The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes.

What stars do in their off-hours is a never-ending source of diddling curiosity to the tabloid sensibility.

I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.

People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.

Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard to marshal, the party of Oh Yeah, Baby, Make Mama Feel Good.

At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.