I was trying to remember where Ba got that "fade into Bolivian" line and found this treasure trove. Enjoy.

Mr. Song's! That hat is amazing; good for him and good for Aretha. The article doesn't go too far into the fact that much of the attention is negative, but I'm behind the design all the way.

Quoted: Minutes after Franklin sang 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee' on Tuesday, the phones at Mr. Song Millinery started ringing.

Quoted: The hat has gone crazy in the media and cyberspace.

Oh dear. I still love it there.

Quoted: Chuck E. Cheese's bills itself as a place "where a kid can be a kid." But to law-enforcement officials across the country, it has a more particular distinction: the scene of a surprising amount of disorderly conduct and battery among grown-ups.

We KNOW her!

Quoted: Rising stars take their turn in the spotlight in these fun feature interviews.

Quoted: As Beauty and the Beast winds down its 13-year Broadway run and heads toward a July 29 closing date, Lew expresses amazement at the spell the show continues to cast over audience members young and old—including herself.

John Hodgman and Jason Bateman are also on board. Wowie, wow, wow.

There's a link for Gervais's blog of the film-making process - it's mostly made up of slanderous stories about the stars. Definitely worth checking out.

A sad and interesting case. The judge in the case denied NBC's initial motion to dismiss. I remember reading about this when it happened - apparently a lot of law enforcement personnel involved with the show have had problems with the way things are handled.

Quoted: The Conradt family’s lawyer, Bruce Baron, of Baron Associates in Brooklyn, said the decision “sends a strong message to law enforcement throughout this country: Never subcontract your uniform, badge and the oath you take.”

Nick Hornby interviews David Simon, who explains The Wire from square one. It's great. Lots of McNulty-style righteous anger.

Quoted: We hang out in the Baltimores of the world, writing what we want to write about and never keeping one eye on whether or not it could sell as much as a drama that had, say, more white faces, more women with big tits, and more stuff that blows up or squirts blood real good.

Quoted: So we are misfits, and while we hope the show is entertaining enough, none of us think of ourselves as providing entertainment. The impulse is, again, either journalistic or literary. Hope this helps and doesn’t sound as wrought and pompous as I think it does.

A little of both, but we forgive you.

An interview with Bubbs on the eve of the Season 5 premier.

Quoted: As long as there’s a character I can find some meaning in, I’ll do it. But being on The Wire has made looking at other shows and other scripts a little bit more difficult.

An interview with Jason Bateman for Ba and all the other Bateman fans.

Quoted: "I would have done a show half as good as Arrested Development," he admits. "Things were few and far between. I didn't give a shit at the time. I just got really lucky."