"Dear Katharine Hepburn, My daughter is having a graduating party in the rented house next door to you, (the one with the dog)..."

"... it will be from 7:30 to 10 — if you could stop by, you'd be most welcome. Bob Dylan."

"What Audrey does in 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s' is not uninteresting, but it is far from the modern woman..."

"...  even the one introduced to American audiences in the persons of Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Margaret Sullavan, the other Hepburn (t...

The smack in the face.

A teaser for a forthcoming diavlog. What do you think we're talking about? ADDED: Glenn Kenny guesses "Chinatown," meanin...

"I’ve always said you were our leading actress.... I am getting fat and pregnant and mean...."

Judy Garland writes to Katharine Hepburn.

When the dead turn 50. When the dead turn 100.

This past Thursday, Sid Vicious, had he lived, would have turned 50 . Ah, but it's not hard to picture druggy rock and rollers getting o...

Golden Globes!

Hey, watch the Golden Globes with me! Comment away. I'll be adding to this post, with each update indicated by a number. 1. And they sta...

"Jack Abramoff's Lady-and-the-Tramp-style kiss of death."

Ana Marie Cox has an op-ed in today's NYT: [Jack] Abramoff's connections seem infinite; attempts to follow the money give you somet...

"Write me a letter!"

Said Cary Grant fending off Katharine Hepburn in the last scene of "Bringing Up Baby," which John quotes when I remark that it...

The morning after the Oscars.

Last night, I simulblogged the Oscars . The morning, what sticks in my mind? First: how mad I am at Jamie Foxx for romanticizing child abuse...

Fall movie preview.

The big Fall movie preview issue of Entertainment Weekly arrived in the mail today, and on the cover is my personal favorite actor, Johnny D...

Woody Allen in tights. This is sweet--a quote from Diane Keaton in today's NYT: ""We used to hang out, like, when I was going...

Why no SAG nomination for Scarlett Johansson? My theory is she’s just too damn beautiful and fortunate. The backlash has set in early. Chri...