I saw the original About Last Night with my parents in a movie theater. They let me pick the movie and didn't look into it. Meanwhile, I almost fell under my seat with embarrassment when Demi and Rob had sex in a sink. I'm thinking the new version was more PG?

Because of contracts that pay good money and have penalties. To get other gigs, you can say you are a ghostwriter and hint at who it's for. Also, sometimes the writer's name will be on the back or small on the bottom of the cover.

It sounded terrifying after a while—like they were being beaten.

Exactly. The books were so popular with kids first so they had to have a clue that they would have "Titanic"-like fame.

I love this! It's probably not flattering for all body types though....

That's funny because just this morning I was thinking about how some people binge-read websites, including this one. I often get alerts that someone recommended a post I wrote days ago... which is nice actually!

Those initial quotes about Soon-Yi's abilities seem very cruel. I remember watching "Wild Man Blues," which I just noticed came out in 1997 (!), and thinking she could hold her own with Woody. They would sort of bicker lightly—just like any couple. She didn't seem under his influence or stupid.

I don't think so. A rep made a statement over the weekend saying he was upset and would respond soon.

I lived in the middle class suburbs of Peru (outside Lima) and we couldn't flush paper either.

Sure, they are a thing because attention is a thing.

Yeah, Melonie Diaz was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award—surely she coulda cancelled out someone on here. An Asian could be nice some year, too. And how's about an older woman with wrinkles just once? Diversity is the problem, not just b/w issues.

I hate to get off topic because I actually like Scar Jo and think she's talented, and of course there's nothing wrong with making or wanting more money. However, your definition is off. From Webster's:

Oh please, no violins. Even after taxes some of these people get millions per movie and they do multiple movies per year. Meanwhile, a commercial brings down their credibility a bit or a lot, depending on what they do. It's greed—the want of gathering as much $ as possible.

Agreed, but maybe she's stuck in the corporate contract, which would be tighter than an agreement with a charity.

One local animal shelter accepts and uses old linens (bed sheets, towels, etc.) and accepts all kinds of shoes. They sell them to an org that pays them a few cents per sole.

She was cool and beautiful and you never heard anything bad about her (I mean, besides the R. Kelly thing; she seemed sweet). She had been famous (via MTV esp.) for a few years and she was quite famous and so young when she died.

They look like two morons. One of which is an icon muddying up her status by acting like the dopey cool mom and one of which can actually sing but apparently not well enough to get attention through voice alone.

Oh wait, I starred you, but then I saw that second paragraph. US Weekly is THE worst in terms of mags that pay celebs for pictures with their kids. They do it all the time. How many times can a reader see Brooke Charvet or Jessica Alba doing a random thing and smiling sweetly at their kid and not think it's a set-up?

They look like they are on a rollercoaster.

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