As soon as we finish recording the vocals and the guys producing the track give me the go-ahead I'll post a shameless promo.

Yes, it's a WOF staple. "Eggs Benedict Arnold" or "Darryl Strawberry Fields Forever" or puzzles like that.

Roland, it's not a new technique. I'm not the familiar with the Gaga track, but I used the "before and after" technique recently in a lyric of a new song I'm working on and I didn't think it was anything special. Effective, but not special.

Since when?

"Brown Eyes" is better (and even Bowie-esquer).

She's an okay singer/songwriter/producer (I prefer the ballads to the uptempo stuff) with a great sense of style and presentation, but I think I would have to see her live and up close to get really excited. Not completely sold on the Lady.

13. They dissed New York, New York in the Marty Montage!

#2 or #5 and definitely none of the ones after #10. ;-)

Forgot to ask a pertinent question: How many FB friends does he already have? If less than 100, I stand by my advice above. If more than 400, go ahead. He's a FB whore like so many of us.

Now I'm thinking about Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)/Michael O'Hara (The Lady from Shanghai)/Harry Lime (The Third Man)/Hank Quinlan (Touch of Evil)...

Another great list, BHay. But seriously? Not a single female character? ;-)

Don't do it, David. At least be surreptitious about it and collect a few mutual friends before you do. And then, as mrp says, filter has access to you and yours. ;-)

Wow, David, incredible list. It really is an impossible task, when you think about all the characters in film history. I could come up with a completely different list if I started again now. It pained me to leave off Matthew Poncelet (Dead Man Walking), Susan Vance (Bringing Up Baby), Beetlejuice (Beetle Juice) and Bugs Bunny.

I actually started to get nervous reading the first paragraphs of this post. So glad it went the other way. The whole time, though, I had this exchange in my head: - Why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to? Why can't you treat me like I would be treated by any stranger on the street? - Because I am NOT one of your fans.

And amazingly, Nathaniel, I wasn't alone in singling out this shot today!

David, I must strongly disagree with you: I'm Not There was my favorite film of 2007 and is one of the only "biopics" that has not been a disappointment. Others include Milk, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Bonnie and Clyde, The Story of Adèle H., Hilary and Jackie, Shine and Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.

Thanks for playing, Rolando - you get a drink for participation and an A for effort. NAME OF SHOW: Waiting for Godot NAME OF CHARACTER: Vladimir YEAR: 1985 LOCATION: Berlin SCENE: The hat exchange in Act 2

I'm not going to say if you have guessed correctly or not until we get a few more people playing the game. [Cue crickets chirping.] It's alarmingly quiet in here.

Is that your final answer, Roland?

How's that for a spirograph drawing, David?

Flirting with Disaster, with Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin, Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins, Celia Weston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Cynthia Lamontagne, David Patrick Kelly and John Ford Noonan. Written and directed by David O. Russell. Come on now, David!

A lot of people I know name Groundhog Day as one of their favorite all-time movies. I can see why, but if a movie with Andie MacDowell succeeds it is in spite of her presence. That said, it's impossible to have a list of Ten Best American Movies without All About Eve. I may love six of the movies on Fish's list, but without Eve and at least one Orson Welles film I just can't take it seriously.

Of the nine shows that closed on Sunday, five (Grease, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein, Boeing-Boeing and White Christmas) were revivals or adaptations; two (Slava'a Snowshow, Liza's at the Palace) were "special events"; and just two (13 and Dividing the Estate) were new works. Ironically, the only new play in the whole bunch was written by a nonagenarian. Also closing this month: All My Sons (1947), Gypsy (1959), Spamalot (based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975) and Spring Awakening (based on the 1891 play). I did love Patti and Spring Awakening.

Intriguing and strangely old-fashioned, this photo... By the way, how does one go about posting a snapshot?

David Denby on Defiance: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/01/12/090112crci_cinema_denby