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Well, it is primarily a concert  movie that focuses on the musical numbers. So when you see the movie, it feels like less of an oversight than it would have if we didn't already know she was cut out.

But yeah, I wanted to see some Jane Lynch.

First of all, my apologies for making you click on things that aren't taking you where you want to go. We changed the format of the mix a while back -- this happened when Liz was still here, if memory serves -- and now write each item as a separate graph with a parenthetical link to the outlet that originated the story. The parenthetical link is the one that will send  you to the full story.

Within each graph, we may hyperlink certain names, movie titles, etc. that we have written about in the past, which is pretty common practice in most  blogs. I know it differs a bit from the way we did it in the original incarnation of the mix, though, so hopefully this explains the logic and will help you navigate it in a way that's more to your liking.

Well, I don't think he, um, ruined it in the way you might be thinking.

Obviously provocative headlines like this will finally give the Twilight movies the attention they sorely need. I mean, they really have been ignored up until this point.

The first of many Dirty Dancing responses. And, also, a potential slogan for the T-shirts that will inevitably worn at the anti-Dirty Dancing Remake Rally.

Maybe Ryan Zimmerman was booked?

I mostly agree with you, although I still have qualms with remakes of some movies that are more than four decades old. Anything that was close to perfect and/or is revered as a classic in some day -- like "Casablanca" or "The Wizard of Oz" -- should not be touched, in my view.

Also, in some rare instances, remakes of recent movies can actually turn out well. My big example of this is "Let Me In," the remake of "Let the Right One In," which in some ways I liked more than the original.

But Dirty Dancing, for the reasons you wisely mentioned, should be left alone. It's hard for me to imagine doing anything but damage to it.

Let's see ... no one? And then also ... no one?

Seriously, does anyone have ideas about this? Jennifer Grey was great, but Swayze in particular seems impossible to recast.

You are very, very welcome. Your life has undoubtedly been brightened as a result.

Good question. I know that PR companies must have Google alerts set up, because I often receive canned pitches about things I have recently written about shortly after posting them.

As in: "I saw you recently wrote about Zac Efron, so I thought you would like to know that Zac Efron drinks VitaminWater. VitaminWater is the choice of so many celebrities. Please feel free to use this photo of Zac Efron drinking VitaminWater in your upcoming coverage." **

As far as agents or publicists being concerned about a lack of comments, I would think they might be relieved on some level. It's better than a bunch of people weighing in to talk about how much they hate the person and refuse to see any movie/TV show said person appears in.

**Note: I have no idea whether Efron drinks VitaminWater. This was just a hypothetical example used to illustrate a point, a point I made while drinking Coke Zero, the choice beverage for entertainment bloggers***.

***Coke Zero isn't the official choice beverage for entertainment bloggers.

Is this a question? Or just a general voicing of one's desires?

Actually, maybe this is what the Cooper comment meant.

It's with Vera Farmiga. And I do not believe it's in French. If it is, then we are going to spend a lot of time repeating the words monsieur and fromage and also imitiating Pepe le Pew, since that's about the extent of my knowledge of the language.

Like you, my first thought was Dancing with the Stars.

Which just further drives home the reasons for not remaking the movie.

I think they just get more attention.

Unconventional sexual/romantic behavior among celebrities was hardly just invented. It's just that the Internet and social networking -- where anyone can immediately tweet about anyone famous they may have seen doing something saucy -- has made it much more difficult for people to keep those things private.

Wait, it's old and classic? Ripe for a remake!

Oh, is that what happens when we do video chats? I thought that only made cherubic angels weep.

Since Liz now works for a competing outlet, I am not sure how or if that would work. I'd love to have her back on with me. Maybe we can forge some sort of partnership.

No, I didn't catch it until other outlets started to pick it up. Sometimes, even in the digital age, news is slow to disseminate. Not often, but occasionally.

I still haven't seen "Captain America" -- I was at Comic-Con when it screened and was released -- but I was pleasantly surprised by "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," too.

As for Smurfs, I suspect the odds of a pleasant surprise there are slim. Maybe try Winnie the Pooh (which was very sweet) if you want to see an unexpectedly decent family film?

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It's okay. We all have at least one everyone-has-seen-it movie that somehow we still haven't seen.  Hmmm ... perhaps fodder for a Friday List?

"No one puts Bristol in a corner?"

You're really trying to pour additional gasoline on an already raging fire, aren't you?

Good to know. Is it because you can't secretly watch them at the office? Text chatting is much easier to do clandestinely.

Oh, is that what my problem is? I was wondering...

Farmiga is a wonderful actress, agreed.

Hough is also starring in the movie version of "Rock of Ages." She might be great, but it's so obvious to cast Dancing With the Stars people in a Dirty Dancing remake.

I suspect they'll go with total unknowns, based on what Kenny Ortega said.

It happens to me and I haven't hit 40 yet.

Also, go talk to your neighbor's kid and straighten him out. He needs to be exposed to Bueller. You know, so he can learn how to con his unsuspecting parents.

Okay, now you're confusing me.

Kris married Robert Kardashian in the '70s, they divorced in early '90s (I think?) and she later married Bruce Jenner.

Bruce Jenner was previously married, but not to his current wife. The K sisters are the daughters of Kris and Robert Kardashian.

If I have any of this wrong, please feel free to correct me, readers.

Interesting. Do other people also avoid watching video online? Just curious.

Well, I think they make headlines for a couple of reasons. 1. Because people like to look at photos of celebrity kids, when they're babies and as they grow and start to look more and more like the famous people who birthed them. A little weird, maybe, but I think it's true.

2. I think people also love to criticize celebrity parents. So every time a famous kid wears something wacky or is out in public with a binky in her mouth at the age of 4, it's fodder for discussion.

In terms of what they're actually doing, independent from their parents? I don't think that anyone cares that much until they get old enough -- see Willow and Jaden Smith -- to launch their own careers.

And by old enough, I mean out of pre-school.

No offense to Tatum, but I am so not feeling that.

It is a great film. You should give it another chance.

The way that it's shot alone is mindblowingly ahead of its time.

Of course, if it's truly a badge of honor for you, then don't watch it. But maybe you can find a new badge, like never having seen "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo."

Dang, that's a lot of big mainstream fare to have missed.

You want staff writers who merely write? Because that's asking a lot in the digital era, my friend.

Man, you all really hate online video. Or at least the news Web site kind.

You're also toast if they ever fully carpet your office.

Shoot, guys! I gotta go. Vera Farmiga awaits.

Let's talk again next week.