with her fingers in that pic?

I used to get mildly confused because Archie’s friend/more-really-a-schoolmate-since-they-didn’t-seem close Midge was a different person from Barbie’s friend/slave Midge. I was in some ways not a bright child.

I think this is a movie for people who’ve been wondering just how terrible a mid-sixties Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton picture might have been had Taylor decided that she wanted to direct. Given that they were able to manage stuff like The Sandpiper even with Minnelli helming, it would have to be pretty bad... but…

I am love-love-loving the idea of this all involving one hapless freelancer. And however idiotic/annoying/lame the overall concept is, were I teaching writing, I would be tempted to regularly assign these as fifteen-minute pop writing assignments at the top of a class. Were I retired (soon!), I would try and sit down…