Aw, so sorry. It’s really alarming when we begin losing people our own age.

Ugh, so sorry you had to go through that! My mom had a (thankfully relatively minor) stroke a few years ago, and has mostly recovered except she still struggles with her words. Which is incredibly frustrating for her, since she is a famous and constant talker. It’s horrible the way our bodies can betray us.

Yeah, not a fan.

I just gave my (older) sister the news and the first thing she said was “Did he do drugs?” But as you pointed out, this sort of thing can happen to anyone at pretty much any age. Very scary.

So sad. I will be watching my Buffy the Vampire Slayer Blu-Ray (original movie) in his honor.

When I was finally diagnosed with lupus (after having been sick for two years and told repeatedly it was “all in my head”), my sister sent me a card of congratulations. We were very happy to have answers!

I majored in film and took a wonderful class in Musicals my junior year. I grew up watching musicals from the 1930s-1960s (my mom was a big fan), so I was pretty much the only person in the class who went into it already knowing and loving everything on the syllabus. (I was also the only female in the class, which may…

My sister routinely dressed her sons in bright colors (yellow, purple, orange, whatever), and had to put up with our mom making snide comments about “clown colors.” Apparently little boys should only be garbed in brown, navy, and olive.

Slight correction: this is Spike Lee’s first competitive Oscar. They gave him an honorary Oscar 4 years ago.

From what I gather, the sound was actually kind of complicated -- for Freddie’s singing, they used a combination of master recordings of Freddie, Freddie sound-alike Marc Martel, and Rami himself.

I blame Brokeback’s loss on homophobic/idiot voters like the late Ernest Borgnine, who announced that he flatly refused to watch it because “The Duke would be rolling over in his grave.” That was the day I lost all respect for Ernest.

I share your moon apathy...

YES!! Bradley, your Oscar lust is showing.

According to the Academy, 6 of its branches volunteered to be relegated to the commercial breaks, and they chose 4 of them for this first go-round. The (still completely terrible) idea is to rotate the non-televised categories each year, and whoever got the shaft this year is guaranteed to be included in the telecast…

NONE of the awards should be presented during commercial breaks. It’s a slap in the face to the nominees and to the industry as a whole.

I loved him as Bright on Everwood. Unfortunately the more famous he’s become, the less appealing I’ve found him.

The first boy to make Eagle Scout in my hometown is now in prison with no possibility of parole after raping and killing his 13-year-old niece. I know that’s in no way the norm, but boy, did it tarnish the whole Eagle Scout thing in my mind.

Yep, it’s a reference to that godawful movie.

Leading role, actually. Julia beat Ellen to win the Oscar for Best Actress. (But I get your point!)

In college my housemates and I discovered a conversation heart that said “FOR PETE SAKES.” Not for pete’s sake, but apparently just for that elusive individual named Pete Sakes.