I love Julie Andrews to the moon and back, but you're right about both actresses being cast for post-transformation and that sapping the story. Regardless, I'll always prefer her voice to Marni Nixon's. Something about Marni Nixon's voice has always grated on me for some reason.

Also, they weren't good friends. I know I always talk about my murder plans with my casual acquaintances.

Seriously. You want to make movies in any country you choose? Come back and serve your damn time. Let's face it, if he did, it'd be a slap on the wrist at best, just to "make an example" of him. Serve your time then you can live your life the way you choose (well, maybe nix the felonies in the future). Some people…

Drafthouse's website has been crashing intermittently since the announcement. Damnit, North Korea, I'm not going to see this dumb movie, I just want to buy tickets for their NYE party!

I thought this was a pretty good summation of her issues: http://jezebel.com/iggy-aza….

I'm also a fan. I think she's gotten pigeon-holed as "Carrie Bradshaw" and I'd love to see something new from her to show her range. Also, she makes my favorite perfume and I never, ever want that to be discontinued.

Mother, May I Sleep with Othello?

I loved the story about the buttcracks not passed S&P's guidelines. Solution? Pour more blood on them! Such a lovely microcosm of how messed up the network's sensibility is.

I think the sound designers on the show hate us. I've never noticed sound as much as I do with this show. The mural, the feeding tube, gaaaaaaah.

I love movies like that. Now I'm going to put that one on my To Watch list. I want to be hugged for 100 minutes!

I hosted a stomach virus this weekend, so I watched all the new episodes of Poirot that Netflix recently added (I think it was series 7-11), plus Die Hard because Christmas. Now I'm at work because the doctor said I'm not contagious and I'm all out of PTO. Today shall be spent pretending to be awake at my desk.

Huzzah! Such a fun show. Enjoy!

Who has the D on optimizing that funnel?

Expanding the chain has diluted the awesomeness, imo. The food used to be way better, but they cut back the menu to make it more scalable. (Maybe the correlation between food-downturn and expansion isn't causation, but I'm an American and get to complain about what I want. America, Fuck Yeah!)

Sony's elaborate marketing scheme has worked!

They totally do. But too bad! They get lovingly handcrafted gifts instead. Bonus gifts: learning the value of disappointment and family guilt.

AVC Meetup in Havana?

You still have us RadioCat! Oh shit, I just made it worse, didn't I?

I sometimes wonder around this time of year if their admins have put on their calendars "2pm: Stroll around and cheerfully interact with minions. Be sure to wish them happy holidays."

I'm so sorry to hear that. Best of luck to them both. Fuck that shit, indeed.