Grade inflation like a mug.

Guh, you go-juss.

Wah! Audra McDonald is going to be in Beauty and the Beast, so it's unlikely that she'll also be Glinda, no?

The only question ever worth asking.

Are you me? I was anathema in my circle because I didn't find Brad Pitt hot. Like you, I now appreciate his younger beauty.

His opening musical number (The Rock is "Franchise Viagra") was good, too, mainly because it's true.

Phil Hartman is a legend.

OT, but she slayed (ahem) Robert Durst last night. She is perfection.

"Big Momma Thang" is on my "Yaaaaaassssss" workout playlist. It makes the stepmill time go so much better.

Contrary to your belief, Jonathan Taylor, domestic violence does not result in Home Improvement.

Yeah, I went to the Daily Mail article. It was not clear. The only words of Moore's (quoted) start with Gooding, Jr., and don't ever explicitly mention Idris Elba. The headline does, but not the content.

Jay Smooth is an inspired choice! That might get me to watch The Daily Show again!

Exactly. But her apology was perfect.

I'm confused: That link only mentions Moore's objection to Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Bond, presumably because Gooding, Jr, speaks American English. Does he explicitly say that Idris Elba is not English enough, or is that an extrapolation?

Now that is rage-inducing! I love dogs and hate vacuums.

"Towards" (and "backwards," et. al.) are British English words. Some American luminary once wrote that we can "drop the 's'" as we're not British, but it seems a very arbitrary hill to stake upon, given that everything else comes from British English (which also come from other tongues).

Yes, to this. When it didn't come early, I thought it would end with the cop shooting him on the bed: the illusion that they're equals. Something!

She was booed. The whole family was booed. The NYT article which is linked also mentions that Serena herself was booed.

They got the name right!

That lip color on her is just...*weeping*