I imagine they're using the same commercial with different Republican Senators. Does yours have an old couple being told by their doctor that their insurance rates are going to go up?

Which I don’t find to be much consolation since, it seems to me, data stored on an Amazon server with not so much as a password to limit access to it doesn’t need to be hacked.

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Josh Lucas: American Psycho
Robert Rodriguez: Producer, Grindhouse
Dreama Walker: Gran Torino
Olympia Dukakis: Look Who's Talking
Lionel Richie: Soundtrack, Rio
Bob Vila: Self, Hot Shots! Part Deux

Today in "insultingly easy J6 clues":
Puzzlers: This word with opposite meanings can mean to cover with fine particles or to clean by wiping off fine particles What is dust?
House Full of Lit: His next novel after "David Copperfield" was "Bleak House" Who is Charles Dickens?
The Fight of the Century: The 1910 boxing…

I knew I should've checked it.

I read "Bartleby the Scrivener." Indeed, he is not an example to be emulated. Yet certainly I don't feel a need to stop using the reference of "I would prefer not to" at work whenever the opportunity arises, although I should never take it as far as poor Bartleby. (Sorry if that reads a little purple; I think…

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Paula Abdul: Miscellaneous Crew, American Idol
Salman Rushdie: Self, El Bosco. El jardin de los suenos
Lou Gehrig: Rawhide

Last Week Tonight - June 18, 2017

Don't pay to go to the top of any tall buildings. Do pay to take the aerial tram to Roosevelt Island

Yep. Definitely some very odd shorts, which are always a plus.

It looks to be an awards show, which I'm sure only adds to the questions.

Not particularly. Just the ones that caught my eye. (Although I did have "Miss Saigon" come up coincidentally at work recently, where one of my supervisors said it looked good.)

I'm thinking of seeing either "The Play That Goes Wrong," "Miss Saigon," or if I can swing it, both.

So I’m fulfilling a dream of mine this fall: I’m visiting New York City. (Yes, I’m visiting in the fall, when it starts getting really cold, because I am kind of bad at planning.) I’ve got a somewhat full itinerary, but on the off chance something falls through, does anybody have any recommendations on stuff to do?

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Paul McCartney: Music Department, A Hard Day's Night
Kim Dickens: Gone Girl

Today in "insultingly easy J6 clues":
A Long Time Ago in America: Some scientists say this landmark thought to be carved 7 million years ago by the Colorado River is 10 times older What is the Grand Canyon?
You're Fired from the Movie!: A 138-story burning building in San Francisco is the focus of 1974's "The Towering"…

This last week in Sillstaw’s entertainment:

This month's "astronomy picture that looks like a prog-rock album cover" is this panorama of a long-exposure sky:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/…

I haven't checked yet.

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Scott Adkins: Doctor Strange
Jon Gries: Taken
Barry Manilow: Soundtrack, Bowling for Columbine
Jello Biafra: Soundtrack, The Social Network