Josh Lyman: "I am an elitist, but I have respect for people who don't measure up."
I never update with anything of importance. C'mon... you know better.
- I'm such a Brat Pack junkie. Within the last 2 days, I've watched Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Betsy's Wedding, Sixteen Candles, and St. Elmo's Fire. It never gets old. Now, while most girls would claim Molly Ringwald as their '80s icon... I maintain that Ally Sheedy is my favorite... out of the Brat Packers. Of course, Cyndi Lauper is, and always will be, my '80s queen.
"Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up, because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough -- just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge."
--- Billy Hicks ---
- My life is now complete:
'Simpsons' Movie Confirmed
Homer Simpson and his hugely popular family are set to hit the big screen in a new full-length movie based on the cult cartoon series. The show's principal voice actors have all signed on for the project and creator Matt Groening is delighted with the script for the film. The Simpsons' spokeswoman Antonia Kaughman says, "Now we're going to get the best of both worlds, evidently... They finally worked out a movie team, a team of the writers, because we could never hire outside writers - they had to be Simpsons writers, and most of them were working on the show. They finally put this team together that has time on the side, and they've been working on the script. So the movie won't be at the end of the series - they'll be working simultaneously."
"How could you? Haven't you learned anything from that guy that gives those sermons in church? Captain What's-his-name. We live in a society of laws, why do you think I took you to see all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing. Did you? Except at that guy who made sound effects. Vroom. Beep. Honk. Honk. Ha-ha. Where was I? Oh yeah, stay out of my booze."
--- Homer Simpson ---
- Sad news:
Anne Bancroft Dies
Anne Bancroft died at New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center on Monday following a battle against uterine cancer. She was 73. The late screen icon won a Best Actress Oscar in 1963 for her portrayal of Helen Keller's teacher in The Miracle Worker, but she will always be most remembered for her role as Mrs. Robinson in 1967's The Graduate. Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano in 1931 to Italian immigrant parents living in New York City's Bronx district, and they recognized their daughter's talent for entertaining before she reached her third birthday. The late actress' movie career began in 1952 when Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox gave her a contract and a more screen-friendly name. After a series of unsuccessful low budget movies, Bancroft moved to Broadway and won a Tony for her role opposite Henry Fonda in the play Two For The Seesaw. Bancroft went on to make the lead role in the original stage production of The Miracle Worker her own before returning to Hollywood to resume her big screen career. Following her Academy Awards success in 1963, Bancroft was unsuccessfully nominated on a further four occasions for acclaimed performances in The Pumpkin Eater (1964), The Graduate (1967), The Turning Point (1977), and Agnes Of God (1985). Bancroft wed comedian and The Producers creator Mel Brooks in 1964, and they enjoyed 41 years of marriage and the birth of their son Maximilian in 1972 before her death on Monday.
"And, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson..."
--- Simon & Garfunkel ---
- I might go see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants just because Bradley Whitford is in it. I have a hilarious pseudo-obsession with Josh Lyman. Why do the imperious, cocky nerds always get me?
"Do you know how many faxes we've gotten, and do you know how many of them are from your insane groupies? The Lyman Hoes have chosen this time to let you know via fax 'should you be needing any physical comfort during this horrible time' -- Read that. Do you like that? Is that what turns you on, you sicky?"
--- Donna Moss ---
- I still maintain that the worst movie line of all time is in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Don't get me wrong -- for the most part, I love the movie. But, every time I hear this one line, I cringe. I'm not sure if it's because the line itself is so horrible, or if it's because Andie MacDowell is such a horrible actress. But, I'm pretty sure it's a little of both.
"Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed."
--- Carrie ---
Blah... ok, I'm finished being random. Don't be strangers!