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One of my favorite dance sequences ever captured on film: Wednesday Addams dances to "Goo Goo Muck" by the Cramps (2023) I understand that Jenna Ortega choreographed this herself. It just fit the character so well. Loved everything about it.

Alan Bergman, Oscar-Winning ‘The Way We Were’ Songwriter, Dies at 99 RIP to a man with a unique gift for lyrical poetry.

It's still baffling to me that certain people would be all up in arms about Superman being woke just because they decided to change his tag line. (And don't even get me started on the term "woke." It's deeply offensive to me in and of itself. But that's a completely different discussion.) I...

Superman is literally from another world. This viewpoint about his alien origins being a "woke" take on the franchise is just.. baffling.

Saw Jurassic World Rebirth this weekend. I mainly wanted to go to scratch my Jonathan Bailey itch, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the whole cast. ScarJo slipped comfortably into her old "female action hero" shoes, without making it feel like a retread. And the bad guy met a...

I fully expect that if any American man is going to win a major in the next couple of years, it will be him. Although Shelton may not be far behind.

That's a little harsh, IMO. Give some credit to Swiatek. She's in pretty awesome form right now. In other news, it's going to be Sinner-Alcaraz on Sunday. Sinner absolutely destroyed Djokovik today, though Novak says this will not be the last that fans see of him on Center Court at Wimbledon...

There's some speculation on whether Sinner will be able to continue at the tournament. He didn't practice today.

If you can't speak the language, subtitles only do so much. They don't catch all the nuances, y'know? But there are several shows/movies in other languages that I've enjoyed despite that.

Well.. Adrian Grenier won't be back. But he didn't have that big a role, so... kind of psyched for this one, not gonna lie.

Well... players expect extreme heat in Melbourne. Not so much in London. It just seems like there have been a rash of early upsets this year, so I was speculating that at least some of it might be due to the heat. Mboko and Felix Auger-Aliassime both lost today. No Canadians left in the...

Zverev crashed out today, as did Coco Gauff. Lots of seeds falling in the first round, though Fritz prevailed in 5 after the overnight delay. Some of the upsets may be due to the record heat.

My very, very earliest crush was David Cassidy, but his half-brother Shaun eclipsed him in my heart. First time I ever bought a life-size poster, lol. He's still pretty damn good looking. ;) It's sad how many of these teen idols from the 60s-70s are gone now. Makes me feel old, for sure.

So was Leo DiCaprio. He was impossibly young and innocent when he started on TV.

Intentional or not, my heart goes out to her loved ones. One of my sisters tried to kill herself about 20 years ago, using a similar method (medication). She wasn't successful, but it was a near thing. She died of natural causes (heart failure) in 2021. I will always believe that her ex-husband...