question of the week: Why are celebrities influential?
Do we have some sense of famous people as all-around authorities? Is it a subconscious desire to be like the people we admire?
talent buzz
in which I am serenaded by Benedict Cumberbatch (and you can be too)
I’ll be in my bunk… being lullabied by the Cumberbatch.
QOTD: What is your most memorable movie poster ever?
Mine is the one for Schindler’s List, because what it actually depicts is the complete opposite of how my initial perception read it…
QOTD: What did you love and hate about the Oscars?
Seth MacFarlane sang about boobs, but Argo won Best Picture — yay! Meanwhile Joaquin Phoenix is not amused…
QOTD: Is Orson Scott Card the wrong person to write Superman stories?
What was DC thinking when they hired a vocal homophobe… or did they not realize just how big a backlash there would be?
QOTD: Was South African TV right to air a reality show featuring Reeva Steenkamp (even with her family’s approval)?
Is there any parallel universe in which the decision was made not to air this, or was it entirely inevitable, given the buzzardlike nature of pop culture today?
question of the day: What’s the most inexplicable appearance by a big star in a crappy movie?
Inspired by Movie 43, which distinguishes itself in this regard merely by the sheer number of incomprehensible movie-star appearances in a single film…
question of the day: What classic films would you like to see inspire a new Star Wars movie?
My choice: Midnight Kessel Run…
question of the day: Who would you like to see on a celebrity newscast?
Would George Clooney read the headlines while Jane Lynch did sports? Ryan Gosling on weather?
