When my husband and I have exhausted our pet alligator’s patience with the mocking of his ancestors, dressing up in dinosaur costumes and “evolving”, we plop our butts down on the couch in front of the boob tube.  There’s this chick, Amanda Tapping, who hosts this unsatisfying paranormal TV mini-show called Proof Positive where each [...]

So there we were, at the casino, mesmerized by one-armed bandits, losing next week’s groceries, when the nearby country music band’s lead singer says, “Tim McGraw! Come on up here!” I’m far too hypnotized by spinning reels and rapidly decreasing credits to pay too much attention until a lady gambling her life away at a [...]

I can’t stand it when I order a single pea pod by mail and Peas Pods R Us insist on sending it a box the size of a small rhino. It’s so wasteful. Earlier this year in Hawaii, I arrived at the car rental place just wanting to get to the condo after a long [...]

When is someone going to expose the fact that Hillary Swank and Matt Damon are the same person? Have you ever seen them in the same room togther? Have they both ever starred in the same film? Also? They BOTH have that same upside down smile. You know what I mean. Where the corners are [...]

Is it me, or is a Rupert Grint just adorable? Don’t you just want to eat him? OK, I’ve never understood that phrase because when I think someone is attractive, the last thing I want to do is gobble him up, chew him forty times as recommended by health advisors, and send him down the [...]

Entertainment Weekly has this page called “News Style & Notes Hunter” where readers allegedly see some fashion item on a celebrity and then write in asking where they can get the same thing. Because people can’t dress themselves without emailing a magazine inquiring about fashion and then waiting 3-6 months for a reply, at which [...]

When I tell you I was in The Music Man, your first thought would probably be: “Oh, were you Marian the Librarian?” No, I was not Marian the Librarian! Just because I wear glasses and read a lot and look like someone who should know the Dewey Decimal system and my mother’s name was Marian [...]

Here’s what I don’t get: You haul your ass down to Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, taking your out-of-town visitors with you, to show off an historic landmark - The Hollywood Sidewalk of Stars, or whatever it’s called (don’t ask me, I just live here.) But you’re walking…   and you’re walking…   Who ARE [...]

Saturday night I did the John Edwards thing and Twittered from the Emmys to keep all the NGIP fans up to date on the latest celebrity sighting, LIVE, as it was happening. I Twittered every 60 seconds, I couldn’t keep up with it all. Eventually I gave up from finger cramps after about two minutes, [...]

If you are a Joss Whedon fan via the Firefly TV series that you watched nonstop from beginning to end on DVD, or if you lusted after Firefly’s Nathan Fillion and must now watch him in everything he does (e.g., Waitress) even though he has that flat face thing going on, or if you performed [...]