And, of course, we're all waiting for Woody to write another great comedy -- but we've seen all his tricks before, and it's starting to seem as if he's gotten too old to learn any new ones.

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Really? Who? Name names! Name names and I'll tell you why they're all worthless sacks of shit. (nb: I think any critic who doesn't at least like the J5-Off the Wall-Thriller stuff has no fucking credibility whatsoever. It's a line I think you can't cross.)

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It is the ones who die young, like Marilyn Monroe or, say, Elvis, who maintain their reputations. If Marilyn ended up looking like Shelley Winters; and Elvis continued what would have been an appalling slide, they wouldn't be so worshipped.

Mozart is still played, so are Cole Porter, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys.

Genius cannot survive the controversy surrounding a current death. But, 10 years after a death, who will remember? Does the average 25-year-old who thinks the Beatles are cool care about Yoko Ono or "love-ins"? Anyone care that Cole Porter was gay and tried to hide it - or even know? Orson Welles had 3 children by 3 different women - no one knows that, but they do know "Citizen Kane".

It's early days, T.A.N. Eddie and Woody are still alive; MJ just passed. Watch what happens in a few years. The controversy that seems blindingly bright now will fade to a pinprick and a one-liner in Wikipedia under "Personal Life".

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In thinking about Travolta...his stardom, fall from stardom, resurrection after Pulp Fiction/Michael/Face Off (and a few others), and then decline again got me to thinking they should do Fat Actress again.

Her assistants were wacky and wonderful. I wish it would either come back on (now that Kirstie has regained) or become a movie. There's just about nothing that draws me to the movie theater these days.

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I thought the acting was pretty good (especially John Tuturro) but the editing and everything else was weak. The intro was the most bizarre sequence I've ever seen, kind of like an advertising or music video rather than a movie.

I generally stay away from mind numbing movies like this but the 'rents love them.

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"Pelham 123," as it was explained in the earlier movie, is a #6 train (the Pelham Line). It departed Pelham, the start of its run, at 1:23. Hence it is Pelham 123.

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Also, some new critic hack on local Fox news said Denzel wasn't very nice to her during the Pelham junket when she asked him if he rides the subway. He basically said, "Um, no. No I don't ride the subway." And she's all like, "But you're from New York." And he's like, "Yes. But I no longer ride the subway as I live in LA."

The nerve. How very rude of him. Pfffttt. Fox: Stupid even when it's almost impossible to be.

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