My brother and uncle went to the Queen's Plate.  They said the horses underperformed because of the heat, so they bet all wrong and didn't make any money.  They were right behind and a little to the side of the Queen.  "We could have thrown oranges at her head," my uncle said.

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Will probably also go to Eclipse.

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I'm looking forward to prospect of a royal wedding in the fall.

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Was the entire Sookie Stackhouse series inspired by an episode of Buffy?  There was an episode of Buffy called Earshot where Buffy became telepathic.  She tried to read Angel's mind and he said it wasn't possible because of a stupid reason having to do with mirrors and whatever.  It was a dumb throwaway line.  But Earshot aired March 23, 1999, and ( Read more... )

Zoe Saldana interview:

Q: Zoe, you tend to play really strong female characters. Have you ever thought of playing someone the complete opposite of this?

ZS: Like the damsel in distress? Of course. You want to play great characters but right now I feel that Hollywood has made a living out of portraying women to be such canker sores. We just have ( Read more... )