This is greatness. I held his performance as Claudio in Branagh's otherwise superlative Much Ado About Nothing against him (he was insufferable) for so long, I just couldn't enjoy him until House. His ability to be self-deprecating and see himself with a sense of humor makes him even more likable.

Other people have already said it. While I admire the sentiment, this post sounds as if it were written by someone who never realized that the very use of the title Terminator 2 implies there was a Terminator first. And the Sarah Connor in the original film is nothing like what she evolved to be, and there turned…

Damn. You all are just too young for me. Because obvs...

I can't believe the only one who thinks this whole thing is some ridiculous attempt at a joke, or some incredibly dedicated performance art. Its just too obvious and OTT and predictably rote to be real. Femi-nazis? Who actually says that besides some Ditto-head who never made it out of 1997? "I support Alex Jones…

I was just about to say that this whole discussion is making me feel decrepit, because I distinctly remember my anguish at discovering he would do something so douchetastic. Of course, all I have to do is remember clips I've seen of him performing on Broadway in Jekyll and Hyde and Jesus Christ Superstar, trying…

That's Senor Babywipes to you, as the faux zoot suit would indicate. Get it right.

I am renowned for my excellent "Hee, hee!" It is something of which I am quite proud.

I think the distinction is meaningful, because practitioners of Hoodoo don't generally claim it as a religion but as folk magic, largely focused on the accumulation and directing of personal power to gain a sense of control and autonomy and to achieve desired outcomes. Cultivating, harnessing and directing power is…

Haitian Vodun and Louisiana Voodoo, while deeply interrelated, are not synonymous. This window display is a vulgar riff on Louisiana Voodoo, and merely its iconography and symbolism at that. Hoodoo has its roots in Vodun/Voodoo, but in other traditions as well. And New Orleans Voodoo is also syncretic, with…

It was when they were at Cambridge, in the Footlights. She introduced him to Stephen Fry! Kenneth Branagh used that school connection and the Footlights as inspiration for Peter's Friends.

You do realize the versions shown on Boomerang are seriously edited; at least they have been for the last 15 years or so. The revisions are often ridiculous: replacing Mammy Two Shoes (yes, that's what fans have named her) with a white woman but not changing her voice, having the voice re-done by an African American…

I like the cut of your jib, Nurse-O-Rama.

My friends and I thought we were so awesome back in the day, quoting Blackadder at each other when no one else knew what we were talking about. Hugh has been deep in the heart of me for many years.

Lots of athletes are "famous". But not many dominate their sport at an age when many of their peers have already or are seriously contemplating retirement. After taking time off from the sport to dabble in fashion, nail technology and acting. After facing a life-threatening injury from what first appeared to be a…

Celine who? Hugh Laurie is everything, all the time. I saw him and his band at Town Hall here in NYC last Friday, and they were AMAZING. I've loved him since A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and he hasn't lost a step in charm, quick wit or musical talent since that long interlude of playing Sherlock Holmes in a hospital.

I had no trouble reading the article either. The writer made a stylistic choice that perhaps isn't a good fit for Jezebel, which, as comment threads always make abundantly clear, has an overwhelmingly white, middle to upper middle class readership. Those who have actually read more than one or two authors of color…

That's fine for you. There are larger issues here, and Hough's "error" is symptomatic of a more profound problem. If you think the opposite of educating people is "getting angry constantly", you have a great deal to learn about activism. I wish you luck in your personal quest to educate. That's great, and people…

Improve your reading comprehension. I did not say intent makes no difference. I said it was trumped by outcome. And trust me, not only is ignorance a poor excuse in a interconnected global world, but even if it wasn't, just because someone doesn't know better than to use an offensive term like "tranny" doesn't make…

It is absolutely NOT all about intent. A basic tenet of not being an asshole is realizing that outcome trumps intent. If you do or say something racist, its not all about your hurt fee-fees that someone thinks that terrible thing about you, or you crowing about "what's in my heart" (the favorite line of politicians…

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again...with another sport. And make sure you alienate those national team members and that sport by making fun of your small funding checks, so that you continue your tradition of sowing goodwill where ever you go.