I think the writing wasn't being racist at all. She was pointing out the way Hollywood was unfairly dealing with blacks. She's been the most unracist of any articles I've seen so far - that being any press who automatically announce that history has been made on Oscar night. If people didn't make such a big deal out of it and treated them as actors alone, the race issue wouldn't be there. She's spot on with all her point and very funny. Screw political correctness.

Lighten up, Rebecca! The writer has gone so over, she really doesn't know what certain terms really connote, like the Aryan, Judgment at Nuremberg ones. Frankly, I get most appalled at the predictable camera shots during the Poitier tribute and the Halle and Denzel wins of every recognizable black actor in the audience.

Frankly, I get most appalled at the predictable camera shots Maybe there won't be a need anymore for the Black Academy Awards that were held last Sat. night? I think Hispanics and Am Indians should start to lobby for better parts immediately because they are being ignored completely.

(Minkee, re: Halle) it did go on a bit. She managed to include most people including her lawyer (twice) and her former leading man Warren Beatty in her litany of thanks but she overlooked her current leading man BB-T. That's the problem with excessively long acceptance speeches--the omissions loom much larger. IMO she was way over the top. At first I thought she was just going to stand there, staring at the audience repeating 'oh my God...oh my God' like a mantra. But once she got going with the bit about the door being kicked down...*rolling my eyes* Now, Denzel's speech--that was class. Calm, cool, collected and much more effective. (Mari) Moon, I see what you mean about Streisand's dress. Methinks Babs in packin' on the poundage. The dress was camoflauge. still not nearly as bad as the train wrecks that were Paltrow and Diaz. I didn't mind Cameron's dress but she has a terminal case of BH (bad hair). Ugh! First, I thought it was inappropriate for her to be "campaigning" for Denzel in Newsweek with that "I can't absorb living in a world . . ." nonsense. That entire article was one of the most biased I have read in my life. I usually never look at the byline, but this time I had to. I thought Jesse Jackson had written it. (Karen) Anita Bryant hairdo? Good analogy, IMO. It looked to me as though J-Lo spent some time at the local gas station's air machine. I thought she was going to start lifting off like a hot air balloon. (Salon) J-Lo is J-L'Over. You can't have a big a** and sarcastic hair, not in that town. *snort* (Karen) Frankly, I get most appalled at the predictable camera shots Wasn't that soooo obvious? :-/

Last night, Jim Broadbent's relative obscurity as an actor in the US took a beating on Letterman via his Top Ten List. Top Ten Things Best Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent Did Today: 10. Signed autographs for people who thought he was Dick Cheney 9. Asked phone company to check his line because no one's called all day 8. Appeared on "The Today Show," in crowd outside the studio window 7. Got caught speeding, told cop who he was, still got a hundred-dollar ticket 6. Tried to figure out how Ian McKellen's room key ended up in his pocket 5. Purchased baseball cap and sunglasses, so he could go out in public without getting sunburned 4. Placed Academy Award on top of garbage cans to keep out the raccoons 3. Sat around on his Academy Award-winning ass 2. Had footprints immortalized in cement after accidentally walking through a construction site 1. Spent all day "buffing his Academy Award"

LOL, thanks Karen. I think JB would get a kick out of that. Besides, *he* has the Oscar!! Wonder what 10 Things UKW is doing today;-)

At least Katie would ask YKW in if she saw him in crowd outside studio window! :-)

I've been enjoying catching up with the oscar comments. Loved Leno's comment about Gwyneth. And what about that eye makeup! It reminded me of Colin's "kohl" photos several years ago--times ten! Is anyone watching the West Wing tonight? Josh discovers that there's a website devoted to him. His assistant says that his fans are not numerous, but they make up for it in fervor. He reads their comments, responds to one, and then sets off a flurry of responses and gets pissed off when a "bossy" (his word) poster scolds him for posting incorrectly, using too many caps, etc. His assistant says that "some of these people haven't taken their medication." After he posts, CJ lets him have it. When Josh says that there is a dictatorial leader, CJ says that the website is like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and the dictatorial leader is Nurse Ratched. Soooo, does the focus of our drool think so ill of us?????????????????

Too many exclamation points, Kate! ;-D Signed, Nursie

Sorry, had not yet taken my medication.

I watched the Oscars yesterday and there`s one thing that I`m wondering. Why British movies aren`t in the foreign film category? Or is foreign film=non-english speaking film?

The category is titled "Best Original Foreign Language Film"

To Karen, Lora and anyone who celebrate this holiday .... To those who celebrate this holiday: And if you don't celebrate either one... Happy Spring Cleaning:-))

Very bad review for a Heather Graham film at Screendaily ("Killing Me Softly" with Joe Fiennes and by Chen Kaige). Badly cast and the two have no chemistry. A couple of remarks: Graham appears to have a problem with London settings; she was equally clogged in her emotional range in the Ripper-flick From Hell, whereas on home territory, and in lighter roles - as in Ed Burns�s Sidewalks Of New York - she can deliver. Both she and Fiennes are more suited to comedy: if Killing Me Softly sometimes tips over into absurdity (as when Graham is trying to do some serious acting while tied to the kitchen table), it is perhaps because the cast, left to their own devices by the hands-off director, find the comic potential of the hammy dialogue too much to resist. MGM has already pushed back the film�s US debut more than once, and even the presence of the bankable Joseph Fiennes and Heather Graham may not save it from a descent into DVD and pay-per-view limbo after a three or four-week run in English-speaking territories. Full review at: http://www.screendaily.com/html_files/main.htm

The category is titled "Best Original Foreign Language Film" oh, thanks (I have to learn how to read)

Thanks, Evelyn, for the Happy Passover wishes. Made 30 matzah balls yesterday and had 22 family members over for the Passover seder. Lots of preparation and cleaning up, but really nice! A Happy Easter to all who celebrate it!

An article about the Miramax pre-Oscar party and the transcript of one of the skits performed by Harvey and Jeffrey Katzenberg at salon.com: http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/03/28/miramax_skit/index.html

LOL! Too funny. I bet they were rolling in the aisles. Thanks for sharing, Karen.

Wow, I didn't realize so many of those film guys were gay.What a skit! How can they get away with it...all those innuendos.Thanks Karen. I doubt BTW that ODB is a member of the "Corleone family";-) despite the fact that he's been hanging around with Harvey for a log time.And was in Miramax's two biggest hits: SIL, & TEP.

(Evelyn) How can they get away with it...all those innuendos Private party and it's not like any of them are new. They are insiders and live with it everyday. Besides, this is a spoof. Oooooh! The witch hunt begins. Who leaked the details? ;-D

You'll be surprised to hear who my pick is for this year's big Oscar winner. See movies conference topic 29.

(Evelyn) I doubt BTW that ODB is a member of the "Corleone family";-) Why? (Karen) Private party ...for 700 of their warm, close personal friends. ;-)

(Evelyn) I doubt BTW that ODB is a member of the "Corleone family";-) (Eileen)Why? Can you see ODB dressing up for a skit? Didn't he say at a Miramax party several years ago..."No bloody way"?

(KateDF)Just have to brag about my cool birthday present. B'day was yesterday Kate, happy birthday! Had to bring your 155 posting over here so you can have the proper happy birthday wish! Hope it was a fun day :-). That new tote bag is a great place to put special keepsakes close to a woman's heart ;-).

I have just read that the Queen Mother passed away this afternoon. In the US she was always admired as a warm ,caring person. And was certainly a pillar of strength during WW II in Great Britain. We extend our condolences to our friends in UK.

So sad, especially after the Princess Margaret's recent death.

My condolences to our British friends. From all I've ever read and heard, the Queen Mum was an incredible source of courage and inspiration to her husband, her family, and her country. Larry King will have a special broadcast on her life tonight at 9 on CNN.

I did a redesign of the main page at http://www.spring.net today, it may seem stark to some, I did away with all the colorful pictures in favor of a "pure text " look and feel. There's a lot more content. A new picture of Colin from Karen's Black Adder page (because I love that series, I was exposed to it while visiting in Canada last New Years). If you wouldn't mind, take a look and see if you like the new look and the new links, I'd appreciate any feedback on it you might have.

The Queen Mum died today.

Yes - I saw that Terry. I must say I was a bit confused and thought I was "lost" but "change" is not a bad thing as long as it is an improvement. The important thing is that despite the change it was clear to me where to go to find my place. The text portions certainly raise curiousity and might assist in attracting more traffic to the site. I'm backtracking to the main page in a while to read up. Karen - another witty Drool welcome page. Happy Easter to all who celebrate it! Condolences to all in the UK, Australia, Canada and NZ and the rest of the Commonwealth for the passing away of a great Lady! Whether a Monarchist or a Republican, one cannot deny that the diverse people of the Commonwealth (and the world) were served well by the Queen Mother's exemplary courage and devotion to duty throughout her long life.

�Liaisons� lives again THERE�S safe sex, and there�s the kind movie audiences crave. Thus, another version of "Dangerous Liaisons" starts shooting this week in St. Tropez, starring Catherine Deneuve, Nastassja Kinski, Leelee Sobieski and Rupert Everett. The 18th Century French novel about an older woman who challenges her amoral ex-lover to seduce a virgin inspired a Christopher Hampton play, adapted by Stephen Frears into a 1988 movie with Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Uma Thurman. A year later, Milos Forman came out with his own version, "Valmont," starring Annette Bening and Colin Firth. The idea was modernized and teenified a decade later in the underrated "Cruel Intentions" with Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair. But the new one sounds more like Roger Vadim�s modern-day 1960 version with Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Louis Trintignant. After St. Tropez, director Josee Dayan, best known for her "Count of Monte Cristo" miniseries, takes the production to Scotland and Canada.

Now that I think about the casting, Deneuve would have to be in the aunt role (Madame de Rosemonde) or Cecile's mother; Kinski and Everett would be Merteuil and Valmont. It would seem likely for Leelee to be Cecile, but she could be Madame de Tourvel.

Rupert Everett.... Valmont? I thought he was supposed to be a young French nobleman.

Here's a chuckle: went to NYC this weekend. DH pointed out that Joan Rivers was sitting at the end of the aisle in "The Goat,...". Was v. proud of self, as did not muscle my way down to explain who CF was, in case she should ever come across him.

Here's someone who doesn't shy away from what they think about HB, JR or bare breasts in movies! http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=108&u=/020329/51/1bpk2.html Hope I did the link right.

A year later, Milos Forman came out with his own version, "Valmont," starring Annette Bening and Colin Firth. I thought Valmont came first. Am I right? Why would anyone want to do another DL? Is it the lack of good scripts or imagination? I hate that!

It's interesting that Berry makes such a big deal about being black. She was raised by her white mother who was beaten and abandoned by her black father. Clearly, Berry has calculated that it is more advantageous for her acting career to identify with the man who abandoned her rather than the woman who raised her. I still think she should have thanked her co-star too. She came off very full of herself. A very funny article and to the point. Thanks, Lisa!

Yes, at long last, the "glass ceiling" had been broken. Large-breasted, slightly cocoa women with idealized Caucasian features finally have a chance in Hollywood! They will, however, still be required to display their large breasts for the camera and to discuss their large breasts at some length with reporters. LOL! And by the way, Billy Bob Thorton isn't cutting it for the female audience. And that ain't no lie. Another example of sexist Hollywood. They hardly ever give us anything or body to oogle. :-( Live by the breast, die by the breast. Bet that would be good on a coat of arms, in latin. ;-D IMO, if want to be judged as just an actor, then you can't make an issue about what one's win represented for people of color. But personally, I feel she won because of her breasts and Hollywood's fixation on youth and dismissal of mature actresses.

Believe it or not, Deneuve is Merteuil and Rupie is Valmont. Maybe it's about these two crazy kids 20 years later. ;-) Big yawn. Anyway, it's for French TV.

You mean after Valmont dies in the duel? ;-D

(Karen)You mean after Valmont dies in the duel? ;-D Maybe it's about reincarnation? Tell me this is just an April Fool's joke. (Deneuve was in a movie called The April Fools, which has nothing to do with anything, but it popped into my head) I think there have been enough versions of that movie. I saw part of the teen one (Cruel Intentions) on cable recently. I gave up after deciding that Ryan is no Colin. Did find it interesting that Colin and Meg met on Valmont, and Ryan and Reese played the same roles and are now married. Karma?

(Mari) Believe it or not, Deneuve is Merteuil and Rupie is Valmont. Ooh, now that's chemistry. *rolling my eyes* (Karen) You mean after Valmont dies in the duel? ;-D Pfffffttttt! Live by the breast, die by the breast. (Karen) Bet that would be good on a coat of arms, in latin. ;-D Indeed! Furthermore, bet Hugh Hefner and Anna Nicole Smith are using it.

Maybe it's about reincarnation? Maybe the're taking a page from Dallas: Tourvel awakens one morning to the sound of running water in the bathroom. Upon investigating, she finds Valmont soaping up in the shower. The bad stuff was all a dream.;-)

she finds Valmont soaping up in the shower Hmm, with the right Valmont, that could work for me. But I think it would have to be a bathtub. Were there showers in the 18th cent? Or is time travel a part of this new version, too?

WARNING I have received an email from a zulu ntunga requesting my assistance in transfering funds fom Zambia. THIS IS A CONFIDENCE TRICK. I am posting the warning here, because the name Annas was used, and this is the only place I use that name. Take care people and don't reply with promises of sending money. Anna

I also received an e-mail. Interesting that e-mail addy was harvested here.

I got that email and emailed back that I couldn't make it to pay him the $8,000 he needed to get my millions, but I had a friend in the CIA and he would like to come and meet with him in my place. (I made this up of course). Hmmm, haven't heard back. Guess he doesn't want a personal meeting with a CIA agent, wonder why? Spammers are getting more sophisticated. They're using names they think will be familiar with to you to get your attention. I spend a couple of minutes a day just deleting spam, it's usually pretty easy to spot.

I wish there was more we could do to stop them. My 12 year old that has a restricted AOL young teen email, received and invitation to a porn site to view naked pictures of Britney S. All he had to do was click. I was livid! After a bit of research I was told there is nothing that can be done. We should be very concerned as parents. :-(

(Moon)My 12 year old that has a restricted AOL young teen email, received and invitation to a porn site to view naked pictures of Britney S. All he had to do was click. I was livid! After a bit of research I was told there is nothing that can be done. We should be very concerned as parents. :-( Moon, same thing happened to my daughter when she was nine! I called AOL, I emailed the webmaster. Now I had her on parental control of under 10! and she got this filthy e-mail. I no longer have AOL.

Some email services, like hotmail.com, will you let you only receive emails from a list of names that you provide. Of course, this is very restrictive, but it would solve the problem with Laura's 12 year old. Being a webmaster of spring.net you can imagine the junk I get, so I've been rerouting my email to hotmail just to build a list of offensive emails, since it has that feature also. Then I'll take that list and use it with some screening software I'm installing at spring.net. I sent out a little survey type email today to get suggestions on improving this site and particularly our main page, which is getting less traffic. I'm trying to get the main page to be a bit "perkier".

New stats just came out today, proving once again that drool rules, no, dominates the spring. I think 90 some of the 100 top pages are related to drool. I call this Karen's plan for total domination! Congratulations, Karen on a super job!

Oh, forgot to mention the stats url. http://www.spring.net/webtrends The Top 20 Pages Pages Views % of Total Views Visits Avg. Time Viewed 1 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/bjd.html 20,662 3.53% 17,646 00:02:11 2 The Bucket - Spring scoops on Colin Firth http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/main.html 12,328 2.1% 11,070 00:00:42 3 Conference Center http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/drool/159/since/ -7/ 10,477 1.79% 8,406 00:08:07 4 Conference Center http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/browse/drool/all/ 10,960 1.87% 8,096 00:02:17 5 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/browse/drool/all/ since/-7/ 10,895 1.86% 7,062 00:02:10 6 http://www.spring.net/ 7,529 1.28% 5,902 00:01:07 7 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/drool/159/ new/ 7,582 1.29% 5,197 00:07:35 8 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/earnest.html 4,743 0.81% 4,279 00:03:30 9 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/drool/159/ 5,211 0.89% 4,249 00:07:26 10 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/news.html 4,392 0.75% 3,984 00:01:13 11 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/bjdcast.html 3,597 0.61% 3,483 00:02:08 12 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/drool/155/since/ -7/ 4,194 0.71% 3,252 00:04:23 13 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/browse/drool/all/ new/ 5,930 1.01% 3,247 00:01:47 14 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/browse/drool/all/ since/-10/ 4,307 0.73% 3,098 00:02:12 15 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/bjdmusic.html 3,559 0.6% 2,964 00:03:32 16 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/articleindex.html 3,421 0.58% 2,915 00:00:49 17 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/p_eye1.html 2,990 0.51% 2,850 00:01:42 18 http://www.spring.net/karenr/mdbro/bjdgal.html 2,963 0.5% 2,637 00:02:15 19 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/drool/159/since/ -1/ 4,876 0.83% 2,630 00:07:06 20 http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/drool/159/since/ -10/ 3,170 0.54% 2,544 00:07:44 Nineteen out of the top twenty! A near sweep!

Fan Fiction held down the number 3 spot.

The Spring's Content page just missed the top 20, coming in at 21st. http://www.spring.net/contents.htm

Hollywood's Damon, Affleck & Phoenix Debut in Youth Good Will Hunting film star Matt Damon will make his West End debut this month in Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. He - along with Casey (brother of Ben) Affleck and Summer (sister of River and Joaquin) - are to take over from fellow Hollywood young guns Hayden Christensen, Jake Gyllenhaal and Anna Paquin in the 1980s coming-of-age play at the Garrick Theatre from 22 April to 15 June 2002.

Reminds me...saw Ben Affleck on ET earlier this week. *What* is up with his hair? Looks like he had two pieces of 2x4 boards stuck on there.

It's a BOY!!!! Liz Hurley gave birth this morning... no word on who was her labor coach...

Happy Birthday, Lora! From my house to yours. ;-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LORA

I can do better than that...sorry

Have got birthday wishes from Lora's fave clever actor/writer/director. Happy birthday, Lora! Lookee! Did that with my eyes closed. ;-) Enjoy your day, Lora.

Happy birthday Lora!

Have a great day, Lora!!

The Producers: Parker, Broderick Expecting by Mark Armstrong Apr 5, 2002, 8:45 AM PT So this is how actors celebrate the end of a run on Broadway. Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick, fresh off his mega-successful stint with The Producers, have been busy with some producing of their own: They're expecting their first child this fall, columnist Liz Smith reported Friday. Parker, 37, and Broderick, 40, will celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary in May. The big baby news will certainly put a crimp HBO's production plans for Sex and the City. The cable network announced Friday it will suspend production on the Emmy-winning series April 10 "in order for HBO to evaluate its production schedule in light of [Parker's] recently announced pregnancy." It's still not clear how many episodes of the show's fifth season have been shot. But the season premiere, originally set for June, has now been tentatively pushed back to July. There's also no word yet on whether Parker's advice-dishing alter ego, Carrie Bradshaw, will end up going through a pregnancy of her own on the series.

Thank you for all the birthday greetings! Moon, so is he coming over to wish me an up close and personal birthday wish? And do you mean he's coming from your house or his ;-)? Hope he leaves the cigar at home or with you ;-). If he's at your house send him over ASAP!!! I've always wanted to meet a man named Ernest ;-)! Evelyn, thanks for the wizard wishes. I hope he helps make all my birthday wishes come true. And he looks like Gandalf, too! Eileen, thanks but no thanks for MB's birthday wishes. Would rather have seen a pic of my fave actor/family man/short story writer/Italian villa dweller instead ;-). Thanks, Terry, for your birthday greetings. I appreciate your wishes and everything you do for Spring,too. And, Karen, I'll take 'chick' to mean that it's about my one year anniversary on drool so I'm still sort of a "Spring chicken" around here ;-). It's certainly not because of my age ;-). Thanks, everyone!

(Lora) It's certainly not because of my age ;-). Remember, it's the mileage not the years! (If I had learned to post pictures there would be a little red sports car driving across the post.) :-) Happy Birthday and many returns of the day!

Thanks, Caribou, for your happy birthday good wishes and for the little red sports car. It's fun to think of me in one for a moment or two, but the reality is more mini van :-).

Happy Birthday Lora - i hope you have a great day!

Thanks, SB! All these birthday wishes have added to the fun. I've never celebrated my birthday in cyberspace before!

Belated happy birthday, Lora. I hope you had a wonderful day.

Sorry I'm late Lora, but I hope your birthday was the best ever.

Thanks Minkee and Lucie! Saw Mamma Mia! today. It was great. There's even a part for an Englishman. But the part requires singing above rock music at times ;-).

The Colin Channel?? ;-D Miramax's Harvey Weinstein said to be eyeing cable TV April 08, 2002 NEW YORK -- Miramax's Harvey Weinstein is itching to get into the cable TV business. According to published reports, the Miramax chairman has resuscitated his 5-year-old plan to create a Miramax-branded cable channel and is reportedly talking with cabler Comcast about becoming a partner. But the channel, which would draw on Miramax's 500 film library, may face some tough going getting into cable homes in key markets such as New York City, which is controlled by AOL Time Warner's Time Warner Cable. Miramax's parent the Walt Disney Co. came to blows with AOL Time Warner two years ago over Time Warner's carriage of ABC and the Disney Channel.

Ooh, interesting possibility. Our cable is Comcast. A Miramax channel--even if it isn't all Colin all the time--beats the umpteen home shopping channels we have now.

Jessica Stevens is having trouble logging in and I'm working with her on the issues, which may be her older Netscape browser. Anyone else having trouble? (gee, if you were, you wouldn't be reading this!)

Miramax's Harvey Weinstein said to be eyeing cable TV Guess Harvey has time on his hands now that Talk Mag tanked.

I had problems about a month ago. But that had nothing to do with my computer and everything with my internet connection (I know because I couldn't get in from any computer at Uni, not my own, not at work). I have to go through the Uni firewall first and I think they prevented me from logging in. And it worked just fine at home. After a couple of days, the problem just solved itself.

Terry, I use Netscape 4.76 on purpose. It works just fine. And I do all the programming for Geo Conference with it, too. It is my browser of preference!

Happy Birthday Laura! :-)

Laura!! Have a very happy day!

Gah! Have missed Lora's birthday! :-( Oh God. I'll be sacked. Did the others send birthday wishes? ;-) Lora, wishing you a very HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!! Laura, wishing you a very happy on-time one! Enjoy, ladies!:-)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURA

There's a great interview with Christopher Nolan today at Dark Horizons: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news.htm

Why do I always seem to fall for actors with strong moral values? I hate when that happens.;-) From imdb: Caviezel Refused To Get Naked With Ashley Judd Staunchly Catholic Hollywood actor Jim Caviezel refused to strip off for a sex scene with beautiful actress Ashley Judd. The 33-year-old star threatened to walk out unless director Carl Franklin shot the scene for thriller High Crimes with both parties wearing clothes. He says, "I told Carl, 'It's no problem, I don't have to do this movie. Go ahead and find someone else.' I see our culture as not respecting people too much, treating people like objects. There are times where sex is appropriate, but I've yet to see butts and breasts act themselves out of a scene!" It's not the first time Caviezel has refused to get naked for scenes with beautiful co-stars. He refused to film a love scene with sexy Jennifer Lopez in Angel Eyes because she was topless and asked rising star Dagmara Domincyzk to cover her nipples while shooting The Count Of Monte Cristo. The married star says, "My acting stems from inside, from God. And that's the only way I can act. If I violate that, then I don't think I'd be around this busin ss much longer."

There's a rave review for About A Boy & Huge on AICN, from Capone. Am too bitter and jealous to post it here, however.;-( But I think Capone needs to get a grip referring to HG in BJD as a likeable bastard.

There is an interesting article in the Dallas Morning News today about fashion and the obession with thiness. The article is by former Harper Bazaar editor, Kate Betts. She talks about RZ's weight gain resulting in her losing the cover. It's pretty long, but if you are interesting, it can be found at:

Sorry I hit reply instead of copy. I'll try again. The link is: http://www.dallasnews.com/texasliving/stories/041102dnfdfatphobia.9a7f9.html

Mari, thanks for your good wishes. And you could never be sacked ;-)! Laura, from a Lora to a Laura and an Aries to an Aries, I hope you had the happiest of birthdays! Didn't we miss brother Jonathan's birthday in between? If so, happy birthday to JF too :-).

Lora, thank you very much and a happy birthday to you too! I do believe baby brother was the 9th? Thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday. I stll can't believe #34... (remember when I was complaining about 30!!!) :)

(remember when I was complaining about 30!!!) :) Yes. :-) [as if it were yesterday]

I stll can't believe #34... (remember when I was complaining about 30!!!) :) LOL - i just had a mini panic attack during my lunch hour about turning 31 ....my birthday isnt until October!

(laura) I stll can't believe #34.. (SB) i just had a mini panic attack during my lunch hour about turning 31 ....my birthday isnt until October!

LOL - Evelyn.... now i feel all warm and fuzzy inside... ;-)

Isn't it amazing how fast time flies??? I'm 34... However, I should add that my daughter who took out cook books out from her school library (she's 11) made me a mexican pastry (buenolos), rice pilaf and chicken that I had in fridge from night before (barbecue chix already cooked); and for desert, she made (now all of this is from scratch! Chocolate Mousse....) Coming home from work, she had table set, Ella Fitzgerald on the cd, and she opened a bottle of wine (which I then informed her that this was the first and LAST time she will do that). Everything was terrible, but you know what? She put her little heart into it and we ate everything with glee (luckily, cereal came in handy for the both of us later!) I have a great daughter, eh? Nothing like coming home and seeing flour all over your child's face... she was so excited... then told me I was old.... (well someone had to knock reality into me... :))

SB, 31 is nothing! I'm so not old enough to be 34:(

That's great Laura, happy (if belated) birthday!

"...There are times where sex is appropriate, but I've yet to see butts and breasts act themselves out of a scene!" LOL! Has he seen Pamela Anderson? ;-D Interesting guy though. One you have to admire. Too bad, most up-and-coming female actresses wouldn't be able to maintain such beliefs as they're considered a commodity. Dashes all my hopes of seeing more of him. Oh well.

The Play What I Wrote will transfer to Broadway next year. The show will be directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also directed the London production. Hamish McColl and Sean Foley will star in the New York production. Despite Americans' limited knowledge of Morecambe and Wise, the show's producer, David Pugh, is confident that the comedy will be understood by Americans. The show will be tweaked to make it "slightly more universal," he said. According to the New York Times, the play will open in the spring. ~~~~~~~ This is the play that has different celebs appearing in it nightly. Wonder who will be making surprise guest appearances in NY.

confident that the comedy will be understood by Americans. The show will be tweaked to make it "slightly more universal," he said. LOL!, Too bad it's too late for DQ. I don't even see it as a rental. There is a lot happening on Broadway now. Evelyn, you will have a blast! Interesting guy though. One you have to admire. Too bad, most up-and-coming female actresses wouldn't be able to maintain such beliefs as they're considered a commodity. Dashes all my hopes of seeing more of him. Oh well. So true! I want to meet him and shake his his hand. (Too bad I can't place his face) ;-)