NPR correspondents always have such great names for radio.

Stunning picture, but not so much Hepburn as Natalie Wood (whom Ryder could totally play, or whose roles she could pick up should they ever want to remake, say, Penelope...).

Reporting in from the men’s department that it’s no better over on our side. I recently got thin (yay!) and have been having to replace both my work and casual clothes. “Oh, goodie,” thought I, “I can go to the mall and for the first time in years get some stuff at J. Crew [among other fine retailers]!”

Sadly, Tallulah Bankhead’s version, A Royal Scandal, is almost unwatchably dull.

But can he still be referred to exclusively as “Governor Sammiches” (although now I’m leaning more toward “Governor Nachos-Tower”)?

ok then...like CHER!

If there really is one or more rooms, this is the closest thing I can imagine to a win-win-win situation. Even if it’s just more of King Tut’s stuff, that’s fantastic. If it’s something else unexpected, even more so. If it really is the tomb of Nefertiti, though, and especially if it was never robbed - if you’re into…

I’m ridiculously excited by this. I will never, ever go back to Egypt (hardest country I ever traveled in, and this was 14 years ago - the level of harassment still makes me upset)...

And then there’s the end of Sense and Sensibility. She’s a master weeper, and manages to never make it seem exploitative...

I’m with you. I truly believe that Thompson’s scene in the bedroom is among the great pieces of acting ever put on film. Total heartbreak, immediate and devastating, survived.

What’s the alternative...Cruz, Carson? They all terrify me now.

This stream of genius - increasingly rarer by the day here in Kinja-land - is the sort of thing that keeps me coming back to poor godforsaken ol’ Gawker. Bravo, Brava, Bravi. I’m going to spend the rest of the day imagining a stage show - Vegas, natch - featuring Chewdy Garland.

I can count on one hand the number of birthday parties I had during my entire childhood, birth to 18.

If we’re talking all time....

I’ve successfully avoided the books, films, and merch to date, but having spent seven years in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, I can attest without doubt that a dystopia in the UAE is redundant.

I get it that all politicians rely on rhetoric, which can involve exaggeration. I also get it that politicians today rely heavily on writers who may or may not be up to doing the hard work of actually checking facts, especially when whatever comes to hand makes a great(-seeming) point. But how is it possible at this…

When I saw these pictures on another site I thought it was Amanda Lepore dressed as Jessica.

Googling “Melanie Daniels costume” proves that there are lots of people out there who decide that a tasteful green suit always goes better with a trickle of blood and a grackle in your blonde wig.

The colors, and the solids, and the big shapes of her clothes and especially her hats are also because it makes her easier to be seen in crowds (more generally, not just security, although I’m sure it does that, too) by all who come out to do so. She’s been known to lament that she can never wear beige.

I had open heart last February (quad bypass, thank you very much), and I cannot imagine recovering without someone to take care of me, physically and emotionally. The operation is devastating, and then after maybe six days in a cardiac ICU, you’re discharged. That’s it. You’ve got a seam running from the top of your…