Rachel Sklar |
Posted Thursday January 4, 2007 at 11:22 AM
- Least-surprising news of the day: Megan Mullally's talk show has been cancelled after five months. We can't believe it lasted FIVE MONTHS. [B&C]
- Come and dance with me Michael's: Greg Lindsay collects some stardust memories from media's favorite eatery. [MB]
- Toos isn't all Shoket up over her successor at Seventeen: She thinks it's a good choice, not unlike how this is a good pun. [NYP]
- Turner! I don't even know 'er! Turner broadcasting wants to muscle in on this web thing; we wanted to top that last pun. [WSJ]
- Catch 22, no question: Apparently White House officials didn't think the Saddam execution was handled appropriately, but can't say as much publicly, for obvious guess-who-held-him-in-captivity-for-the-past-three-years reasons. They can, however, send more troops! The solution to EVERYTHING. [NYT]
- Christopher Hitchens is not so restrained: He thinks capital punishment is barbaric and abhorrent under any circumstances, putting us in the awkward situation of utterly agreeing with Christopher Hitchens. But otherwise he thinks the war rocks, just like he always has! [Slate]
- And she is telling you she wrote slightly less than one-quarter of this song: Beyonce isn't eligible for an Oscar for the song "Listen" from Dreamgirls, because there's a cap on how many people can receive the Best Song Oscar - three. And Beyonce contributed the fourth-most to the song. Thanks for respecting the collaborative process, Academy! [LAT]
- Fashion, you bewitching, ephemeral sprite: Can we ever untangle your Mobius-strip majesties? Guy Trebay ponders, meanders in Thursday Styles. Special shout-out to a fave style topic, the beard! [NYT]
